A scientist from Colorado who was in D.C. for work crowdsourced help to find the weird little fruit, in hopes of impressing a girl.
Hours before his flight back home from D.C. was scheduled to take off, Chris Schaaf was in the middle of a Virginia forest, shaking a tall, leggy tree, hoping it would relent.“Come on,” he cajoled, peering into the lacy canopy where his prize should be.
Pawpaws are the largest native fruit in North America — a creamy, tropical offering similar to a soursop, cherimoya or custard apple. They have a little bit of a weirdo cult status in these parts, and they’re in peak season right now. There are pawpaw festivals and group foragings. Crafty mixologists present seasonal pawpaw cocktails. There’s even a pawpaw daiquiri.
They met online. He’s tired of first dates and online dating. But this woman intrigued him, and he decided to give it a try.Their first date in Boulder lasted for hours. Their second date was a hike, and when they got to the end of the trail, they couldn’t stop talking.
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