What happens when you get into a car with a stranger you met on a dating app to go hunting for graffiti and murals in a city that's new to you?

1. IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
What could possibly go wrong?
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BLENDING
TRAVEL,
STREET ART,
& DATING
APPS

2. My dating profile was clear:
1. I was visiting Boston for a few
days only.
2. I was interested in meeting for
PG-rated activities only.

4. The guys I matched with
fell into 3 categories:
1. Unresponsive

5. 2. Non-readers (thinking I
lived in Boston and/or was
interested in X-rated
activities)

6. 3. Septime
(not his real name)

7. Septime . . .
● is in his early fifties
● is a dad
● works in a creative
industry

9. “I’m in Cambridge,”
he said.

10. “Great! Can you meet me
at Graffiti Alley?” I asked

11. “Yes! I love that place and
can show you some other
graffiti if you’re
interested.”

12. I ignored the truly nasty
thunderstorm and made
my way to Graffiti Alley.

13. Graffiti Alley is not very long,
so it would’ve been a very
short date.

14. There are also
murals (not
graffiti, so the
artists had
permission to
paint and were
(hopefully) paid)
in the parking lot
and around the
corner.

15. But not many.

17. “I’ll drive you
to some more
graffiti,”
Septime said.

18. “Are you an axe
murderer?” I asked.

19. Dating-app guys never
think about how creepy it
is for a woman to get into
a stranger’s car. * sigh *

20. My phone
says that I
took these
photos at the
Charles River
Reservation.

21. There were
some
homeless
guys under a
bridge.

22. And railroad
tracks.
And ducks.
And geese.

24. Wild guess:
This was not
exactly the
traditional
tour of
Cambridge.

25. Next, Septime drove me
around Cambridge,
double-parking frequently,
just long enough for me to
run out and get photos of
murals.

27. Yes, please do.

28. ?

29. What happened
after all that driving
and all that art?

30. Click to find out how the date
ended (and to see more photos):
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