Last Thursday I went to a singles night arranged by www.LovestruckLondon.com with a few of my girls. I had been to one of their singles nights before in June at Jewel bar in Covent Garden. It was ok and since the bar was open to the public a straw system was in order to differentiate singles from ordinary punters : red straws for daters and white for everyone else.
We got there ordered our drinks and wee told that the bar had no red straws so we had to use white ones. The place was absolutely packed so we ended up standing on the stairs which proved to be an ideal place to meet guys walking through the bar. A few of our number dropped out and went home because they couldn’t see many black men in the place, but I stayed with three others and were quickly approached by a couple of guys. One looked like a Bollywood heartthrob with his muscular frame, tight t-shirt and startling green eyes. The other was a good looking black South African guy. We had a pleasant conversation, but there was no real attraction.
We continued to languish on the stairs and a tall white guy with a shaved head approached us and asked if we were here for the dating night. We said yes and he informed us that the straw system had changed to white straws for daters. He was a charming guy and his charm was increased by the fact that he looked exactly like the French actor Vincent Cassel, from Ocean’s Twelve. I have a massive crush on Vincent Cassel and this guy even had the accent (even though it was Belgian rather than French, but it still worked for me!). We chatted for a long while, exchanged numbers and I met up with him for a drink. Although there was a mutual attraction there was no grounds for a relationship, so we just stayed as friends. (He’s still cute though!).
Therefore I had very high hopes for their event last week, but I was severely let down. The pub in Soho where it was held, was too cramped and nowhere near as nice as Jewel Bar. We left after a round of mojitos and discussed where to go on to. We decided to go to Jewel Bar, Soho and one of my girls went home – what a mistake to make.
Teetering past the burly bouncers in my after-work finest clobber, I sauntered into the bar and knew instantly how Lucy from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe felt when she first encountered Narnia...the route from the door, past the bar and right on through to the private function room was littered with attractive men of all hues.
We found a seat and went up to a bar, but before we were even served a good-looking black guy approached my friend and offered to purchase our drinks – that was more like it! We got talking to him and found out that he was at the bar with a group of workmates on their company Christmas party, and we went and sat with them. I got chatting to his friend who on first glances looks like he only needs a pair of black braces, Doc Martens and a Ben Sherman shirt to look like an extra from the film We Are England, but he was totally cool to talk to. He was a proper East End geezer (who doesn’t but we had a great conversation and found some similarities : both seen Eminem and 50 Cent in concert at the same venue, similar attitude and sense of humour. It was refreshing after the litany of dates that I have been on this year to find somebody who I could get along with and understand with little to no effort.
We were attracting men left right and centre, like this one guy that took a shine to my friend, but did not approach her. His favoured tactic was to walk past our table, stand around for about five seconds and then scurry back to his friends. After the eight time, he bought a mate along for company but they both just looked awkward as my friend continued to ignore him, he really just should have said hello.
It was well after 11pm before we made a move, but numbers were exchanged and various meetups were arranged. He had even texted me by the time I woke up a few hours later! So far we have texted a lot and have a date booked for later this week, which I will update you on, but for now I definitely recommend checking out Jewel Bar , where you might find your own diamond in the rough!
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