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Posted by Sasha Burchuck

Seven years ago, after he had just arrived here from West Virginia, I remember I used to see this guy Nathaniel Boggess (also known as "Westy") around town, driving his 1970s midnight blue Lincoln Continental from dance party to dance party. He would step out of the car in his three-piece suit looking like Tom Wolfe and yell "WOOH!" He sure did cut the image of being a real southern rock gentleman, with his drawl and the vest and the necktie and the car. All of these charming attributes, along with his quick wit and self-effacing sense of humor, made him one of the Portland scene's most eligible bachelors — but along with all of the female attention that he's been known to attract, there have been plenty of romantic misunderstandings, some of them glorious, some of them downright weird.

Boggess will bring his dating memoirs to life this Sunday at Someday lounge. When I asked him what inspired him to turn some of his more awkward and embarrassing moments in to a one-man show, he told me, "Mostly the ridiculous nature of most of these situations. I feel like they are stories that are odd enough that people will laugh, but common enough that they will also easily relate to them. Hopefully everyone will laugh and enjoy themselves and ultimately have fun at my expense."

See Nathaniel Boggess perform "This Is Not A Date" on Sunday, December 13th, at Someday Lounge — 125 NW Fifth Ave. Tickets $8/$10 at the door.

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/91667