Free Personals: Online love: Finding romance on the Web
When Doug Sharp of Xenia lost his wife of 16 years to cancer, one of her final wishes was that he move on. But for months after her death, he had no interest in revisiting the singles scene until he noticed the personals on his Yahoo.com home page. “It seemed like a way to find somebody and figure out if my lifestyle and hers was compatible, without having to go through the hoops of a blind date and all that,” he said.Three months into his sign-up,…
Free Personals: Those three little words: Sign me up,
Matchmaker services boom since Sept. 11
More Jewish singles are signing up for SpeedDating. More gay men are signing up for Dating Boot Camp. More people of all stripes are signing up for Match.com. “The only time its happened before was when Youve Got Mail came out and computers were front and center,” said Cindy Hennessy, president of Match.com, the largest subscription dating service. “Thats the only other time Ive…
Free Personals: Neil Morgan
GOOD PLAN: The future is brighter for 75 students at Marston Middle School in south Clairemont. Statistically they are dropout risks, but UCSD juniors and seniors will act as their mentors for the next year. They’ll work with both students and parents in a first-of-its kind effort in San Diego. Nationwide, the mentor program is part of VISTA, the domestic equivalent to the Peace Corps.OUR TOWN: Nissan designer Gerald Hirshberg’s quote in Time magazine this week…
Free Personals: Dot-com conquers with love
Firm is among 8 being honored by Black Chamber
Looking for a soul mate is serious business. Just ask Lavida Samuel-McGhee and Corey Akins, founders of www.ebonymate.com. And, yes, their goal in this Internet singles community is to strike romantic sparks among their clients, all 10,000 of them. The couple runs Abstract Concepts Inc., a dot-com that operates at a profit in an industry known for firms steeped in red ink. Abstract Concepts started in 1999 with a focus on the African-American market. This Friday,…
Free Personals: Dating is becoming big business as singles reprioritize
After Sept. 11 attacks, matchmaking services find old clients shaping up and new ones signing up
More Jewish singles are signing up for SpeedDating. More gay men are signing up for Dating Boot Camp. More people of all stripes are signing up for Match.com. “The only time it’s happened before was when ‘You’ve Got Mail’ came out and computers were front and center,” said Cindy Hennessy, president of Match.com, the largest subscription dating service. “That’s the only other time…