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Day 1
I was out this week with a nasty bug, so unfortunately, I completed ‘Day 1’ over the course of 2 days. Not a perfect start. Still, I got usable locations.
Going out explicitly to observe women is new to me, and it felt weird; equal parts ‘I feel creepy’ and ‘Why did it take me this long to start noticing women in public?’ This is good; at least its a step away from 'lack of sexual vibe'.
1. Medium sized mall, about 20 minutes drive from where I’m staying. Late afternoon.
Given the criteria of ‘decent traffic’ and ‘high turnover’; not a particularly great spot. I’m noticing a lot of families, teen couples and younger girls (around 16) with friends; very few women on their own. Sitting down in one spot with a drink for 15 minutes, I noticed the same couples/ families several times. I did a few quick circuits of the mall, just to see if I could get a different crowd elsewhere; slightly better turnover and crowd near a few sections (one, incredibly striking, tall, fast-moving, beautiful blonde dressed to the nines leaving Sephora with a small bag and a sour expression), but not by a lot. Seems like it’s more of a ‘hang-out’ mall (which, as a non-resident of the US, I’m not used to).
In retrospect, though; a weekend is likely to be much more crowded. The mall should do in a pinch, especially if I also have shopping to get done here.
2. Local downtown. Minutes away from where I live, juuust outside easy walking distance, especially in this heat. Early evening.
This is a little better; over the evening, I’m seeing a couple attractive young professional stopping for a bite to eat, quite a few students from the local city college studying in cafes and as the evening wears on, girls readying for a night at the clubs (this is the middle of the week; Fridays are going to be crowded) and a fair number of locals and professionals hanging out and winding down. Bevy of alternative fashionistas and lots of body-piercings. Good number of cafes, little stores, places to eat, bars and lounges. Good amount of foot-traffic.
Timed well, I should be able to approach plenty, especially if I decide to go for club-pickup. Also, I work on the edge of downtown so coming out here will be very easy.
Slight concern is that I’d run into some of my social circle here (lately, they’ve taken a shine to a couple spots downtown) as well as my ex (local city college; also right after break-up, ingratiated into social circle); both might be awkward. Screw it, I’m overthinking. They can think whatever they want, and if I start gaining results, it might actually be helpful that they know it.
3. State college campus. Early afternoon.
Purely in terms of numbers; yeah, this seems pretty much perfect. During the day, the foot-traffic of girls coming to and from classes was enormous, and the turnover, needless to say, equally high. Mixed crowd as I’d expect on a campus, but as far as practice-approaches are concerned, this is just fine. I come here on a semi-regular basis anyway to play table-tennis with a buddy who actually attends the college, so I’ll have a (semi-)legit reason to hang out.
Note to self; 96 degree weather and blistering sun does not make for a conversational mood when not at the beach.
4. The next spot I scouted (Borders Café) was disappointing; the entire lot was a high-schoolers hangout, and the crowd in the bookstore was sparse, and equally young. Close to dead, there was barely any turnover. Still, I did run into a few attractive girls who were apparently locals or from the local college. I’ll give it a chance, but I need another spot.
5. After failing to think of anything nearby to replace Borders, I drove to South Coast Plaza Malls. Mid-afternoon to late evening.
Ah, South Coast Plaza; I was here once when I was much younger. Since I’ve returned to the US, I’d forgotten what this luxury shopping mall was like. I’m fairly certain that if I watched Real Housewives of LA, I’d recognize some of the shoppers here. Definitely a different crowd than the local downtown.
High turnover and large numbers of provocatively dressed girls walking around, some clearly not shopping for clothes. Places to hang out, shop, eat everywhere. Great. My only, slight concern is that this place seems almost too obvious a place to try pick-up; there were a lot of single/pairs of guys checking out every female pair of legs passing by, and a lot of girls giving a LOT of approach invitations (glancing around, playing with hair, resting or hovering near guys to very obviously check their phones; all while dressed more for a night at the club than for shopping). With that said, I saw no actual approaches though maybe if I’d stayed in one spot long enough, I might have done.
This place might be a little more challenging (I have the impression I’m going to have competition), but hell, it definitely works. Better start coming here every time I’m getting something from Guess.
So there we have it. My primary spots are going to be;
a) Local downtown
b) Nearby mall
c) State college campus
d) Local Borders Café OR South Coast plaza
On top of this, I have my gym and activities groups to fall back on. Plenty of options. Time for day 2.
I was out this week with a nasty bug, so unfortunately, I completed ‘Day 1’ over the course of 2 days. Not a perfect start. Still, I got usable locations.
Going out explicitly to observe women is new to me, and it felt weird; equal parts ‘I feel creepy’ and ‘Why did it take me this long to start noticing women in public?’ This is good; at least its a step away from 'lack of sexual vibe'.
1. Medium sized mall, about 20 minutes drive from where I’m staying. Late afternoon.
Given the criteria of ‘decent traffic’ and ‘high turnover’; not a particularly great spot. I’m noticing a lot of families, teen couples and younger girls (around 16) with friends; very few women on their own. Sitting down in one spot with a drink for 15 minutes, I noticed the same couples/ families several times. I did a few quick circuits of the mall, just to see if I could get a different crowd elsewhere; slightly better turnover and crowd near a few sections (one, incredibly striking, tall, fast-moving, beautiful blonde dressed to the nines leaving Sephora with a small bag and a sour expression), but not by a lot. Seems like it’s more of a ‘hang-out’ mall (which, as a non-resident of the US, I’m not used to).
In retrospect, though; a weekend is likely to be much more crowded. The mall should do in a pinch, especially if I also have shopping to get done here.
2. Local downtown. Minutes away from where I live, juuust outside easy walking distance, especially in this heat. Early evening.
This is a little better; over the evening, I’m seeing a couple attractive young professional stopping for a bite to eat, quite a few students from the local city college studying in cafes and as the evening wears on, girls readying for a night at the clubs (this is the middle of the week; Fridays are going to be crowded) and a fair number of locals and professionals hanging out and winding down. Bevy of alternative fashionistas and lots of body-piercings. Good number of cafes, little stores, places to eat, bars and lounges. Good amount of foot-traffic.
Timed well, I should be able to approach plenty, especially if I decide to go for club-pickup. Also, I work on the edge of downtown so coming out here will be very easy.
Slight concern is that I’d run into some of my social circle here (lately, they’ve taken a shine to a couple spots downtown) as well as my ex (local city college; also right after break-up, ingratiated into social circle); both might be awkward. Screw it, I’m overthinking. They can think whatever they want, and if I start gaining results, it might actually be helpful that they know it.
3. State college campus. Early afternoon.
Purely in terms of numbers; yeah, this seems pretty much perfect. During the day, the foot-traffic of girls coming to and from classes was enormous, and the turnover, needless to say, equally high. Mixed crowd as I’d expect on a campus, but as far as practice-approaches are concerned, this is just fine. I come here on a semi-regular basis anyway to play table-tennis with a buddy who actually attends the college, so I’ll have a (semi-)legit reason to hang out.
Note to self; 96 degree weather and blistering sun does not make for a conversational mood when not at the beach.
4. The next spot I scouted (Borders Café) was disappointing; the entire lot was a high-schoolers hangout, and the crowd in the bookstore was sparse, and equally young. Close to dead, there was barely any turnover. Still, I did run into a few attractive girls who were apparently locals or from the local college. I’ll give it a chance, but I need another spot.
5. After failing to think of anything nearby to replace Borders, I drove to South Coast Plaza Malls. Mid-afternoon to late evening.
Ah, South Coast Plaza; I was here once when I was much younger. Since I’ve returned to the US, I’d forgotten what this luxury shopping mall was like. I’m fairly certain that if I watched Real Housewives of LA, I’d recognize some of the shoppers here. Definitely a different crowd than the local downtown.
High turnover and large numbers of provocatively dressed girls walking around, some clearly not shopping for clothes. Places to hang out, shop, eat everywhere. Great. My only, slight concern is that this place seems almost too obvious a place to try pick-up; there were a lot of single/pairs of guys checking out every female pair of legs passing by, and a lot of girls giving a LOT of approach invitations (glancing around, playing with hair, resting or hovering near guys to very obviously check their phones; all while dressed more for a night at the club than for shopping). With that said, I saw no actual approaches though maybe if I’d stayed in one spot long enough, I might have done.
This place might be a little more challenging (I have the impression I’m going to have competition), but hell, it definitely works. Better start coming here every time I’m getting something from Guess.
So there we have it. My primary spots are going to be;
a) Local downtown
b) Nearby mall
c) State college campus
d) Local Borders Café OR South Coast plaza
On top of this, I have my gym and activities groups to fall back on. Plenty of options. Time for day 2.
