<![CDATA[Gawker: missed connections]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: missed connections]]> http://gawker.com/tag/missedconnections http://gawker.com/tag/missedconnections <![CDATA[Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's Gay Friends Want to Sleep with the Help]]> We might not have gotten their wedding photos (yet?), but we have the next best thing from this week's Kushner-Trump nuptial celebrations: the Craigslist M4M missed connections post. Someone at the reception yesterday got a little flirty with the bartender!

It appears that a friend (or family member?) got a little close to the bartender at the couple's second reception at Manhattan's Puck Building last night and can't stop thinking about him. Like anyone obsessed with that hottie behind the bar who gives a little wink for a bigger tip, he took to Craigslist to see if he could score. Please apply a big [sic].

Bartender at Ivanka Trumps wedding celebration - m4m - 32 (SoHo)

I was with my cousin and couldnt think of what I wanted to drink. I ended up getting a JW and Coke and by the look on your face I could tell you werent a fan... well, of the drink I hope. You had on black frame glasses and black hair. You're stunning. If you remember me, what color was my tie?

If we were that bartender, we would get right to responding, because this guy has got to be rich! Any of the Kusher-Trump cronies who might be a poor, gay single would be trying to score someone with some scratch among the well-heeled attendees. Only one with his own business (trust fund? excellent job? jewelry line?) would even bother looking twice at the help. This is your Cinderella moment, anonymous bartender. Seize it!

Also: tomorrow we're picking the winner of our Javanka wedding photo contest, so you still have time to work this anecdote into your entry. Winner gets $150.

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<![CDATA[Consultants Be Damned, Interoffice Love Will Never Die at Conde Nast!]]> Despite the fact that The Bobs are coming to send many to the unemployment line, Conde Nasters still need to hook up, thus they post Missed Connections ads on Craigslist. Naturally, we'd love to help facilitate a coupling!

Here's the text of a Missed Connection ad currently on Craigslist:

I just saw you in the elevator of the Conde Nast building. You got on at the 12th floor and I was already in the elevator. We looked at each other and smiled. I think you are so pretty I just had to post this right away (I doubt you'll see it though). You have black hair, dark brown eyes (almost black), a black shirt, and a black and white skirt. If you see this, please write me.

The run-in happened yesterday morning, so surely some of you Conde Nasters out there must know something about the young lady (a Voguette possibly?) involved here. Help us, help you! Feel free to send any info/updates to us. Let's make this happen people!






Elevator of Conde Nast Building [Craigslist]
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<![CDATA[Megan Fox's Shunned Flower Child Found!]]> The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.Yesterday we told you Kodak was offering $5000 to anyone who could track down the boy with the rose who was shunned by Megan Fox recently. Well it looks as though one of our readers found him—On Facebook!

Last night we received the following email from a nice lady named Kim in Montreal:

Hey guys,
I have this boy on my facebook friends list! I sent Him an email too inform him about kodak, And sent kodak 3 emails with tons of informations
Im crossing my fingers Kodak really tries to contact him!
=)
I Better Win!
lolll

Since the young lad's Facebook profile was set to private and can only be viewed by his "friends," we asked Kim to send us some screengrabs of his Facebook page as proof, and she obliged. As you can see from the gallery below, which includes a pic of our boy with one of those little Jonas freaks, it looks as though we may have found the victim of Megan Fox's smoldering disdain, an 11 year-old Brit named Harvii.

Now hurry up and write Kim a check, Kodak! And Kim, you can give us our ten percent in Canadian dollars, or you can just buy us a round of drinks whenever you're in town. Whatever, we're easy.


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<![CDATA[Craigslist Employees Will Be Paid to Read Sex Ads All Day]]> Under pressure from state officials after a Boston medical student reportedly killed a masseuse he met on Craigslist, the classifieds site is cancelling its racy "Erotic Services" section with a new one reviewed by employees.

Is Craigslist's new "adult" category just a name change? "We're very encouraged that Craigslist is doing the right thing in eliminating its online red light district with prostitution and pornography in plain sight," said Connecticut attorney general Dick Blumenthal. "We'll be watching and investigating critically to make sure this measure is more than just a name change." Craigslist will cancel all existing Erotic Services ads in seven days, and start up the new category. In other words, it's just a name change.

There is one critical difference: Craigslist employees will be reviewing ads for tell-tale prostitution-friendly phrases. (For example, if your escort asks for a "donation" of "roses," she's actually talking dollars, and it's not optional.) Of course, this just means that the sex workers will go to other, less-monitored areas. Craigslist Missed Connections will never be the same! Or they'll go to other websites altogether.

The only highlight in this silliness: The image of hypernerdy Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, who constantly reminds everyone that his only role at the site is as a customer-service rep, manually reviewing sex ads. We reached Newmark on the phone. As we started to ask him how his customer-service department would handle the new workload, he reminded us there were other Craigslist customer-service personnel, and then referred calls to Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster and PR rep Susan MacTavish Best. Come on, Craig: At the very least, this new assignment should give you something to talk about at parties besides how terrible newspapers are.

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<![CDATA[Tragic "NY Girl Of My Dreams" Breakup Confirmed]]> NygirlofmydreamsThe passive-aggressive love story of Vimeo employee Patrick Moberg and his subway crush, Camille Hayton, has drawn to a close. The couple, you'll recall, met after Moberg spotted Hayton on the subway, then used his website to solicit help tracking her down. Romance bloomed, or seemed to. Rumors later swirled about a breakup, but then the couple was in a magazine for olds inspiring everyone with their love. But then someone ran into Hayton while she was waitressing and asked her about being the subway girl and she was all, "that was SUCH a long time ago" in her Australian accent. It sounded like a bad sign and, as it turns out, it was.

Moberg said he didn't want to tell anyone about their breakup "because I loved the idea of people making their own endings to our unusual story." But Hayton just blabbed to the Austrlian press:

"We dated for a while, but now we're just friends," Ms Hayton says.

"It's really nice that people embraced the story. It is part of my life now."

She says she dated Mr Moberg for about two months, but it didn't work out.

"The situation was so intense that we bonded in a way that you could mistake for being more romantic than it was. But I wanted to give it a go, so I wouldn't later wonder, 'What if, what if?'."

So the relationship lasted all of two months. Maybe both people got something nice out of the experience: Moberg said he wrote a "little" illustrated book about the saga and Hayton perhaps has a gimmick for getting an audition for certain acting gigs. She landed a small role on As The World Turns and was an extra on Sex And The City!

But who dumped who? And what, exactly, went wrong? Here's a clue, from the Australian newspaper story:

"We see each other now and then and we email quite a bit - I guess that's his forte," Ms Hayton says.

Zing! Communication problems, perhaps? Yes, probably. And a lesson: If you can't introduce yourself before a crush walks out of your life forever, maybe it's best to let that person actually be out of your life forever.

Alternate lesson: It never hurts to try, even if you have to use the internet and/or embarrass yourself and so forth. You might have a fun experience!

[Herald Sun, Patrick Moberg]

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<![CDATA[Grabbing some love upstairs at Google]]> "You asked if I was headed upstairs for a meeting and I said, "not exactly. I am here for GoogleApps." Oh, Pink Scarf Girl. We want to find your Missed Connections "Moment" Man, too. White, male, 20s, dressed casual? Who could that be? Just be sure to use protection with what you're grabbing "downstairs," too. The best in daycare is so pricey these days.

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<![CDATA[Gossip Girl's Missed Love Connection]]> From the mixed up files of Craigslist comes a Missed Connection from a dude who must be an actor or some sort of bigwig behind-the-scenes person on raggedy teen soap Gossip Girl. The show has been filming in the Hamptons recently and this CL poster was enamored with a bikini-clad blonde nymph, an extra who had "the body of a goddess." And don't worry, blondie, your Romeo is fairly certain you'll figure it out—"if you see this you probably know who I am," he writes, romantically. So are you out there, dreamgirl? Do you know who he is? If not, read more about yourself and your thwarted romance after the jump.


background actress in upper brookville (oyster bay area) - m4w

you were by far the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my 4 years in ny.. about 5'5" tall, medium length curly blonde hair, an absolutely stunning smile, and the body of a goddess. you were wearing a white bikini and doing background acting in the pool area for gossip girl.. if you see this you probably know who I am, I was absolutely mesmorized by you. I didnt want to try talking to you in front of the whole crew cuz I would of got shit from my boss but when I had a moment to look for you they had already wrapped you :( I would much rather get rejected then to have never tried at all.. if you actually see this, please reply if nothing else than to tell me no so I know lol if anyone reading knows the girl im talking about, please just show her this, thanks
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<![CDATA[Free Wifi Tattoo?]]> "Did your tattoo say 'free wifi'?" asks a 21-year-old Craigslister of a girl he saw on the L train, adding that he "would really like to know."

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<![CDATA[Stay Classy, New York]]> Silda Spitzer, I will totally do you. - m4w - 39 [Craigslist]

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<![CDATA[Lizzie Grubman's Lunch Partner Revealed]]> "Dude.. the guy Lizzie was having lunch with was TAILOR MADE aka George Weissgerber, from "I Love New York" season two!!! he may be gay but last night celebrated V day with NY, aka, Tiffany Pollard, his fiancee." Oh. Her. So the person in the following pic is supposed to be straight... riiight.

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<![CDATA["You were for some reason eating lunch with Lizzie Grubman."]]> That would be (convicted! attempted!) killer and celebrity uber-flack (and possible voter) Lizzie Grubman, whose companion just may get lucky if this Missed Connection finds its way to him. We'll do everything we can, even after the tyranny of Valentine's Day. [Craigslist]

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<![CDATA[Missing Chris Martin]]> Chrismartin Paparazzi-walloper Chris Martin has only our fervent dedication to Scrabulou—erm, to the job—to thank for escaping our notice while he was under our noses at Balthazar this afternoon getting coffee "with a friend." We tried sending Sheila downstairs with a camera to see if the Coldplay frontman would hit a girl, but she demanded hazard pay. I'd have gone myself, but I just got an awful paper-cut—tragic, really.]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5002445&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA['New Criterion' Ed Assistant Jennifer Oh Is "Very Insatiable," Looking For Craigslist Love]]> Julia Allison isn't the only mildly successful journalist to plumb Craigslist looking for lovers. Jennifer Oh, assistant to the editor at the New Criterion, describes herself in a recent Craigslist post as a "writer, [who works for] a respected magazine, and would be happy to share with you my various lists of awards, accomplishments, etc." Also! "I'm very picky but very, very insatiable and passionate when aroused. My ass and legs look hot in jeans as well as slutty skirts or feminine dresses. Full lips, great breasts, adorable pretty face, and a intelligent, sensual, and also highly affectionate sex appeal that you will love." Oh RLY? Truth be told, she does seem nice but also strangely emotionally vulnerable? Why this is?

Well! Let's let the writer tell you:

Please be under 40 as my last boyfriend, who cruelly broke my heart not too long ago, was 50 yrs. old, and it's important to me (at long last, yes, I've caved in to that reality) that my parents like him. I have gone through too much heartache with my family to risk having yet another bf of whom the family disapproves. Really, it's for my little sisters' sake, and if you met these two adorable little girls, you'd understand too. But I do prefer men over thirty. I think men under 35 are generally too immature to hold hands with, let alone kiss. =) Prove me wrong, please, though!
Ok, well, I'm under 35. I hear you look great in slutty skirts and I'd like to meet you. Your ad says you live in Gramercy, is that where you are? Actually no! Atleast not according to another Craigslist ad Oh recently posted:
I'm looking for a short term to long term rental. I'm currently staying in NC with my parents, but I'll be available to meet you starting Monday and hopefully move in right away...
And also:
I need a furnished short term rental right away because my boyfriend and I are having a trial separation for a year, possibly longer. My parents will be happy to be guarantors if necessary.
Hmm, would it be crass to say you seem nice but don't quite fit our new criteria for a mate?
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<![CDATA[Prince Charming Searches For "NY Girl Of My Dreams," Or Just One Of The Million Other Sucker Girls Who Saw This And Were Like "Aww"]]> Illustrator Patrick Moberg saw the "New York Girl" of his "Dreams" on the subway last night and promptly made this webpage featuring a whimsical little sketch of her. She had "fancy braided hair" and "blue gym shorts" and was "writing in a journal" on the 5 train from Union Square to Bowling Green. Patrick describes himself as "skinny" and "not insane," a few inches above the spot on the page where he lists his email and phone number on the internet. It's like a Miranda July story mixed with Craigslist Missed Connections mixed with stalking mixed with everything that's wrong (and right!) about Boys Today. I'm confused about my feelings!

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<![CDATA[A missed connection. You: Hot gay dude, maybe...]]> lirrphotoA missed connection. You: Hot gay dude, maybe late 30s, some gray in your trim beard, on the Long Island Rail Road headed westbound circa noon on Saturday. You wear your iPhone headphones reversed—the right earpiece has the little microphone, silly goose! You were opening your mail and I couldn't help but notice your recent lab work results from the gay health center looked good (yay!), that you got ticketed recently for having your dog off leash (I love dogs too!), and that you're late on your taxes. We have so much in common! I was a little concerned about that letter you got saying that your driver's license was revoked? But then I decided that you were maybe opening a friend's mail for them! That is so sweet of you. I noticed that you were texting friends and they were all women; I'm glad you like women too, those gay guys who don't are weird. P.S. I hope your flight at 1:30 on Sunday afternoon went well and I think I love you!

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<![CDATA["I was the diphallic Conde Nast bloke chatting...]]> "I was the diphallic Conde Nast bloke chatting you up - 29" [Craigslist]

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<![CDATA[Heinous Celeb-Studded Cafe Operated By Owners Of Heinous Celeb-Studded Club]]> Sometimes two mysterious and crappy things that seem like they should be related actually are. This is great, since it reduces two crappy things into just one. For instance! The gutting sense of wonder at why the "hottest celebrity hangout" is actually the upstairs of a cruddy Soho cafe was somewhat eroded by today's revelation that the owners of "Upstairs" (as Cafe Bari is called) are the swarthy brothers Martignetti. Les freres Martignetti are the proprietors of the eponymous Bar Martignetti, which is to pink-shirted preppy dickheads what an empty parking lot by I-95 is to day laborers: A place to gather and drink and await desperately-needed attention. With that, the fog of mystery dissipates, leaving only the stench of knowledge in its place.

Danny A and Bar Martignettis Don't Jive [Guest of a Guest]

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<![CDATA[Were you wearing a blue shirt and glasses...]]> TechCrunch9 party last Friday? Someone wants to hook up with you. [Laughing Squid]]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=284575&view=rss&microfeed=true