Field Report

Last night I decided to create a surprise for Jake when he got home.  It was all inspired by these fancy cupcakes that were on sale at Fry’s.  I don’t eat sweets, but Jake loves them, so I got him a layered, frosted, cream-filled German chocolate piece of deliciousness.

Sunday, he’d taken some wild turbot fillets out of the freezer.  I am always leery when he does this, as he has a hectic schedule and doesn’t cook very often (and I am also sort of opposed to eating fish at home and don’t like that he even buys it).  But by Tuesday, it was clear: cook the fish tonight or it was going to go bad.

So I used a citrus rub that he’d bought recently, some olive oil, and some fresh lemons to create a marinade.  I broiled it for 5 minutes a side and then put it on a bed of quinoa flavored with shallots, garlic, and leeks as well as a “chicken” vegan bouillon, and served it with what is probably the last of this season’s fresh corn on the cob.
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Got drunk as a skunk on Friday night, accidentally slept with my ex-girlfriend (oopsie!). She dropped her iPhone in the toilet. Twice. Now it’s sitting in a bowl of rice, not working.

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Well, we had a fantatic time, lost all our money, ate too much food, and got sore feet walking around.  That’s Vegas!  Here are the highlights of our time:

Thursday Night: Karaoke and Hot Sex
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Seriously, people, I struggled with what to name this post, because I have never seen anything quite like what I saw last night.  As I’ve mentioned numerous times before, when I moved to Phoenix I joined my sorority alum club because I figured it would be good networking for both of us, plus a way to meet some women friends.

Well, the outgoing president was having a party at her newly renovated house and since this was the first event that they’d had that I could bring the BF along to, I asked him to join me on my networking adventure.  He was understandably skeptical, but I assured him that we could leave at any time if it turned out to be lame.

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Here’s part 5 of the Thought Leader Interview Series, this one featuring dating coach Evan Marc Katz. Evan is based in Los Angeles and has been a successful dating coach and online dating expert for years. We’ve had some stellar interviews from the past thought leaders but I thought this was the real deal rockstar interview. You won’t find better insight anywhere on the ‘net. Read every word and share this post.

Evan recently launched a re-designed website, check out evanmarckatz.com and his blog at adviceforasingledatingexpert.com.

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Peeps, I hope everyone had a lovely holiday weekend. I sure did. It’s a new week, so that means the Thought Leader Interview Series continues. Today we’re featuring one of the smartest guys in pickup, The Asian Rake, who bequeathed us one of the most thoughtful and provocative interviews to date. Be sure to check out his excellent blog, Dr. Asian Rake, and also his website, The Power of Being Asian. Holy cow, this stuff is awesome. Feel free to debate his points in the comments.

Money quote:

“As women continue to gain ground in the professional workforce, especially in socially conservative countries, the male provider mindset will drop away, not entirely, but considerably. In some countries, this might take 40 or 50 years instead of 10 or 20. But it’s bound to happen. When it does, society will have to come to grips with the fact that women want sexual satisfaction as much as men do and that many formal courtship patterns are unnecessary and even irrational.”

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