Melissa Schorr

RACHEL W.: 28 / processing specialist What makes her a catch: She’s honest and easygoing. Her interests: Roller-skating, playing video games, watching trashy reality TV, and making art KIRSTEN K.: 27 / senior housing programming assistant What makes her a catch: Her love for adventure Her interests: Music, anime, dancing, thrifting 8:15 P.M. Moëca, Cambridge Rachel My grandma is a big fan of Cupid. She suggested I sign up.

Today’s singles are tired of the dating apps. That much is obvious. Nearly every application bemoans the apps as a prime motivation for applying to Dinner With Cupid. But is a matchmaking column in a newspaper a better alternative? Frustratingly, the jury is still out. Dinner With Cupid has been running in the Globe since 2009, and I’ve personally been setting up these weekly blind dates for over a decade. That’s roughly 500+ couples I’ve sent out on weekly blind dates.

On a desert island, she’d bring: Record player/vinyl collection, gardening tools, seeds What makes her a catch: She has a connection to nature, people, and animals. DAMARIS M.: 30 / bartender What makes her a catch: She’s tactfully honest. Her interests: Enjoys manga and travel, is a cinephile Bella I had been taking time to figure out what I want in a relationship. A blind date felt like a great reentry. Damaris This was my first date post-breakup of almost a year ago.