I guess Mr. Handshake didn't work out...

So I'll write about him now! Ha

"Why do you call him Mr Handshake Noelle?" 

Great question readers!! It's because I got a really awkward, firm business handshake when we first met to start a horribly awkward first thirty minutes of a first date.

Let's keep in mind what I had just experienced with the date the night before. The lawyer had reservations ready and although he was late, the date seemed pre-planned right? Points to him!

Well Mr Handshake texts me a few hours before the date asking to push it back an entire hour. So now we're at 8pm for dinner downtown. Awesome, not like that annoys me or anything. Oh well. I deal because he's seem AWESOME via emails and texts... so rather than doing my first instinct to bail completely, I just **sigh** and decide to take a few hours to straighten my hair since I have nothing else planned.

7:30 rolls around and I head out to go downtown thinking I'll have plenty of time to find the place, park and causally walk over to the restaurant. Ha that was an epic fail. It was the big flight day over in Coronado and so downtown was PACKED and there was film festival going on too and so after circling a few blocks looking for parking other than Horton Plaza I gave up and parked in Horton. So now I'm the one who's late (a good 15 minutes too, whoops!) 

Well I find him outside the restaurant and am impressed (read that as he's cute) but then the weirdest thing happened... he shook my hand. Like it was a business deal... so weird, but whatever. He tells me where we're supposed to go has a 30 minute wait and so we could wait or walk around and find something. Both would be awkward so I leave the decision up to him. We walk. 

Insight into Mr Handshake's bathroom... 

Since we were going to eat Mexican food anyways, we tuck into this little cantina/bar place called Funky Garcia's because he's had their tacos people and they're good. While the food was good, it was SO loud and hilarious because there were marines next to us just getting SMASHED and dancing to the really loud music that was playing. He was uncomfortable and I was thankful since the conversation was really structured and awkward at first.

Then the best part of the whole night... "Lean Like A Cholo" came on and this guy (at least I hope it was a guy) in a fat suit dressed like a fat little Mexican guy in a sombreo and tank top etc came out and did the cholo dance and tried to get Mr. Handshake to dance with him. I died with laughter (tears in my eyes laughing) and that's when the date comepletely changed. He was shocked I wasn't offended and then we just laughed and had a good time the rest of the night.

We ended up going to this billiards place above the Old Spaghetti Factory for hours and just chatting and playing (well trying) to play pool.

When I asked him what stations he's worked at before (he's a news producer) he mentioned a FOX station right out of college and he's like

"it's not FOX news, it was a FOX affiliate. I voted for Obama and no on 8" 

I died laughing when he's like 

 "you made it pretty clear you're liberal on your eHarmony profile and so I don't want you to get the wrong idea".

Ha, loved it.

All around great night.

We grabbed dinner again a few days later and then lunch when I was taking a day off from traveling over a three day weekend... That was Tuesday of last week. I haven't heard from him since.

Granted I text him for the first time again today but yeah usually we're texting at least once a day everyday. Oh well! Win some you lose some.

Until next time...

Some thoughts from Facebook friends about the way to greet a date...