Missed Connections: Home Depot

February 18, Home Depot - m4w - 38 As pretty as the day is long...

Missed Connections: Chevy's

February 15, asain gal at chevy's emerville Damn my shyness and inability to spell "Emeryville" correctly.

Missed Connections: Ikea

February 13, IKEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - m4w - 40 Meet for coffee or more (we assume meatballs?)

Missed Connections: Arizmendi

February 7, arizmendi emeryville - m4w Don't want to be that guy, but given the chance, I will be. By the way, the correct usage, we believe, is "all up in my grill."

Missed Connections: Trader Joe's

February 5, Emeryville TraderJoe's This is for someone who brought his/her own bag.

An Abundance of Missed Connections: Starbucks, Ikea, Peet's

February 3, Jessica - Peet's Coffee in Emeryville - 39 Too busy being butch

February 5, Hot butch w/ salt & pepper hair in Starbucks - w4w Someone wants free coffee.

February 5, ikea - w4m - 21 My little black sweater said yes, but my mom said no.

Missed Connections: Trader Joe's

February 1, indie-rock boy with red flannel and grey mittens - m4m - 21 If you're real, tell me what I look like.

It seems Trader Joe's is quite the Emeryville missed connections epicenter. Maybe everyone should just go for broke and bust out their best pick-up lines instead of doing missed connections?

Missed Connections: Home Depot

January 30, Emeryville home de pot, 2pm - m4w - 25 Toilet flappers of love.

Missed Connections: Emeryville Fire Dept

January 30, My Emeryville Fireman.... - w4m - 29 He bats his lashes, women swoon.

Missed Connections: Elephant Bar

January 25, Elephant Bar last night - m4m - 26 Two ships passing in a chain restaurant.

Missed Connections: Trader Joe's

January 21, trader joes - m4w - 36 You were some sort of jumpsuit

Missed Connections: Trader Joe's, Starbucks

January 9, A Man and His Dog - Near Starbucks - m4m Stranger in a red truck

January 10, Twas the day before Xmas and at Trader Joes - m4w He could cut off his ear and e-mail it to her?

Missed Connections: Trader Joe's, Bay Street Mall

Do people who work in retail get laid all the time?

Januray 5, Abercrombie at Bay Street Emeryville - m4m U are really cute (Asian guy)

January 8, trader joes joe - w4m I regret not giving you my number, so I'll post a Missed Connections with no personal descriptions whatsoever.

Missed Connections: TJ's, MacArthur BART

January 4, "The cute clerk at TJ's - m4w" Is it taboo to ask someone out at his/her place of work?

January 3, "MacArthur BART this afternoon - w4m" "Long and meaningful" eye contact

Missed Connections: EGB readers, let's make this one happen!!

December 30, "You're the black chick, with the blondish/brownish mohawk - m4w" Our first Emery Go Round-specific missed connection...let's help make this EGR romance happen!

Also:

December 30, "IKEA flirting - m4w" From a "wild and fun" guy, a rather vanilla missed connections ad...

Missed Connections

December 27, "Trader Joes Wed. Nite - m4w" A knight in white fleece. (White fleece is good for blending in with a flock of sheep, but it seems like a dubious fashion choice...)

December 27, "borat - m4w" Insert your favorite overused Boratism here.

Missed Connections

December 22, "Curvy Ann Taylor Loft - m4w" Hmm, the beginnings of a love triangle?

Missed Connections

December 20, "Sat next to me in class today, lovely dark haired girl" He could slip her one of those "Do you like me? Circle YES or NO" notes in class. Could they be NHI or WCC students?

Missed Connections, and Happy Holidays.

We just started the Emery Go Blog, but due to our holiday schedule, we'll be on a semi-hiatus until we're back riding the shuttle regularly. However, please feel free to e-mail us with tips on what you see/hear on your daily commute. We'll still be bringing you any news or missed connections...like this one:

December 15th, "Sarah from Oaks Card Club? - m4w" He's lucky at cards, but will he get lucky?

Missed Connections

december 16th, w4m- "you have lips like warm, soft cocktail hot dogs"


december 15th, "P.F.Chang's: romantic chemistry? - m4w"
Even cops need love.