From Dan: He Won!

Dan Kaufman, owner of DKG, has won a "redate" with some lucky guy, courtesy of the Washington Post. Here's Dan:

Thanks to everyone who voted for me, and especially to Scott for posting this on his blog (3 entries! I'm honored! :-)

So, I won! I am the top male vote-getter, so the Gay Men's Chorus gets a nice $500 donation courtesy of the Washington Post, and I get another date, also courtesy of the Washington Post.

Keep an eye out for the results in the February 11th edition of the Washington Post Sunday Magazine.

Maybe Dan will give us "inside" scoop after the Post publishes the story.

This has been fun, thanks to everyone who voted for Dan and thanks to Dan for playing along.

Six Degrees of Dan

It seems like everywhere I go everyone knows Dan Kaufman.

My former boss knows him. A friend I met for dinner tonight knows him. Someone else I know emailed me to say that Dan designed those well-known bumper stickers we love: Hate is NOT a Family Value. The Christian Right is Neither.

Don't know if that last part is true or not but it's what I was told. And it just seems that every day since I put up my first Dan Kaufman post everyone has been talking to me about him.

The Washington Post Requests Scott's Take Readers To Help Dan Find Love

I posted earlier about a Washington Post series called Date Lab, where random people are sent on blind dates to then have their experiences reported on in the paper. One such person was Dan Kaufman (pictured left), a friend of a friend. As I wrote earlier, Dan's first blind date went well, (you can read about it here) but didn't result in a romantic match.

Well, Dan has been selected to be a candidate for a second chance, if readers make him one of the top vote getters. I made a pitch for him because, if he gets selected, a charity of his choice (in this case the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington) gets a donation from the Post. I think that's a worthy cause.

I said you didn't have to want to date him to vote for him.

To which one of the Washington Post editors for the date lab left the following comment on this blog:

Hi there. I'm one of the editors the WPost Mag's Date Lab. We definitely appreciate the item on the re-Date contest, and Dan is indeed ahead right now. One important thing: While it's true you don't have to want to date Dan to vote, we do want encourage matchmaking. I mean, wouldn't it be great if aside from helping him contribute to charity, we could find him true love? The more nominations, the likelier it is. So c'mon folks: The perfect guy is out there--let's find 'im for Dan!

I figure if the Washington Post needs my help to find Dan a perfect match, who am I to say no?

See, you can not only vote for Dan to get a second date, you can nominate someone to be the potential perfect match he will go out on a date with.

From what I've been able to glean about Dan from the Post story:

• He's 41
• He's lived in DC for 18 years.
• He has his own business which supports gay causes and organizations
• Has a great smile
• Likes Las Vegas
• Playful and adventurous
  
• Prefers an average to muscular build but not gym bots
• He likes Remingtons (a DC gay C-W bar), or meeting guys there
• Wants someone understanding and caring who is clean and organized.

Hmm? Dennis Weaver maybe?


So Dan, if you're reading this -- and you bloody well should be as it's 10:25 pm, I haven't had my dinner yet and I'm writing about you to help you get laid find romance -- give us more to go on here.

Send Dan on a Re-Date to help the Gay Men's Chorus

This is Dan Kaufman, a friend of a friend.

The Washington Post, says Dan, "sent me and Robert Falk on a blind date back in October, and they interviewed us and wrote about it in the Sunday Magazine a few weeks ago. The date was nice, and Robert and I got along great--there just wasn't any romantic interest."

And Now:

"they asked me back, with a twist. Instead of a completely blind date, if I'm chosen as the guy who gets to go out on a second date, I'll get to choose from 3 candi-dates. But more important than that is the fact that, if I'm the top male vote-getter, they'll donate $500 to my favorite local charity. I chose the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, as I've been a member of this amazing group for 16 years and I think the mission of the group is spot-on: "To entertain through excellent musical performance, to affirm the place of Gay people in society, and to educate about the Gay experience."

You don't have to date him (though you can apply for that with the Post if you wish), all you have to do is vote for him, by clicking here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/datelab/redate/index.html

The friend who sent this to me notes Dan was also active with the local Names Project (AIDS Memorial Quilt) here in DC.