Real first dates are more interesting than anything scripted, so we started filming them, one local spot at a time. Before Tampa, I did something similar in Denver, shooting photo and video for people on dates, and I went on my own filmed blind date for Rooster Magazine, so I know what it's like on both sides of the camera. When I moved to Tampa, I wanted to take that idea further and make it my own.

To help people around Tampa find love while putting a spotlight on some of the best spots in town. Dates shouldn't stop at dinner, so each episode moves through the city: a bike ride, ice cream, a museum, whatever fits the night. As more venues join, daters get more to experience and local businesses get new faces through the door.