More Cheeky? Yes, Please!

SpeedLA & NBC/Oxygen's 'Bad Girls Club' Gets Cheeky Again!

In 2009, SpeedLA Dating had the pleasure of hosting NBC/Oxygen's 'Bad Girls Club' Season 3 @ the fabulous Les Deux in Hollywood. The episode went on to become one of the most popular, fun and of course, cheekiest episodes of the season.

For 2010, the 'Bad Girls Club' is back and once again calls upon the hottest dating company for all their speed dating needs. Filmed this year at the extraordinary, Highlands @ Hollywood & Highland Center.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbKCH9R1RcE

SpeedLA Dating would like to thank the Producers, Crew and Cast for once again choosing SpeedLA and would like to say "We still love you too!"

Love,

Anoush x

To see last year's episode of the "The Bad Girls Club" -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubgkKy-3LNU

Distinctive in a 1000 ways...

Chic and comfortable - sexy and understated - fabulous and wonderfully romantic, are all qualities we at SpeedSeattle look for when searching out hot spots for our events and blog. We're quite chuffed to have found such a place that embodies all the above and more. Start your journey through the doors of the incomparable, Hotel 1000. The sleek lobby exudes urban elegance from the moment you arrive. With a friendly staff leaving stuffiness at the door, whether for a weekend stay or a night out, Hotel 1000 proves sophistication does not have to equal attitude.The Hotel's design is wonderfully intimate, mature and sophisticated, balancing Asian sensuality with the warmth of the Pacific Northwest. The feeling is soothing yet energetic, sensuous yet vibrant. Stroll through the glass revolving doors, past the bamboo installation by glass artist J.P Canlis and into the world that is BOKA.
BOKA's interior is a literal work of art. Frosty bamboo stalks stretch up to the ceiling in the front bar, and giant blown wineglasses make a jazzy stand above the dinner tables. Sporting a stylish urban decor that features digitally controlled art and wall covering that changes several times over the course of an hour. BOKA is short for“bold, original kitchen artistry”. As such, the feast for the senses continues to the palate. We had the pleasure of sampling a few of the delicious treats offered on the BOKA menu for our guests and the response couldn't have been more positive. Each dater gushing and praising more than the one before, we knew this is a spot where the foodie in you can indulge - letting you relax and enjoy - leaving the flirty to us.

Set within the chic Hotel 1000 is the wonderfully romantic and equally fabulous, Studio 1000. Sister bar to Boka Kitchen & Bar, Studio 1000 offers a distinctly different experience. Its soothing, modern fireside environment is accented by dramatic, back-lit onyx and rich dark brown leather-wrapped walls that frame the anchor of the room – a contemporary steel and concrete open fire pit with flames that appear to float.

Hotel 1000 and BOKA Kitchen & Bar raise the bar and redefine what comfortable luxury means.

We at SpeedSeattle Dating like to consider it cheeky chic and think you will too.

Hotel 1000 - Downtown

Studio 1000 - Boka Kitchen & Bar

Written by: SpeedSeattle Dating

Fun With a Fish!

Long known as one of the most popular tourist destinations in Seattle, Pike Place Market (or simply “the Market”) is a wonderful local landmark that everyone knows of, yet few Seattleites ever take advantage of the awesome possibilities the market has to offer. A great date in and of itself, a trip to Pike Place Market can also serve as a fun prelude to an afternoon spent together preparing a fresh and delicious meal together, crafted with ingredients from only local farmers, fishermen, butchers, and peddlers, the experience is sure to please.

If you are going to do the market as a stand-alone date, go at lunch time (if you work downtown) or in the morning/early afternoon on a weekend. Weekends will obviously involve more crowds, but bumping shoulders and hips with trying to navigate the markets halls is part of the experience, so embrace it.

Two musts are: come hungry and come with cash. In addition to offering excellent ingredients to cook with, the market’s vendors also sells countless prepared options for as little as $2-$3, and plastic is frowned upon if not simply rejected in such transactions. Fifteen dollars, and a small something from five or six stands is the perfect way to fill up on a variety of vittles. The pantheon of choices is constant fuel for conversation, and if you have different tastes in food (fresh grapefruit for her… fried chicken gizzards for him?), the market is practically certain to please all, vegans and veal-fanatics alike.

While practically every tourist makes the fish toss a destination within the market, the showmanship and theater of these fishmongers is sure to entertain every time, and I always am sure to spend a few minutes at their counter each trip.

After having your fill in the marketplace, check out the original Starbucks retail location and grab a quick post-meal cup to fight off the alkaline tides. If the sun is out, head to Victor Steinbruek Park to enjoy the view of Elliot Bay while watching the ferries sailing in and out of the downtown piers to Bremerton and Bainbridge Island.

Written by: Samuel Fisher - SpeedSeattle Dating Resident Blogger