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Cheek’d!

Last night, we also went to Rouge et Blanc for the happy hour party of Cheek’d, a new type of dating social network. Its CEO Lori Cheek whipped out her computer, signed up anxious guests on cheekd.com, and gave them personalized business cards with humorous and romantic quips to give to anyone they thought could enrich their life, romantically or otherwise.

Cheek’d rep Tommy Kearney, here with triathlete Larry Lewis, was excited about the business cards and said they wanted to author their own sayings, such as, “You wanna be my plus one?”

Lori’s partner Charles Kickham walked around collecting business card for a raffle. He talked about being with her when she came up with the idea for Cheek’d in 2009, and the long but exciting road to their launch last May.

Cheek’d art director Ryan Hobbs and partner Locke Raper joked that they were John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, reincarnated as philosophers of love.

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