Dear DateSpacers and Yankee Doodle Dandies:

Tomorrow is the Fourth of July–perhaps the most important day in the history of American dating. As such, we invite you to carefully consider what your love life would be like if not for the Declaration of Independence:

1. High Tea Taxes: You’ll have to do without your Earl Grey because that cheap date for tea and biscotti now costs you $63. Same with sugar. You don’t even want to know how much the one-pence-per-gallon-of-molases tax would be in 2008 pence.

2. High Stamp Taxes: Love letters? Forget ‘em. And don’t think those crafty Brits wouldn’t be taxing email, too, which means no more Thursdates.

3. Quartering British Troops:* Imagine bringing your date back to your place only to find the British soldier you’re forced to house eating a bowl of Frosted Flakes and watching SportsCenter in his skivvies in your living room. “Oh, this is Alistair. He’s just staying here on the Queen’s orders.” Awkward! And since none of these guys went to “university” in America, they don’t know about the sock-on-the-door-handle-means-I’ve-got-someone-in-here-man rule.

Get the picture? So tomorrow, while you’re jamming to Neil Diamond and chowing down on grilled hotdogs, be mindful of all that Tommy J. & Co. (that’s Thomas Jefferson et al., not Tommy James and the Shondells) did ten score and twelve years ago to ensure your freedom to date like an American!

1. DateSpace of the Week
Charles heralds Kasadela as an “Amazing restaurant.” Says Charles, “The food is spectacular…think of it as Asian tapas. Good sake and low lighting makes this as perfect a spot as you can find.” DateSpaces.com Tip: It’s actually pronounced “Kah-sah-day-lah.” Wish someone would’ve told me that before I ordered a cheese kasadela with a side of salsa.

Been on a really great date lately? Suggest next week’s DateSpace of the week by emailing eric@datespaces.com.

2. This Week at The Daily Dater
Introducing Let Letty Help, a new part of the Daily Dater lineup! The column is written by Letty Livingston, self-proclaimed “virtual wing-girl who is here to help you navigate your uncharted course in the sea of love.” Letty’s advice has been in over forty publications and we’re pleased to be the newest addition to the list.

This week at the Nightcap: how thrills lead to romance, bringing us one step closer to understanding just what in the hell the Ohio Players’ “Love Rollercoaster” is about.

Send your dating queries and conundrums our way by emailing charles@datespaces.com.

3. Also New This Week
Be sure to check out our new online poll series, known as the Love Tester. Apologies to those of you who thought it was one of those bar devices that tells you whether your a “Cold Fish” or “Hot Tamale,” like the Simpon’s “Lovematic Grandpa.” We’ll get some people working on a prototype.

I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T,

Webbie and the DateSpaces.com Team

XOXOX