If you fall in love at first sight with the potential spouse-to-be in an arranged matchmaking, is the resulting marriage still “arranged”? How about if you fall in love with the
picture of the person, does it still qualify as love at first sight? I fell for the smoked meat at Mile End when a go-between sent me a series of
pictures of potential candidates to choose from (thankfully, food does not require me to be monogamous as I also picked Scarpetta). It has taken me a while to get to the first meeting – an insane queue, sub-zero temperature and unfamiliar territory in place of sweaty palms, uncomfortable silences and idiotic conversations; I fly from flower to flower, seeking out beauty where I find it. However, here I was, finally – the errant, procrastinating and much distracted suitor.
