DATE URSELF

(and Sometimes Other People)

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The newest game in the Date Urself universe: poet or bot?

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Found Oyster. #dateurself

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FOUND OYSTER

Neighborhood: Silver Lake |  Genre: Seafood  |  Price: $$ |  Again? Yup

Was craving oysters for some inexplicable reason (I never crave seafood) and went on a quest. We tried two different places, struck out at each, and ended up here. Everything is excellent, fresh, and flavorful. Bread is thick and charred. Crudo is dense and looks like beautiful little petit fours. Everyone that works here is attractive and nice. Craving fulfilled.

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Sushi Sai Japanese Restaurant. #dateurself

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SUSHI SAI JAPANESE RESTAURANT

Neighborhood: Monterey Park Genre: Sushi/Japanese  |  Price: $$ |  Again? Yup

This place is like the restaurant embodiment of Date Urself philosophy. It's run by a woman who decides how many customers she lets in depending on how tired she is because "health is more important than money." She is more likely to let you in if you say you only want hot food because she makes the sushi and another guy cooks the fish. Get the gindara and the spicy tuna rolls, but don’t stay too long so she can go home already.

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We're back. People are still trash. 🗑️ Took a long break from this because it got tiring. Taking in gross, offensive things that people say to you is one thing - taking time to document it is another. Back then, I wanted to stop being so cynical about people. Now, I don't think I've succeeded because I think I'm even more cynical. But the whole idea behind all this, of having fun with and by yourself, even if you're surrounded by trash, hasn't changed. Who knows, maybe you'll find some treasure buried in there. So I'm back here to draw about it, and mostly to document more restaurants, bars, and other #dateurself moments. We'll see how long this goes for, but for now, there's a lot to catch up on.

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Wiretap Brewing. #dateurself

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WIRETAP BREWING

Neighborhood: Lincoln Heights Genre: Brewery  |  Price: $ |  Again? I wish

It's all about the Luchador beer - They changed the name recently bc copyright, but it's still named something similar. I came here by myself because I was craving it, and happened to run into some people I knew, then they called me an alcoholic for being alone. Worth it. Just found out they were closed at the time of posting this, so maybe they leaned into the secrecy theme a little too hard?

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Wait... so does this mean I’m the weird one? 👻 #dateurself

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In honor of #worldgothday. #dateurself

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Thank you. #dateurself

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Canter’s #dateurself

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CANTER’S

Neighborhood: Fairfax Genre: Deli |  Price: $$ |  Again? Sure

An LA staple in terms of Jewish food and filming location. Overpriced, which is also very LA. Came here on the second day of Passover and it was intense. Everyone that works here seems to hate it which is kind of fun. The old French lady at the bakery counter sneezed into her arm and said that she'd never seen babka there but told me to get some of their chocolate racetrack, which is pretty much the same thing.

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Got ourselves a sandal enthusiast over here (not kink shaming, just not my thing, and maybe also find a better opening line).

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Golden Gopher #dateurself

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GOLDEN GOPHER

Neighborhood: DTLA Genre: Bar |  Price: $ |  Again? Yup

The first place in LA where I went on a date. The guy drove out from West Covina and told me I was “very intimidating.” I didn’t go on another date with him, but I did look him up three years later and saw that he now has a kid and goes to Ren Faires, so I think he’s doing pretty well. Drinks are reasonably priced; a Taylor Swift music video was filmed here.

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