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Singles Mingle in Maryland Heights

If you wonder what real singles in Maryland Heights are like, our photo essay sneaks you inside a mystery mingler night.

Over two dozen singles from their 20s through 40s met at The Dorsett Inn for a chance to be matched up with a stranger before relaxing for an evening of drinks and billiards. Unlike most singles events, this one was a "Mystery Mingler." The organizers asked attendees to answer five questions online. When people arrived, they had half an hour to chat with a mystery date before it turned into an open mingler. Martin Sophia, one of the organizers, said most people simply file into the next empty seat when they attend a single's event. They spend the evening talking to whoever happened to sit next to them. Most of the time, the women clump together at one end of the table and the men at the other, so he wanted to ensure people actually spoke …

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Making Friends is Easy with the Maryland Heights Activity Group

Once you’re out of college, making new friends is hard. That’s why once a month we visit a local club in Maryland Heights to help you find friends in your own neighborhood.

This month we visited the Maryland Heights Activity Group. With more than 50 upcoming scheduled events and over 780 events in the past, this is one of the most socially active clubs you can find. It’s also one of the funniest. If you can hear laughter coming from the back of a Westport restaurant, you’ve probably found the Maryland Heights Activity Group. The raucous group can’t keep a straight face for more than three minutes without someone cracking everyone up - even if they’re eating. On a Saturday afternoon, a dozen of the Activity Group members left their waiter in stitches and the rest of the restaurant wondering what was going on at the loud table in back. Chief Cat Herder Jeff Griff is the Activity Group’s third leader. “We’ll do …

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Club of the Month: St. Louis Singles

Looking for new clubs full of friendly people? Once a month we visit open social groups in Maryland Heights and report back on who you'll find and what they're up to.

It's Friday night and you don't have anything to do. Now that you're out of college it's creepy and, depending on the age of the girls, possibly illegal for you to seek fun at a frat party. Your friends from work are home with their spouses, your brother has a date and even your parents are going out for a romantic night. Don't worry. It's not time to join a World of Warcraft guild. It's time to join a club - and there are plenty of them out there. Every month, we'll crash a different Maryland Heights club or group as a sneak preview of the social life you could be having. We'll let you know what kind of people attend, how many of them are there, and what adventures they're up to. This month the St. Louis Singles Group joined forces with …

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