Vertigo Lounge played host Wednesday night to a singles party marking the end of the Bellevue Bachelor contest. A marketing company called 5 Mile Buzz organized the event through a Ning-based social-networking site.
Nadrece Robinson, a firefighter with the Lakewood Fire Department, was voted Favorite Bachelor from a field of 45 men. Robinson is also featured in the 2008 and 2009 Burn Foundation calendars for the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters.
Around 250 guests showed up for the singles party Wednesday, starting the night with an icebreaker activity and then moving to the dance floor and the bar.
The top five finishers in the bachelor competition won prizes from sponsors.
Kathy Aloia, who calls herself Robinson’s “BFF,” commented sarcastically that she should get half of her friend’s proceeds.
“I’m the one who signed him up,” she said.
Photos, from top: Kathy Aloia gives Bellevue Bachelor Nadrece Robinson a hug after he won his award; Steven Matsumoto dances to Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean;’ a group of singles pose together after becoming fast friends;the DJ keeps the crowd moving on the dance floor; event organizer Loma Gregg with Robinson and a prize from Gunnar Nordstrom; Gregg with Samantha Scholfield, Bellevue native and author of ‘Screw Cupid.’
