Shana Tibi

Certified Professional Matchmaker

Shana Tibi is a Certified Professional Matchmaker, Date and Relationship Coach, and the Founder of Curated Connections, a matchmaking service for single professionals. Shana specializes in understanding core values and personal preferences to curate dates. She holds a BA in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution from Prescott College and an MSW in Social Work from California State University, Hayward. She is an active member of the Global Love Institute where she earned her matchmaking certifications.

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Creative Valentine's Day ideas to impress your boo
Consider what activities you have in common? Love coffee? Plan a themed event, where you go to the top coffee carts or shops around town and rate them. If you like dinner and movies, find an escalated type of theater that serves dinner while you lounge and see a movie. If you enjoy a shared spa experience, find a cute hotel that offers a nice breakfast, spa treatments like a massage, and spa center with a hot tub and sauna. Or pack a romantic picnic and locate a botanic garden. Take a bunch of pictures, too!
Best indoor date ideas?
Depending on the season and where you live, you can have some great indoor dates! Throughout the nation, cute concept cafes are popping up like capybara or cat cafes. If you like animals and want to interact with interact with furry friends, take to your favorite search engine and see where’s there’s one near you. Other indoor date ideas are open mic night events, comedy shows, trivia nights, or something with an activity like billiards, darts, shuffleboard, indoor golf, or cards/ board games.
What are some flirty questions to ask a guy?
That’s a great question! First of all, it’s not only about what you say, but how you say it that lets a guy know you’re interested. So, lean in a bit, smile, and give a feeling of warmth and good vibes. Get to know him. Ask open ended questions that will allow him to share about himself. Like “what’s playing on your Spotify these days?”, or “what’s your top three Netflix series at the moment?”, or perhaps he’s a reader and you can ask him about his current reads. Another great topic is bucket list questions. “Do you have a special goal on your bucket list that you’d like to achieve in life” or “what’s your bucket list travel destinations?”

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