{"id":325,"date":"2018-12-19T15:52:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T23:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/?p=999931632"},"modified":"2018-12-19T15:52:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T23:52:34","slug":"the-7-stuff-to-do-this-weekend-including-ugly-christmas-sweater-speed-dating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/the-7-stuff-to-do-this-weekend-including-ugly-christmas-sweater-speed-dating","title":{"rendered":"The 7: Stuff to do this weekend, including … Ugly Christmas Sweater Speed Dating!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Normally, at this point in “The 7,” we would be knee-deep in brilliance, shoving so much sophistication down your throat you’d be this close to throwing up, real classy-like, all over yourself.<\/p>\n

But not this week. Not this “The 7.” Not when there is Ugly Christmas Sweater Speed Dating. When there is Ugly Christmas Sweater Speed Dating, all is rendered twee and meaningless.\u00a0In fact, so amazing is Ugly Christmas Sweater Speed Dating, that we’ve made an exception and moved the entire weekend to Wednesday so that Ugly Christmas Sweater Speed Dating could be included as part of the weekend, proving that Ugly Christmas Sweater Speed Dating not only changes lives but the very parameters of time and space.<\/p>\n

Now, Ugly Christmas Sweater Speed Dating is undeniably great but there are other great things happening this weekend; Twisted Christmas and Santa Paws and Boozy Pie to name a few. Just, whatever you do, stay out of the water<\/a>!<\/p>\n

WEDNESDAY<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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So here we are:\u00a0Ugly Christmas Sweater Speed Dating<\/a>. Now, some of this event, taking place at Baddeley’s Pourhouse on Broadway, will go like any other speed dating event. Folks will have a set amount of time to spend with each other, sometimes painfully stilted “conversations” will take place\u2014”Uh, so, do you like doin’, uh, stuff?”\u2014and then some kind of signal will be given to inform everyone it’s time to move on.<\/p>\n

Now observe the utter genius of Ugly Christmas Sweater Speed Dating: the signal, we’re guessing, will be a sleigh bell and instead of people struggling to read each other’s body language and listen to their words to make conversation, all they have to do is look at their sweater!<\/p>\n

Behold …<\/p>\n

First person: I see your sweater intimates that Santa Claus enjoys alcohol to an extent that could be considered comical.<\/em><\/p>\n

Second person: Indeed. And I observe that you are wearing a sweater with plastic red cups that suggests your concern about the disastrous effects of our consumer society. Also, you like to party.<\/em><\/p>\n

First person. Marry me!<\/em><\/p>\n

Second person: Why not?<\/em><\/p>\n

Helping feed the magic will be plenty of Ketel One Botanical and Captain Morgan holiday drink specials. Everything gets started at 7:30 p.m. but you’ll need to RSVP through the above link. Oh, did we mention that this is free? Well, being at the event. The booze costs like it always does. Oh, and there is one other proviso, the dating part of the event is for people from 26 to 36 years of age. Apparently, they are the only ones who are deserving of love. Cool.<\/p>\n

Baddeley’s Pourhouse is located at 3348 East Broadway.<\/em><\/p>\n

THURSDAY<\/strong><\/h4>\n