http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates RSS Feed for Inq Col Kellie Patrick Gates en-us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:58:08 GMT http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20091118_Love__KATE_DEVINE___DAVID_NEWMAN.html Kate, who grew up in Yardley, met David in 1998 on their first day as freshmen at Columbia University. David, who grew up in Manhattan, lived in the suite of dorm rooms across the hall, but spent so much time with Kate and her three suitemates that he usually had his dorm phone forwarded to their place. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20091111_Love__AMY_SAMPSON___ERIC_LIBERI.html In fall 2005, Amy was working in Rutgers University's administrative offices, gearing up to go to grad school for urban planning. Her friend Theresa and Theresa's then-boyfriend, Scott, tried for months to interest her in a setup with Scott's friend. "You'd really hit it off with Eric," Scott kept telling her. Just as persistently, Amy told him she didn't have time for anything except grad school. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20091104_Love__JAMIE_KELLY___BOB_ECKERT.html In fall 2002, Jamie and Bob were both first-year students at Temple Law School. "We met at an election night party," Bob remembers. She's a Republican. He's a Democrat. They had a great time talking and became instant friends. Jamie and Bob even went out alone a few times, but nothing romantic happened. It wasn't politics, but circumstances; they were both seeing other people. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20091028_Love__KAREN_LEE_STUMPO___JOHN_COYLE.html In May 2008, Karen was invited to a fancy fund-raiser through her work. The Wellness Community of Philadelphia's annual Evening in the Park benefit is not the kind of event Karen wanted to attend alone. Having no immediate date prospects, she turned to her social-butterfly coworker, Mary Coyle, for help. Mary, who planned to attend with her boyfriend, quickly lined someone up, and the women decided the two couples would go together. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20091021_Love__1.html In early December 2006, Laura got a call from her friend Valerie's Aunt Maryann. It was last-minute, but would Laura like to take Valerie's place on a trip to Maui? Laura, a nurse at Hahnemann Hospital, jumped at the chance - a spur-of-the-moment decision that would change her life. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20091014_Love__JAMIE_ETKIN___PETE_FEENEY.html Hello there Jamie grew up in Cherry Hill. In the mid-1990s, when she was about 15, her family began frequenting a pizza shop in neighboring Marlton called Domenico's Italian Ristorante. By the time Jamie reached her late teens, owner Diane Feeney, who would often wai http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20091007_Love__HEATHER_ORTH___MARK_RUSSO.html Hello there On a Friday night in mid-July 2005, Mark and his friend Dean went to Appetites on Main in Exton. So did Heather and her friend, Jamie. Dean, who had met Heather years earlier, introduced her and Mark. "We just hit it off," Mark said. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20090930_Love__JENNIFER_RYCERZ___MATTHEW_KALLEND.html Jennifer and Matt, now both 28, grew up in different Chicago suburbs. They met in their second week of music school at DePaul University in 1999. "We were standing in line to take some kind of music theory test," Jennifer said. She plays the flute. He is a percussionist. They were just acquaintances until a party in 2003, where they spent a lot of time talking. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20090923_Love__DEBRA_DISCUILLO___MATTHEW_POLICHETTI.html On Halloween night 1998, Deb and Nick Discuillo were still six months away from their wedding. They were passing out candy at their Schwenksville home when they saw Matt Polichetti and his sister, Jackie Marks, moving into the townhouse two doors down. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20090916_Love__DIERDRE_WOODY___ROSS_KONAR.html Dierdre and Ross, now 30 and 31 respectively, met in eighth grade, when they were in the same class at Springton Lake Middle School and lived in Media. They became instant friends and hung out with the same group of people all through high school.