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I know all of you two of you are dying for the update of what happened in New York. Let’s just say that one half of Team Gloom and Doom was their usual self and the other half of Gloom and Doom was also their usual self. Let me rewind a tiny bit. Friday I […]

I went to visit that little troublemaker, Sixes and Sevens, in Pennsyltuckey this weekend. A pre-departure text I sent said, “What should I pack?” Sixes and Sevens said we would be doing a lot of shopping, and one of the items on her list to buy was a couch. Buying a couch for Sixes and […]

I’ve been in Dallas for Patsy’s Bachelorette Extravaganza. You all know how I love me some cowboys and country music, so I was more than happy to jaunt my ass down for my dose of country. I followed shortly after one Sixes and Sevens, who blew out of town earlier to get a jump start […]

Drunk Post. May not make sense. But I swear this happened. Ask KK and Heather. KassyK and I met at Dupont metro, south side, and walked to Citron for the Lover’s Happy Hour. We went downstairs an immediately walked to the bar to get ourselves a drink before facing the lovers. The downstairs? Fucking crowded. […]

Nothing like a Velvet heartbreak to bust my hits through the roof. I broke previous records by 200 more visits, and it makes me wonder about you newbies…coming for the drama! Though I’d trade them for all of this to just go away. Anyway, I’m coping. And in the spirit of coping, I have to […]

More on worlds colliding in a bit. But first, let me entertain you with a story about Saturday night, when Marci, Buggie and I met at a country bar in Alexandria. (Careful, if you click that link it plays music even too redneck for ME!) We tried to make it to the 8:00 line dancing […]

Last night the evening got away from me faster than Suri Cruise will run from her nutjob parents when she’s 18. I had initially decided I couldn’t make the Happy Hour in Adam’s Morgan. But, I ended up stopping by and saw the usual suspects. What I didn’t count on was that one of the […]

Holy Shit. That’s really all I have to say about this weekend. Friday night, I deemed the “Night of Not Giving a Shit.” I wore some ridiculous outfit that I care to never speak of again, but let’s just say it included a wifebeater. This violates all my fashion rules, but it was fucking hot […]

Fifteen years ago from tonight was my Senior Prom, which I attended with my high school boyfriend. Normally the evening’s events would be dinner, prom, hotel in that order. We didn’t exactly do it that way. I’m not a follow the rules kind of girl. We ate. But then we went to the hotel. We […]

I’ve got a mess of stuff today. Blogger Happy Hour last night at Pharoh’s. I wouldn’t say I’m anti-social, but much prefer the small crowd to the unwieldy one. When Rob realized I had arrived, he said to us, “I’m glad you came. I got here at 7:00 and it was just me and the […]

Here’s your next story from single life in New York. Before I begin, I want to tell you all who have linked to me that I know who you are, and once this blog is officially moved to www.velvetindupont.com, I am going to add all your links to the new template. It’s 1997. A very […]

I’m going to post a running review of my “friends” at It’s Just Lunch. I’ve had this in my Drafts for many months, but for other reasons that I can’t get into right now, I need to put this review up. Each time there’s a new date or more communication, I plan on appending this […]

I must have a little spring in my step because all of a sudden, everyone is on my ass. Hey! You in the back! Stop giggling! These things have happened to me in the last three days. Inappropriate Ask-Out Situation #1: The Painter A painter working in my building asked me if I needed any […]

But first, two tidbits for you all. 1) Picture it. Tonight. Velvet walking dogs through the zone of bars, hopping with people drinking on patios. Velvet in sweatpants. Hair in ponytail. Rain making hair frizzy. Velvet sees the Bartender. Bartender looks very hot. Nice. Could I have looked any worse? 2) Velvet got a text […]

I never called CL#3TextTormenter back last night. It was my plan to at least leave a message when he was on the plane flying back, but I got a little lazy. This morning, as I was wondering if I should call him, he called. But I didn’t pick up. I don’t know why. I didn’t […]

Look what showed up in my fake email inbox today: Hello, I would like to extend an invitation to you to join a brand new group, if you qualify. This is group formed primarily for people on craigslist personals as well as other online personals sites, who have often been frustrated and found it a […]

Look at this fabulous tidbit I received in my email on Friday: I’m a reporter with ConsumerAffairs.com. I’m working on a story about It’s Just Lunch and found you name in our files. I’d like to interview you about your experience with the company. We only use first names and cities–if using your full name […]

No one is a bigger asshole than me. No one. I was walking the dogs tonight and I bumped into The Bartender. It was awkward for a minute, but only because I made it awkward. We talked about things and he came back to my place and we watched Will & Grace and Sex & […]

Hello friends! I am launching the first of hopefully many installments of the “In Search Of Single Men & Interesting People” Pub Crawl. Yesterday evening, your host boozed it up at two venues across this beautiful city of ours. I plan on reporting my findings, however dull or exciting they may be.* Last night I […]

Since I haven’t been returning his messages, I haven’t given The Bartender a chance to respond to my post on Saturday. I fully respect everyone’s First Amendment Rights, and it is only fair to let him speak, which he will now do via an email I received. Hopefully he doesn’t mind. It’s been a few […]

You know, I’ve had that line on my list as a possible title, and I thought I would never get to use it. Whouda thunk I would end up with a crooked smile? First, a disclaimer. The “resignation letter” was supposed to be “tongue-in-cheek.” AH HA HA HA! I kill myself. Tongue in cheek. So […]

First, a complaint. I saw an old woman throw her gum on the street today. That gum will end up on someone’s shoe, virtually impossible to remove. Just because you are old, doesn’t mean you can litter. I wish I could tie that gum a la Crazy Girl City’s post about six degrees, as it […]

First and most important, I’m honored for the mention of this blog. Blushing, I thank you, KOB, from the bottom of my heart. http://www.dcblogs.com/2005/10/dc-blogs-noted_27.html On to business. Darren wrote back. Well, sorry to have offended you, but you obviously need to get your mind out of the gutter and re-read what I said. The “or […]

If you haven’t read Saturday’s post with my confession, please do that before reading this one – it will make more sense. My favorite, and most delicious of all bartenders has been trying to comment on this blog. For whatever the reason (drunkeness?) he is unable to get a comment to post. How’s that for […]

Ok. Rewind to blogger meeting last Wednesday. It wasn’t just a kiss. Well, it was, but now we had a date today. There have been phone calls and some really hilarious text messages. Past performance in dating does not guarantee future results in dating. I shouldn’t have been so quick to say “I swapped spit […]

This is a compilation of my best conclusions, quotes and deep thoughts. The date of June 14, 2005 is irrelevant, as this post is updated frequently and linked to through the Quotable Velvet Link. “Ok, I’m no supermodel, but, hello? Don’t you know that you and I are in different leagues?” I have no idea […]

It’s like a marathon of convo mode. Well. It works best. This one is a phone call. My friend HandyMandy in Phoenix: Hey, what are you doing? Velvet: Walking to my boat, I mean rental car to pick up some peeps and go to dinner. HandyMandy: Damn, I wanted you to come out with us. […]

I can’t take credit for this idea. One of my favorite bloggers utilized this end of year wrap up in her blog last year. January – Started the new year off right. The morning of January 1, I left a guy’s house who I was sort of dating for almost a year, and despite how […]

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