I did not spend much time catching up with the news yet I did not miss Blind date with recession for the business of romance by Emma Jacobs (FT, February 13)…
She notes that even though some financially stretched singles are so far keeping their dating service membership (are they dropping the gym?), they seem to be paring down the amount of money they are willing to spend on a date…
This might be the approach guys take at least. Emma Jacobs mentions "Hugo Christopher, a 34-year-old designer from west London, has a new
late-date policy in order to avoid restaurant bills: “I generally say,
‘I’m working late, shall we meet at 9.00? I’ll grab a sandwich in the
office, you might want to eat beforehand too?’” If a meal is
unavoidable, he says, he is becoming well-practised in trotting out
lines like: “I’ve heard the best test of a restaurant is the house
wine, shall we order it?” Efforts to cut back have not so far led Mr
Christopher to end his membership of Mysinglefriend, whose online blog
recently advised users to go on snack dates rather than dinner dates."
She also found that women who in the past would have insisted on picking up half the tab reconsidering and letting the man do the honors.
On WNYC, John Schaefer offers his take on Why Lust Rocks (Soundcheck Blog, Feb 13) and uses as an example Led Zeppelin 'Whole Lotta Love'…
Funny, he did not pick 'Lust for Life' by Iggy Pop as in this Live Performance in Paris (1991). Beethoven's Ode to Joy makes the cut.
John wonders why "strangely, I don’t hear a whole lot of lust in today’s indie rock,
which tends to be more abstract or ironic or even (gasp) emotive."
On Edible Sins: Effect of Chocolate 4 Times More Powerful than a Passionate Kiss?