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NEW YORK CITY is all about connections. In a city overflowing with ambitious young singles , there is a dating pool full of professionals with the keys to unlock unlimited doors . Here are the 10 most fun to date–everyone from the people who “look good on paper” to the ones that will make your parents question your choices… 1. IG Influencer/Blogger The food scene in NYC is one of the best in the world. There are restaurants that cost upwards of $600/head for a meal, restaurants where you’ll wait over a year to get a table and restaurants that are so underground, you’ll likely never hear of them (unless you have an in). Apparently, it is an awful idea to date a chef, since they’re married to their work, so, how do you get into Manhattan’s top restaurants? Instagram Influencers. I know this Influencer who runs a food blog and popular Instagram account . His follower count alone gets him invites to top restaurants, sometimes for private dinners before they have even opened, where the che...

Published: Friday, August 25, 2017 @ 7:50 AM Updated: Friday, August 25, 2017 @ 7:49 AM Divers recovered the remains of Electronics Technician 3rd Class Dustin Louis Doyon , 26, on Thursday night. He is from Suffield, Connecticut. They earlier recovered the remains of Electronics Technician 3rd Class Kenneth Aaron Smith , 22, who the Navy listed as being from New Jersey. His mother said Smith grew up in Novi, Michigan, and moved to Norfolk, Virginia, as a teenager with his father. The military said five sailors were injured and 10 were missing following Monday's collision. The Navy said missing soldiers were from Missouri, Texas, Maryland, Ohio, New York, Connecticut and Illinois. The collision tore a hole in the ship's left rear hull and flooded adjacent compartments , including crew berths and machinery and communication rooms. The U.S. Navy said it has suspended search and rescue efforts , though divers continue search and recovery efforts inside flooded compartments of ...

Published: Thursday, August 24, 2017 @ 6:23 AM Updated: Thursday, August 24, 2017 @ 6:21 AM Miami — Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12- foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years. Forecasters labeled Harvey a "life-threatening storm" that posed a "grave risk." Millions of people braced for a prolonged battering that could swamp dozens of counties more than 100 miles inland. Landfall was predicted for late Friday or early Saturday between Port O'Connor and Matagorda Bay, a 30-mile (48-kilometer) stretch of coastline about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of Corpus Christi Harvey grew quickly Thursday from a tropical depression into a Category 1 hurricane . Fueled by warm Gulf of Mexico waters, it was projected to become a major Category 3 hurricane . The last storm of that category to h...

This week on Recode Media with Peter Kafka , writer Chuck Klosterman called into the studio to talk about his career in journalism and his new book, “Chuck Klosterman X.” (The X is a Roman numeral 10, as in this is his 10th book.) The two discuss trends in journalism, writing about the famous and whether football will disappear. You can read some of the highlights from the interview here, or listen to it in the audio player above. Below, we’ve also provided a lightly edited complete transcript of their conversation. If you like this, be sure to subscribe to Recode Media on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Overcast or wherever you listen to podcasts. Peter Kafka: This is Recode Media with Peter Kafka. That’s me. I am part of the Vox Media Podcast Network . I’m here at the Vox Media podcast studio , sitting all by myself because ... This doesn’t happen very often. I think only once before ... our guest is not in studio with me. He’s in Portland. He’s Chuck Klosterman. Hey, Chuck....