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I have been really enjoying 13 Patios. The people are all very different, the drinks are hit or miss, and the conversations range from awkward small talk to life stories told through saucepans. Two Months Too Long Elle and I had been texting for about almost two months, which is two months longer than I spend texting patio meet ups. It long enough to discover we had a mutual friend, that we narrowly missed each other at a party and almost ended up on the same softball team. S

A month has passed since I started my goal of meeting 13 strangers. After my last patio meet-up, which was a bit of a flop and something I actually hadn’t planned for, I found myself wondering, what is my ideal patio outcome? This started as a way to put myself out there, to try new patios, meet new people. If you look at my bookshelf, you would see it’s stacked with books about psychology, personalities, and relationships. I’m fascinated by the Enneagram and MBTI. Side not

Jess and I started talking via an app about a month ago, but I kept the texting to a minimum. I’ve been busy putting my time into people I know in real life. I think “in real life” is such a funny phrase. I know apps can be helpful to meet people, but I'm definetly a fan of real life. The Patio She chose Replay in Andersonville. I’m a fan of that neighborhood, so I was excited to check out the patio. Our server was super friendly, a genuinely nice guy who, as it turned out, w

Patio One: Central Park Bar It was a Saturday at 4pm, I was meeting someone from an app, just a friendship thing. We had been talking for two weeks and originally planned to walk Pogo by the lake, but it was cold. I told her about 13 Patios, and we decided to meet at a patio... it was an enclosed porch, but close enough. I always forget how insane Chicago traffic is. It took her over an hour to get here. While I waited, Pogo and I talked with the people at the bar. Central P