http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates RSS Feed for Inq Col Kellie Patrick Gates en-us Wed, 30 May 2012 17:27:42 GMT 2012-05-30T17:27:42Z en-us http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120530_LOVE__KATIE_KOPACZ.html In late winter 2008, Katie and Nick were each invited to hang out at a friend’s house. Turned out those friends are a married couple. So Katie and her friend Gloria and Nick and his buddy Tim all hung out together in Gloria and Tim’s living room. The marrieds did not intend to set up their single friends. But by the second time the four got together, Nick was noticing how easy to talk to, fun, and beautiful Katie was. Wed, 30 May 2012 17:27:42 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120530_LOVE__KATIE_KOPACZ.html 2012-05-30T17:27:42Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120523_LOVE__STEPHANIE_VALERIO__amp__ADAM_MACIE.html January 2008, Stephanie was visiting a friend’s MySpace page, then clicked onto one of that friend’s friend’s pages. Adam had written a comment there, and Stephanie couldn’t help but admire the picture that went with it. “He was cute,” she said. She clicked on his page, and saw he was single. Wed, 23 May 2012 16:25:37 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120523_LOVE__STEPHANIE_VALERIO__amp__ADAM_MACIE.html 2012-05-23T16:25:37Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120516_LOVE__DANA_LOSBEN__amp__ANDREW_RODGERS.html Hello there Wed, 23 May 2012 12:55:46 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120516_LOVE__DANA_LOSBEN__amp__ANDREW_RODGERS.html 2012-05-23T12:55:46Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120509_LOVE__ROBIN_ROTHMAN__amp__SEAN_TAYLOR.html Robin grew up in the Far Northeast, graduated from George Washington High School, and earned a degree from the University of the Arts. She moved to New York City in 2003 to pursue her dreams of singing on Broadway. In 2006, she became an intern, student, and performer at Magnet Theater. Wed, 09 May 2012 17:04:16 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120509_LOVE__ROBIN_ROTHMAN__amp__SEAN_TAYLOR.html 2012-05-09T17:04:16Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120502_LOVE__LEAH_MILLER__amp__JONATHAN_O_rsquo_BRIEN.html Hello there In August 2003, Leah, who works in IT for an international pharmaceutical company with local offices, persuaded her employer to send her to London for nine months. The move was her second trip outside North America. Wed, 09 May 2012 13:50:55 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120502_LOVE__LEAH_MILLER__amp__JONATHAN_O_rsquo_BRIEN.html 2012-05-09T13:50:55Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120425_LOVE__MICHELLE_BENEFIEL__amp__DAVID_TRESS.html In summer 2009, Michelle was living in Indiana, but traveling with her Cajun-themed food-service business and friends’ similar businesses to festivals and fairs around the country. Working a music festival in West Virginia, she befriended Zack, a Philadelphian who was in charge of ensuring that the musicians ate. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:47:13 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120425_LOVE__MICHELLE_BENEFIEL__amp__DAVID_TRESS.html 2012-04-25T17:47:13Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120418_LOVE__Melissa_Quintana__amp__Sean_Lipschultz.html Hello there Melissa had a profile on the OKCupid dating site for nearly three months by September 2010, and she had thoughts of canceling her membership. “I had a couple of first dates, and they were fun, but no one was what I was looking for,” she said. Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:40:35 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120418_LOVE__Melissa_Quintana__amp__Sean_Lipschultz.html 2012-04-19T13:40:35Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120411_Love__LAUREN_LUBARSKY___MATTHEW_TANZER.html All that 12-year-old Lauren wanted in early summer 1999 was to go home to Dresher. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:01:29 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120411_Love__LAUREN_LUBARSKY___MATTHEW_TANZER.html 2012-04-11T16:01:29Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120404_Kristy_Wessman___Ross_Herman__0.html Hello there In February 2007, Kristy, then an English teacher at Maritime Academy Charter in Northeast Philadelphia, heard that one of her old high school friends had moved to Pennsylvania. Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:38:40 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120404_Kristy_Wessman___Ross_Herman__0.html 2012-04-04T17:38:40Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120321_Love__LISA_STELLINO___RAYMOND_LAMBOY.html In September 2009, the dating site eHarmony told Lisa and Ray that they might make a good pair. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:07:14 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/kellie_patrick_gates/20120321_Love__LISA_STELLINO___RAYMOND_LAMBOY.html 2012-04-18T13:07:14Z