Drinks First

This week our guest (Male, Straight, 26, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn) is still looking for that special someone. After having a pretty stable dating life, our guest talks about how he navigated quarantine dating, how boys transition between college and real life, generation gap dating, not having a type, and so much more! **If you are interested in meeting him- please DM @drinks.first on Instagram o...

This week our guest (Female, Straight, 25, Washington Heights, Manhattan) is an absolute powerhouse. At the age of 25, this native New Yorker has already graduated from law school and runs a successful fitness Instagram. We talk about how she got blocked on Bumble, her first worst date experience, who should split the bill, dating within your ethnicity, her best Meet Cute story, and so much more....

WELCOME BACK! SEASON 2 BABY!!!! This week our guest (Male, Straight, 27, Crown Heights, Brooklyn) talks so candidly about his experiences dating. Although the pandemic has put a damper on a lot of love lives- this man needed the reset. After constantly being in relationships, our guest sits down and talks to me about his new move to NYC, dating before and after his transition, expanding his friend...

#BLACKLIVESMATTER I open the final episode of S1 Cocktail Hour talking a little bit about the state of current events. I am so excited that my final guest is the amazing Twanna Hines. Twanna is a writer, speaker, sexual health educator, and so much more. We talk about fetishization, how to navigate dating apps, implicit biases we may harbor while dating, and so much more! You can find Twanna Hines...

Cocktail Hour is a collection of episodes in which I interview seasoned vets of the NYC dating scene for a different perspective. Jonah Feingold is a native NY'er who is a filmmaker and now the co-host of Hinge's Dating Sucks Podcast. He is currently working on a rom-com called Dating in New York and is hosting his new podcast with his "ex"! We talk about how to become a dating expert, the Hinge a...

Cocktail Hour is a collection of episodes in which I interview seasoned vets of the NYC dating scene for a different perspective. This weeks guest is social media icon Serena F**king Kerrigan! Serena and I talk about being native NY'ers, how she became the Queen of Confidence, her new dating show Let's F**king Date, how to explode on social media, why you should be dating during quarantine, and SO...

Cocktail Hour is a collection of episodes in which I interview seasoned vets of the NYC dating scene for a different perspective. I'm so excited to have my first double interview in Drinks First history! Harrison Forman (28 from New Jersey) and Brandon Berman (25 from Long Island) are the masterminds behind Updating Show. Updating is a live show (now on zoom for the time being) where a literal bli...

Cocktail Hour is a collection of episodes in which I interview seasoned vets of the NYC dating scene for a different perspective. This weeks guest is a real life millionaire matchmaker in NYC who co-owns the exclusive dating service The Bevy! Nikki Lewis and her partner Greta have been matchmaking in NYC for an elite group of people for nearly a decade. They are Goop's relationship experts, and ha...

Cocktail Hour is a collection of episodes in which I interview seasoned vets of the NYC dating scene for a different perspective. It could not be more fitting that I met Isaac Hindin-Miller on TikTok considering that it is all I've been doing since quarantine started (follow me @ariananathani @drinksfirst). Isaac is a 35 year-old journalist, DJ, fashion designer, and social media influencer from N...

I am so excited to introduce this new part of the Drinks First ecosystem! Cocktail Hour is a collection of episodes in which I interview seasoned vets of the NYC dating scene for a different perspective. I could not be more stoked that my debut episode is with Lindsey Metselaar of We Met At Acme fame! We Met At Acme is a podcast about millennial dating in NYC and Lindsey is a native New-Yorker, po...

This week our guest (Male, Straight, 22, Manhattan, NYC) gives us some on his glow up journey. We start at the beginning with his first love and girlfriend and walk through how that relationship changed his life for the better, how he became more self confident, steps on how he tries to achieve his life and relationship goals, dating in college, juggling multiple girls, getting with roommates, wha...

This week our guest (Female, Straight, 22, Manhattan, NYC) is new to NYC by way of Dublin and Mumbai. We talk about her experience dating her brothers friends, including her Ex who she went to high school and college with, navigating work/life balance, getting with someone you then have to interview, and more! This episode is a little different because we have an in-depth conversation about cross-...

This week our guest (Male, Straight, 26, Manhattan, NYC) gives us some insight to dating after you've been in the city for a while. We talk about the transition between all-boys school to co-ed, being over dating apps, the best way to approach someone at a bar, investing in an online date, getting with your friends sibling, being ghosted, dating someone vs. being in a relationship, instagram etiqu...

This week our guest (Female, Bisexual, 23, Manhattan, NYC) is freshly on the market and divulges her dating past. We talk about woofing, "The Ick", getting with a cop, pursuing vs. pursuer, hooking up with brothers, oblong ding-dongs, exploring sexuality, the importance of being single, different kinds of love, sexting tips from a writer, new dating apps, "Power of the Pass", and much more!!! **If...

HAPPY 10TH EPISODE !!! I never thought I would keep this up but I'm so grateful for all you listeners and the support I have gotten. Since it is ep 10- I'm giving you a double whammy episode. I have been waiting so long to be able to interview this guest (M, 23, Straight, Manhattan) since I met him. Still trying to figure out why he decided to do this but I'm not complaining! He gives us all the b...

This week our guest (Female, Straight, 22, Manhattan, NYC) is a dating queen. We talk about clingy men, dating with references, good and bad texting, worst date stories, being psycho to your crush, puking on a date, general red flags, hinge vs. bumble, dating profile nono's, drunk texting, and more! Listen to find out ;) **If you are interested in meeting her- please DM @drinks.first on Instagram...

The DM's are wide open for one of my oldest friends! (M, 22, Straight, Manhattan, NYC) tells us about his experiences with JAPs, recognizing your privilege, what it is like to be in a fraternity, how to get over a sex (position) scandal, what boys talk about, our guidelines to Hinge, how to plan your first dating app date, and a lot more! Straight men- be sure to listen to this episode very carefu...

This week our guest (Female, Bisexual, 23, Manhattan, NYC) is our first bisexual guest! We talk about prom, dating in high school vs. college vs. adult life, hooking up with your best friend, mental health, exploring your sexuality, being spit sisters with Malia Obama, queer sex vs. straight sex, age difference with hooking up and dating, consent, shitty texters, when you grow up the most, sugar d...

This week our guest (Trans Non Binary, 24, Brooklyn, NYC) is our first queer guest! We talk about their life experiences, where to meet people in NYC (spoiler alert- it's in soho), decorative cabbage season fka cuffing season, what traversing the dating scene has been like as a trans non binary queer individual, if keeping a list is good or bad, fetish vs. type, farting in front of your date, thre...

*disclaimer- sorry for the less than stellar audio but I'm learning and growing so I appreciate all of you who are along for the ride :~)* This week our guest (F, 22, Manhattan, NYC) is an NYC-native and our first ~influencer~! We talk about her favorite NYC recs as a food instagrammer, why Brass Monkey aint it, date planning, finding an NJB (nice jewish boy), how to dress, app red flags, dating p...

Get ready because this is one of the nicest, most sincere men I know. It was a treat to have this guest (M, 23, Straight, Manhattan, NYC) in to talk about the NYC scene, our shared love of Berlin, how to get into the most exclusive club in the world (Berghain and Panorama Bar), being on the worlds most exclusive dating app *which can't be named but coughcough it rhymes with Maya*, blind dates, red...

Our powerhouse of a guest (F, 22, Manhattan, NYC) is new to NYC and is killing it in her high stress job. When I say she is a CEO in the making- I'm not joking! We talk about her favorite nyc places, astrology in a relationship, being on America's Got Talent, work/life balance, never being on a dating app, fwb (the grey area and the convo YOU MUST HAVE), and so much more! If you think you can keep...

Our first MALE guest ever is here to give us a new perspective (M, 22, Straight, Manhattan, NYC) and we talk about everything from life at Cornell, being new to dating, how to navigate the apps, why Hinge doesn't work for me, first date dilemmas, and more! **If you are interested in meeting him- please DM @drinks.first on Instagram or email drinksfirstpodcast@gmail.com . Specific instructions on h...

Our first guest ever is a good friend of mine (F, 22, Straight, Manhattan, NYC) and we talk about everything from peanut butter, SoulCycle, Venmo stalking, how to dress to impress, all-girls school, and more! **If you are interested in meeting her- please DM @drinks.first on Instagram or email drinksfirstpodcast@gmail.com . Specific instructions on how to match is under our highlight "How to Slide...