Date Lab: Adventures of Captain Oblivious and Supercop

About the daters ...

Brag a little ...

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Craig: I’m well-balanced (not quite one, but think Renaissance man), and I’m comfortable with who I am.

Danielle: Where to start ... kidding. I’ve got a great sense of humor and can bring out a smile even in the most tense situations. I’m also into sports, which many chicks aren’t; I can talk up baseball, football, basketball as good as the boys — don’t test me.

Your type ...

Craig: Can meet me on an intellectual level; is confident but not cocky; is skilled at communication, conflict resolution and negotiation; has a sense of humor; deals well with change; is kind, trustworthy and responsible; has a sense of style; and is patient. When it comes to external traits, if you can get eight out of 10 guys in your office to agree, then that should be good enough, as long as she has a normal BMI.

Danielle: Athletic. Taller than me. Great sense of humor, not too shy but reserved in some aspects. Not afraid to let the hair down in any setting.

Interests to share ...

Craig: It’d be nice if we shared sports and music.

Danielle: It’d be nice if he shared some sort of appreciation for the arts. I’m also big on family and putting family first, so I would hope he had similar values.

About the date ...

7:30 p.m., El Chucho, Columbia Heights

Craig: I got there freakishly early. I was coming from the Baltimore area, so I think I got there around 6. I found the place and started walking around to see what was in the area.

Danielle: I got there around 7:30. I sat down, and they were like, “The person is not here yet.”

Craig I was just exploring, and then I looked at the time, and I was like, Oh, crap. It was probably 7:55.

Danielle:One of the hosts came over and said, “I got a call from the guy — he’s on his way.” He actually got there at 8. He just came in and put his stuff down. It wasn’t even like he introduced himself. I was like, “Are you Craig?” And he was like, “Aw, yeah, I’m sorry, I’m Craig.” I thought he was cute, but it wasn’t like I-could-see-me-with-this-guy type of cute. He had his motorcycle stuff. He drives, like, I call it a crotch rocket. So he had his jacket on and his helmet. I was like, “Oh, okay, that’s cool.”

Craig: She had dreads, glasses. [Looks aren’t] that big of a deal for me. I wouldn’t say that the physical [spark] necessarily has to be there — usually that’s almost the icing on the cake if you will.

Danielle: He did apologize for being late. I wasn’t angry. I had ordered food, so they brought that, and I [said], “All right, so tell me about yourself.” And he started running off what he does.

Craig:We were a little bit all over the place with things — what would you bring if you were trapped on a deserted island, things you do for work, where you go out in D.C. I think we touched on music a little bit: I remember she mentioned she likes country; I tolerate it. She plays the tuba; I play the guitar and the violin. I’d say there were some things in common.

Danielle: It seemed like he’s very close to his family. That’s the same as me. In his bag he had flowers for his mom that he was going to bring her. That was cute. But other than that, there wasn’t really a lot that we had in common. I was asking him about his friends, and he’s talking about co-workers. He lives in Baltimore. That’s definitely not a problem. [But] I was [talking about] Federal Hill and Fells Point, and he really didn’t know of those places. I was like, “Okay, I can tell you don’t get out a lot.”