
"Sultry lounge" Madam Geneva.
Remember Taildaters, the MTV show that followed two people on a date as their friends talked smack and sent them text messages from a “control room”? Local dating start-up HowAboutWe does, and the action-based dating start-up is bringin’ it back by asking, “How about we do some oversharing?”
The plan is to watch a young, attractive couple on their first date tonight over cocktails and pork buns at Noho speakeasy Madam Geneva via a live date cam. Based on HAW’s blog, the proposal must have read something like, “How about we go to a sultry lounge replete with dark corners and plush booths, which, along with the out-of-this-world cocktails, make it an ideal location to meet someone for a date?” (And put it on the internet?)
James, 23, and Stephanie, 21, have agreed (hopefully) to stage their date in front of a webcam that will be Livestreaming here at 8 p.m. so others can watch “how real people act on real dates.” The best part? People on the internet can chat about the couple and “size-up their date as they size-up one another (and we get the anonymous veil of the Internet!),” HowAboutWe says. They’ll be participating, of course.
Adrianne Jeffries is the editor of Betabeat. Follow Adrianne on Twitter or via RSS. ajeffries@observer.com
