PJ Osgood, expert matchmaker and director of “It’s Just Lunch” in Chicago, the city’s premier dating service for busy professionals, announces the release of a new guide that offers complete dating advice for Chicagoans, The It’s Just Lunch Guide to Dating in Chicago (Ten Finger Press 2004). Drawing from her own experience of over 12 years in the relationship business, Osgood has created a step-by-step approach for the single men and women of Chicago with advice that ranges from where to go to meet single men and women, the best places for a first date, what to wear and how to maintain a relationship once a match has been made.

“Thousands of busy professionals in Chicago are struggling to find not only the right person, but also the time to meet someone,” says author PJ Osgood. “The It’s Just Lunch Guide to Dating in Chicago was created to give men and women the tools they need so that dating becomes less work, and more fun!”

In addition to advice on how to meet someone and suggestions on the best dating spots in the city, readers can learn techniques to keep relationships on the right track. “By knowing what to watch for and how to react, a person’s success in relationships will without a doubt increase,” continues Osgood. The guide includes many lists of Do’s and Don’ts for both men and women in every dating situation, including holidays and gift-giving.

Dating and romance experts from across the nation have given the book excellent reviews calling it a “true treasure for singles.” Trish Bergin, weekend host of Inside Edition says “Great dating advice and great ideas for dates. Buy one for yourself and all your single friends!”

The It’s Just Lunch Guide to Dating in Chicago retails for $14.95 and is available by visiting www.itsjustlunch.com.

Key Topics Include:
•    His Needs Her Needs- In insight to what is needed to make a relationship work.
•    Holidating- Holiday gift-giving protocol.
•    Dating Karma- A positive attitude leads to positive results.
•    Flirting Tips and Tools- Know what is suave and effective and what’s just plain ‘cheesy’.
•    Conversation Do’s and Don’ts- How to ensure a great conversation
•    What He/She Looks For on a First Date- Know what men and women value most on a date
•    Dating Dilemmas- What to do and what it means when he or she doesn’t call.
•    The Gift-Giving Guide- Know what’s appropriate to give and when.
•    Top Places for First Dates- Chicago’s best places to ensure a great first date.
•    Top Places to Meet People- Chicago’s best places to meet that special someone.

About PJ Osgood
PJ Osgood has been matchmaking for as long as she can remember. In high school, she was the girl everyone would turn to with their romantic angst and for dating advice. She would pair up compatible friends and classmates, often with great success: she matched her best friend in high school with the boy who would become her husband.

After graduating from Michigan’s Hillsdale College in 1995, PJ found a new way to dole out that match-making passion. Armed with a bachelor’s degree in international business and Spanish, PJ moved to Chicago and secured a demanding position as a headhunter. The work was rewarding and PJ had great success pairing job candidates from the entry-level ranks on up to executive office holders.

In October 1996 she joined It’s Just Lunch! as director of its Itasca, Ill., office. PJ became director of the organization’s much larger Chicago location in 1997. And only two years later, she earned a spot as a vice president in the growing dating services firm. Today, PJ spends much of her time matchmaking, managing a team of three directors and four coordinators and traveling between the Chicago office and It’s Just Lunch’s 64 national locations. PJ has appeared on WLS-TV (ABC) and WLFD-TV (FOX) and has been written about in Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times.

About It’s Just Lunch!
Each day, It’s Just Lunch arranges hundreds of fun, first dates over lunch or drinks after work at over 1,100 restaurants internationally. With 14 years of experience working with busy professionals such as doctors, lawyers, business executives (99% have college degrees and 80% have advanced degrees) and a huge success rate (over 80% exchange numbers for a second date), It’s Just Lunch is the country’s leading first date authority. For additional information, log on to www.itsjustlunch.com.