Your friends were the perfect companions for summer fun, but with the holidays on the horizon, you need to land a love interest to take to all those parties — and fast. Halloween’s only two days away, and Thanksgiving arrives before you can say, “Pass the stuffing, honey.” Not sure where to make a seasonally appropriate love connection? We’ve got a spot for every occasion.
Halloween
It’s time to grab a mask and boldly go where you might not otherwise dare, and you’ll need an uninhibited partner who won’t balk when called to don a truly terrible couple’s costume. Find the Cher to your Sonny or the Starsky to your Hutch among more than 1,000 club kids, go-go boys and house music aficionados at the Boom Boom Room’s 7th Annual Black “i” Ball Halloween Party at Green Dolphin Street (2200 N. Ashland Ave. 773-395-0066). Cruise the circuslike atmosphere to find the quirkiest outfits and see whose dance moves indicate a propensity for mad apple-bobbing skills. 10 p.m. Monday. $10-$20.
Thanksgiving
Whether you’re a candidate for Bravo’s “Top Chef” or you’re still not sure how to turn on the stove, you don’t want to tackle a Turkey Day feast alone. Improve your culinary skills and increase your chances of meeting a like-minded partner during a four-hour, hands-on Thanksgiving Workshop at The Wooden Spoon (5047 N. Clark St. 773-293-3190.), where you’ll master a garlic- and herb-brined roasted turkey, Southern pecan stuffing and other staples. 11 a.m. Nov. 10 and 11. $100.
Christmas
After shopping for everyone else’s gifts, wouldn’t it be nice to have someone lavish you with presents? Snag your sugar daddy (or a madcap heiress) at Vain (2354 N. Clybourn Ave. 773-435-0130), where you can see if she’s the type to spring for bottle service on the third-floor VIP level or if he’s generously tipping the scantily clad go-go dancers gyrating around the two-story waterfall. $5-$20 cover.
Hannukah
No one wants to get cornered by the well-meaning but clueless family yenta, so arrange a pre-emptive strike by finding someone you can take home to mom and dad at Cocktails and Clay at Hyde Park Art Center (5020 S. Cornell Ave. 773-324-5520). It’s an open studio party where you create a masterpiece out of preformed clay and meet educated, professional singles who don’t mind getting their hands dirty — which means they’ll have no problem helping with the dishes when you bring them home to meet the family. 8 p.m. every second Friday of the month. $15 suggested donation.
New Year’s Eve
You could watch the ball drop on Times Square in your underpants with a bowl of popcorn for company, but why not ring in 2008 in style? Find your own Grace Kelly or Cary Grant amid the retro-inspired elegance at Victor Hotel (311 N. Sangamon St. 312-733-6900). Make your way around the Noguchi coffee tables and Mies van der Rohe lounge chairs, separate the classy sippers from the shot-pounders who can’t hold their liquor, and see who’d make a good dance partner by the way they tap their pedicured toes to the DJ beats. Cover varies.
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