About the daters:
Desert-island DVDs ...
Chris: “Office Space,” “Dumb & Dumber,” “Arlington Road.”
Katie: “Animal House,” “Caddyshack,” “Joe Versus the Volcano.”
Happiest when ...
Chris: Making others laugh or watching Redskins football.
Katie: Traveling.
Your type ...
Chris: Although I’m black, I tend to date white. I prefer someone with a religious background who doesn’t smoke, not a heavy drinker, someone who likes sports, likes to laugh, is smart and has a positive outlook on life.
Katie: Two types: 1) 6’+, blond, blue-eyed, athletic, conservative and dorky intellectual in the same way I am. 2) 5’10’’+, African American, very athletic, smart, funny, loves sports as much as I do.
Interests to share ...
Chris: Sports, political views, reading
Katie: Athletic pursuits, both doing and watching (running, swimming, hiking, biking, tennis, football, softball, golf), intellectual pursuits (Smithsonian Associates lectures, park ranger battlefield tours) and travel.
The date: Geppetto Restaurant, Bethesda, 7:30 p.m.
Katie: It was Mardi Gras, and I was kind of excited about that. I was in New Orleans last April for Jazzfest [and] have lots of beads hanging around, so I just tossed some in my purse. As I was walking up [to the restaurant], I could see one guy sitting by himself. I was like, “Oh, good! The Post paid attention to the kind of guy that I was interested in.”
Chris: I live in Germantown, but I work in Burke. With traffic, I thought I should just head right [to the restaurant], and I got there about an hour early. I wanted to be early — not that early, but I would have been anxious had I been late. I actually hadn’t noticed her walking in until she walked up to the table. I kind of half stood up and shook her hand. I thought she was cute, and I guess I was relieved that she seemed like my type. She said “Happy Mardi Gras” [and] gave me some beads. That was very cool.
Katie: I was just like, Yay, he’s cute! He has really pretty eyes. I was trying not to stare. He was totally friendly; he didn’t seem anxious at all. We immediately jumped into conversation.
Chris: I’m introverted, but I like to be with someone outgoing who can bring that out of me, and she seemed like that kind of person right off the bat. She was very, I don’t know if silly’s the right word, but she had a good sense of humor. It took the edge off. We just chitchatted about how our days had gone and what we both [do] for a living, initially. She was talking about her last Mardi Gras, how [her date] was 45 minutes late and she’d already had several beers before he got there, and I started thinking, Uh-oh, I’m not much of a drinker; I might not be her type. But then she was describing how she likes to go to lectures at the Smithsonian, she was a math nerd and she volunteered as a mentor for a junior high kid. Then in the next breath, [she told me] how she [joined] two touch-football leagues in Arlington because local leagues aren’t competitive enough for her. She’s a very multilayered person.
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