This Week in Perspective

Linx is just buzzing non-stop with simply incredible eligible men and women writing me. Gorgeous, insanely beautiful women (who happen to be scary smart too) and extremely successful gentlemen (who happen to be down-to-earth, respectful, and kind as well). Our database of eligibles is spilling over. It is great and it is keeping me super crazy busy….round the clock. Love it.

Just got an update from a darling couple that is in Europe together right now on their very first dream vacation as a couple. She’s a family centric and preppy late 20’s dolly type and he’s an uber driven and accomplished 30 something exec.

They make the cutest pair ever and I think what has really worked for them is that while they are both motivated work wise, they are both goofy and able to “just be” after work and really get to know one another. They’re driving all around the Riviera and enjoy the luxe romantic life.

We have another series of days screening many women (and a few guys too) who have submitted info to meet the VIPs this week. We even have women flying in from LA and the East Coast to meet the Linx team. If you know anyone who might enjoy seeing if they make a good match to meet VIPs of Linx, have them email me or direct them here: http://linxdating.com/meetvip.html. We will be conducting new appointments in October.

One of my Tweets this week that has gotten a lot of good feedback is meeting ‘the one’ should have you experiencing a feeling of being short of breath, a fire where you know you’re in the game. Have you had that feeling? Being so completely excited, nervous, elated, and overcome with emotion about someone you just met? If you haven’t felt that before, it is only a matter of time. Stop being hard on yourself. Open yourself up to new possibilities. Let your guard down. Be friendly to everyone you meet in your daily life. Announce to the world you are ready to fall in love with open arms!

My husband and I had the pleasure of attending a dinner party for such a lovely Linx couple this past weekend. They were married last year and are now moving to Southern California. Sniff Sniff. They are so crazy in love and excited for this new journey and chapter in their life. She is going to manage the household, furnish the stunning beachfront home, and take care of her true love. They are such advocates of using a matchmaking firm it puts the hugest smile on my face. Although they won’t be neighbors anymore and I don’t get to see them as often as I did, we have an invite to stay at their new home. Start tomorrow with new possibilities and an outlook that love is possible for those who truly want it.

Announcing a new VIP search |Recruiting eligible men!

Our VIP is an intelligent, attractive 46-year old African-American woman who is physically 5’2” with shoulder-length dark brown hair and warm brown eyes. She has a petite frame, is youthful, and has feminine curves.

She has achieved much in her professional life and is now focusing more of her drive and dedication to her personal life. You will find our client to be authentic and grounded in who she is. Fun, gentle, warm, thoughtful, positive and loving with a welcoming smile are just a few of the qualities that attract others to her. She likes things straight forward with no drama to complicate the picture. She looks forward to sharing the romantic side of life with the right man. She is attracted to someone who embodies strength and intellect yet is genuine, thoughtful and a bit humble in his accomplishments. Her leading man is personable and an all around good guy.

Our client has a PhD and works in the healthcare field with children. She enjoys spending time with her lovely 8 year old daughter and finding a man who enjoys family time as well as time exploring and being with friends would be wonderful. Travel, theater, dining, art festivals and football games are all passions she enjoys. Quiet nights at home with a good meal and a warm fire are also a favorite.

You are in your 40’s to mid 50’s, Caucasian or African American, handsome, masculine, and you keep active and healthy. You have a sense of style whether in jeans or a suit. You are young at heart with a sense of humor yet serious and dedicated in your work. You have achieved a level of success that affords you a genuine work life balance. You utilize some of your success for the benefit of others through volunteer work or philanthropy. You are comfortable in your own skin. Our client views shared passions as a plus but introducing her to what you are passionate about or discovering new interests together is just as appealing.

If you know anyone who could be a good match for our VIP or think you might be a strong candidate for consideration, please email our founder Amy at amy@linxdating.com.

There are NO FEES for qualifying candidates.

Ladies Night in Palo Alto | Pampering & Bubbly

On Thursday of this week, Linx co-hosted a fabulous evening at Drybar in Palo Alto. Around 40 friends of Linx received complimentary blowouts, endless glasses of bubbly, mini cupcakes, and lots of mingling with a fun group of professional ladies from all around the Peninsula.

For those who are unfamiliar with Drybar….it is a “blow dry bar” concept created around a very simple idea: No cuts. No color. Just blowouts for only $35.00. The perfect place to go pre-Linx date to get all glam- feeling feminine and gorgeous…and oh so date ready!

Upon arrival, guests at the Linx event (and in general) are greeted with a glass of wine or bubbly and an hour of pampering follows. There are set hair styles to choose from such as the “Mai Tai” or “Cosmo.” We had a great time and everyone loved getting so spoiled by the fabulous stylists.

The salon is super chic, modern, clean, and high-tech. Flat screens show girlie films (Mean Girls was playing in the background when I was getting my hair done), docking stations are at each chair should you need to charge your ipod or phone (gotta love that!), and the decor is in a soft calming palate of whites, yellows, and accents of black.

Lots of ladies from our party headed to the infamous Rosewood Sand Hill Hotel in Menlo Park afterwards for some testosterone action and surveying the wild Thursday night scene there (side note ever since Vanity Fair’s story on Linx was published the scene at the hotel is even more crazy and happening!) All in all a great night!

Damone’s Dating Advice for Guys

1. Never let on how much you like a girl.

2. Always call the shots.

3. Act like wherever you are – that’s the place to be.

4. When ordering food, find out what she wants then order for both of you. It’s a classy move.

5. When it comes to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV.

Twitter commentary from our VIP

One of our Linx VIP guys responded to these tweets from @linxdating yesterday with some irreverent humor. I couldn’t help myself but put these comments up which are too great.

Tweet: Raising capital for startups in Silicon Valley as a female has its +/-. A female entrepreneur told me an investor said things no angel says

His comment: If angels talk to you, you should understand that you are already dead.

Tweet: People often let actions/behavior slide in the honeymoon stage. Deep into the relationship, it isn’t peaches and cream. Too late to reverse

His comment: Actually this is reversed. In the honeymoon stage, people are all peaches and cream. Once they are hooked, then they revert to being themselves.

Tweet: You start a company in Silicon Valley. You do a series A round, a series B, and then a series C … and then discover.. you’re still single.

His comment: By the time you are at a Series C round, you are more diluted than the house bourbon at a third rate bar

Tweet: Cheap in money, can be cheap in spirit when dating.

His comment: Really and that’s not obvious?

Tweet: Be less judgmental when picking and choosing people to date. If you seek perfection, you’re facing a tough road ahead.

His comment: Perfectionists don’t seek perfection, they seek those who are less so, because it allows them to point out all the short-comings of the less-than-perfect.

Tweet: You can’t seek love. It seeks you.

His comment: That’s called stalking and there are laws against such behavior

Tweet: People and culture are the spice of life

His comment: Marines in Afghanistan would probably quarrel with this statement

Tweet: The female career in Silicon Valley often eclipses the man’s in today’s world. If so, make him feel resourceful, useful, masculine, and loved.

His comment: Not exactly, but see Dennis Miller’s famous rant on what men really want from a woman, and only then will you understand why it is true that men and women arrive to earth from different planets.

Tweet: Ice breaker a client who flew in from overseas shared. She has walked up to men on the street & asks ‘Are you thirsty? Let’s have a drink’

His comment: For some reason, the phrase “stranger danger” suddenly comes to mind.

Relationship Wisdom on Twitter and Interpreted through Edward Hopper

I tweet a fair amount. Are you following me on Twitter yet @linxdating?

This week I have been getting a ton of what they call ‘favorites’ and ‘retweets’ by followers…here are some nuggets of wisdom I can share that serve as this weeks highlights.

Raising capital for startups in Silicon Valley as a female has its +/-. A female entrepreneur told me an investor said things no angel says

People often let actions/behavior slide in the honeymoon stage. Deep into the relationship, it isn’t peaches and cream. Too late to reverse

You start a company in Silicon Valley. You do a series A round, a series B, and then a series C … and then discover.. you’re still single.

Cheap in money, can be cheap in spirit when dating.

Be less judgmental when picking and choosing people to date. If you seek perfection, you’re facing a tough road ahead.

You can’t seek love. It seeks you.

People and culture are the spice of life

The female career in Silicon Valley often eclipses the man’s in today’s world. If so, make him feel resourceful, useful, masculine, and loved.

Ice breaker a client who flew in from overseas shared. She has walked up to men on the street & asks ‘Are you thirsty? Let’s have a drink’ Artist: Edward Hopper Title: Summer Evening

Hopper’s brilliant work goes far beyond a portrait of a couple on their porch one summer evening. It is really left to your interpretation. As Hoppper himself is famous for saying, “the whole answer is there on the canvas.”

Maybe the man in this painting been cheap in money and spirit…thus she feels isolated and regretful. Perhaps to my earlier Tweet he overlooked certain behaviors of hers as they were once in the honeymoon stage but now their relationship feels too deep to reverse.

When I look at Summer Evening, I feel tension, something quiet, pensive, somber, dark, maybe some boredom. Some have interpreted this painting as a break-up. Oh we don’t like that topic here at Linx. ;( On that note….

Here is a brilliant interpretation made as animated film and directed by Valérie Pirson. This movie was commissioned for an Edward Hopper retrospective at Grand Palais in Paris. Enjoy…