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101 Ways To Meet Singles in Houston
1. Go to a church with a singles department.
2. Join one of your local theatre singles or networking groups.
3. Run in your local Marathon.
4. Ride in a major charity bike ride.
5. Run or play games in your local park.
6. Flirt with ring-less people in the grocery store.
7. Go to local museum and arts group mixers.
8. Volunteer at festivals in town.
9. Find a local pub/hang-out, and make it your “regular” meet up location on the same night of the week every week.
10. Take dancing lessons.
11. Join a Yahoo group or Meetup.com group, or start one for singles or for your own interest.
12. Visit the dog park with your dog—or borrow a dog!
13. Join a book club.
14. Join a dinner club.
15. Take self help classes. (relationships, spiritual enhancement, etc.)
16. Take boxing lessons.
17. Learn to skate or ski, and join a club that does that.
18. Take a singles cruise.
19. Learn a sport.
20. Go back to college.
21. Pick a genre of music you enjoy, and follow religiously one live band that you like.
22. Go to the biggest parties in town.
23. Go to the art museum or author lectures.
24. Go to art crawls and art openings.
25. Take a cooking class.
26. Hang out at your favorite bookstore on a regular basis.
27. Get involved in one of the parades in town.
28. Go to the beach.
29. Don’t miss Mardi Gras.
30. Join a cultural group.
31. Attend a sporting event.
32. Follow your favorite sports team and watch their games on a regular basis at the sports bar.
33. Visit the rock gym, and learn to rock climb.
34. Learn a new language.
35. Take adult education classes.
36. Join a travel club.
37. Join a poetry or other writers’ club.
38. Belong to a wine club.
39. Get on committees for major events around town, like the rodeo.
40. Take an art class.
41. Become a museum docent, because that will get you invited to all their special events.
42. Go to networking groups.
43. Join the toastmasters. (There are several for singles.)
44. Become a member of Events and Adventures or other events' groups.
45. Join an online singles site.
46. Take self-defense classes.
47. Learn to sail.
48. Get an old car, a sports car, or an art car.
49. Become a videographer or filmmaker.
50. Go to a wedding.
51. Join your alumni society.
52. Hire a matchmaker.
53. Practice your spirituality by attending church, temple, meditation groups, etc.
54. Go to your class reunion.
55. Become a team leader.
56. Become a healer.
57. Hang out at your favorite coffee shop on a regular basis.
58. Mentor kids.
59. Be an expert at something and then attend conventions as a speaker or panelist.
60. Go swimming every week.
61. Become a member of your local trade organization.
62. Join the gym.
63. Become a public speaker or head of a community or charitable group.
64. Get involved in politics.
65. Volunteer at the local public radio or TV station.
66. Pick a public cause or charity, and become a fund-raiser for it.
67. Volunteer, volunteer, volunteer!
68. See if you can get yourself stationed at the check-in table of any group or gathering you attend, so you can meet all the people and learn their names and single status!
69. Join a team—whether it’s a bowling team, baseball team, or debate team.
70. Teach classes in a hobby you have at a community or adult education center.
71. Join a choir or other singing group. (provided you can sing!)
72. Show up at all the big events around town, like July 4th celebration, for example.
73. Go out on St. Paddy’s Day and New Year’s Eve.
74. Participate in a charity walk.
75. Get involved in a toy or food drive.
76. Take up a collection for a good cause.
77. Become a home vintner or brewer. And share your wares.
78. Go to festivals, either as a volunteer, attendee, vendor, or participant.
79. Go to conventions and/or expos in town, especially ones where the gender of the opposite sex will be. (Men should attend wedding, pet, and gift shows; women should attend gun, car, and boat shows.)
80. Visit stores where the opposite sex will go; at the mall, you can sit in front of the appropriate store. (Men outside the large department stores, women outside athletic stores.)
81. Attend large sporting events.
82. Visit your favorite nightclub regularly.
83. Become a member of the symphony or opera.
84. Get in a play.
85. Go to a local community higher ed class—any class.
86. Attend university extracurricular activities, with guest lecturers.
87. Man the phones for community radio or television fund-raisers.
88. Help out at a local animal shelter.
89. Be a coach for a kid’s sports team.
90. Take your dog with you everywhere you go. (magnet!)
91. Go to a theme or amusement park.
92. Spend your summer evenings on the porch.
93. Always take a wing man or a wing woman with you to special events.
94. Learn how to read palms.
95. Get on networking sites like Facebook or Digg.
96. Write a book, article, or whatever—get published!
97. Get on the radio or television for being an expert or a do-gooder.
98. Dress up really nice.
99. Interview people.
100. Give people compliments.
101. Be friendly and outgoing wherever you go, and smile, smile, smile!
102...Get a teacher, or ask someone you like to teach you.
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