Friday, January 8, 2010 - m4w When I put your coat collar up to protect you from the cold... on the corner of E Houston and Bowery... and I looked in your eyes... I was very tempted to kiss you... but I don't steal women from other men...
Thursday, December 31, 2009 - m4w - 32 You had on a furry hat with ear flaps and you crashed into me at Wollman Rink today. You are a terrible but adorable skater. Happy New Year!
Monday, November 23, 2009 -m4w You were wearing a green dress with white buttons. We made eye contact at least three times on the 6 train this morning. All of a sudden you gave a little smile, and looked down at your lap, as though at some secret joke. You never looked up again and I had to get off at Bleeker. I wish I could have seen inside your beautiful head.
Monday, November 2nd, 2009 You left your coat here last winter - w4w ... or rather, you let me wear it home. I found fun dip in one pocket and your NYPL card in the other. It's going to keep me deliciously warm this winter as I rack up mountains of overdue fines.
Saturday, October 17, 2009 - m4w We shared a bear suit at an apartment party on Saturday night. I asked for your number and you gave it to me, but somehow I don't have an area code written down. I had a great time talking with you, and I don't trust Chance enough to wait until I see you in the elevators...
HOT toll collector - m4w - 35 (Outerbridge) I complimented you on your new look today. Hope you see this, I was too shy. The $8 was well worth it... and always is when you’re there.
Messages in bottles, smoke signals, letters written in the sand; the modern equivalents are the funny, sad, beautiful, hopeful, hopeless, poetic posts on Missed Connections websites. Every day hundreds of strangers reach out to other strangers on the strength of a glance, a smile or a blue hat. Their messages have the lifespan of a butterfly. I'm trying to pin a few of them down.