What’s Up in Los Angeles SINGLED OUT We hit the streets to ask singles for the lowdown on dating in L.A. By Danielle DiMeglio What’s your ideal first date? â


“A concert: It’s fun and active, and you don’t


have to talk that much.” —Aquene 24, Echo Park


â “Some sort of activity,


like pool or a bar-arcade or minigolf.”


—Christina 25, Palms


á “We live in L.A., so it’s


gotta be beach related.” —Sherif 24, Los Feliz


â


“Happy-hour oysters and drinks somewhere fun, like Perch.”


—Tom 33, Echo Park á “A tour of the city: Do


a drink in one place and dinner in another.”


—Lauren 24, Hancock Park â “Simplicity and comfort


is key, like in a coffeeshop while you’re surrounded by people.”


—Vartan 22, Van Nuys


SWIPE LEFT


Only-in-L.A. dating-app turnoffs


The angel-wing mural portrait This does not make you look like an ethereal beauty. This makes you look like a thousand other dorks with the same photo.


The frat star Sure, keg stands and backward caps got you and your housemates a lot of attention in college, but it’s time to grow up and retire those Greek letters, bro.


WHAT TURNS YOU OFF? TWEET US @TIMEOUTLA #SWIPELEFT . DISCOVER! Time Out Los Angeles July 12–October 10, 2017


Find more date ideas and ways to get laid at timeout.com/los-angeles/dating. 8


The so-called self- employed visionary Save your story about the “production company” you run; we’ll reserve the fiction for our summer reads, not the dating scene.


PHOTOGRAPHS: ROZETTE RAGO; ILLUSTRATION: AMELIA GILLER


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