For Singles with Good Taste, We Are Deliciously Different!The Single Gourmet is Dining to Meet You! NEWPORT BEACH Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , Calif. -- "Searching for love is like shopping for a new suit," says Irene McCarthy, owner/operator of The Single Gourmet of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and Orange County, a group that meets several times a month to enjoy fine dining. McCarthy continues, "Some like paging through a catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. or website and ordering based on pictures and words. Others prefer shopping at a store like Saks Fifth Ave., where they touch, feel, try on the clothes, and look in the mirror to decide what to buy: Does it feel good? Does the reflection in the mirror make you smile? Does the clerk hear you say, 'I'll take this one?'" The Single Gourmet is the Saks version. Instead of photographs and data forced into forms (which is what singles get from web-based dating sites), SG members meet face-to-face at fine dining restaurants to share their love of interesting discourse over multi-course meals. If a connection is made, it happens discreetly dis·creet adj. 1. Marked by, exercising, or showing prudence and wise self-restraint in speech and behavior; circumspect. 2. Free from ostentation or pretension; modest. and, often, over time. "Playing matchmaker Matchmaker - A language for specifying and automating the generation of multi-lingual interprocess communication interfaces. MIG is an implementation of a subset of Matchmaker. ," says McCarthy, "is accomplished by seating together people whom I know have something in common even though they may not live in the same county. Several marriages have occurred because I sat someone from LA next to someone from OC." "It's much less pressure than in other settings," says Joe M., an engineer in Irvine, "and Irene introduces us to terrific restaurants that we might not go to on our own." The group attracts mostly business and professional men and women in their 30s-50s and beyond. Members receive a newsletter (which describes upcoming dinners) and the right to reserve a spot at the next dinner. Currently scheduled dinners are: [TABLE OMITTED] The Single Gourmet is a tasty tast·y adj. tast·i·er, tast·i·est 1. Having a pleasing flavor; savory. 2. Having or showing good taste; tasteful. tast and tasteful taste·ful adj. 1. Having, showing, or being in keeping with good taste. 2. Pleasing in flavor; tasty. taste way to meet singles, while enjoying yummy menus at terrific venues. Members pay a first year fee of $139 to receive a monthly newsletter, which describes upcoming events, and to be able to save a spot at the next dinner. Join online at www.SingleGourmetLAOC.com. Email inquiries to sgourmets@aol.com, or call the 24/7 voice mail at 310-838-6292 or 949-854-6552 or 800-750-DINE. |
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