Dogs are always welcome at Couple headquarters. Say hi to Zorro! #cattledog #puppy
Sushi Time!
Did our video make you hungry for sushi? Forgot to make dinner reservations for Valentine’s Day? Don’t worry, we got you covered. Why not stay in and make sushi together? Making sushi rolls is easy and fun. Just follow our recipe for a different and delicious dinner date!
Ingredients (makes 9 rolls)
A. 3 cups rice (washed)
3 cups water
B. ½ cup rice vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons salt
C. sashimi grade fish
tobiko/flying fish roe
cucumber
(all optional, substitute with desired fillings)
D. 9 seaweed sheets
E. Sushi rolling mat (optional but makes it easier)
Directions
1. Pour A into a pot. Cook on high heat and stir. When the water boils, lower the heat and cover the pot. The rice will be done in about 5 to 10 minutes.
2. Put B into a small pot and mix on medium heat. Pour the mixture on the rice and stir well with a wooden spoon. Let the rice cool down to room temperature.
3. Cut C into long thin strips. For the salmon, cut with the grain of the muscle of the fish to have smooth bites.
4. You’re ready to roll!
5. Put some rice on the seaweed and flatten it with the spoon. You want to leave some space at one end to close the roll. Place the ingredients on the rice.
6. Roll the sushi. Press firmly as you roll.
7. Take a sharp knife and cut the roll into smaller pieces.
8. You’re done! Serve with soy sauce, wasabi, and ginger.
Enjoy and please send us a photo through @Coupleapp or www.facebook.com/Couple ! Itadakimasu!
Share a Sketch Contest Week 5 Winner
We have our final Share a Sketch Contest winner! We apologize for the delayed announcement as the first winner we picked did not respond. Our winner is @Spolity! Congratulations!
Thank you to everyone who has participated in our Share a Sketch contest. We have had a lot of fun looking at all the sketches and hope you did too! Enjoy the holidays!
Meet our winners!
What are your names?
Carla and Angel.
How long have you been together?
We have been together for 2 years and 9 months. We met on Twitter 3 years ago.
How long have you been using Pair and what’s your favorite feature?
We discovered Pair in October. I love the thumbkiss (it’s very cute) and he loves “I’m thinking of you.”
Where do you plan on going for your win?
We love sushi and Asian food. We know this place, Asian Bay, and we have always wanted to go. Here is our chance!
Enjoy your sushi meal and send us some pictures! :)
Share a Sketch Contest - Characters
We are now in the final week of our contest and we have seen some adorable sketches. Here are some famous characters to brighten your day!
Want to enter a sketch of your own? You have until midnight PST on December 14th to submit your sketch on Instagram, Twitter, or Tumblr. See details here.
by @brifairley
by @neeeeeeems
by @gurleennn
by @Nugz17
by nk0 on Instagram
by @spolity
Share a Sketch Contest Week 4 Winner
Our Share a Sketch Contest Week 4 winner is @ahoymichelle. Congratulations, Michelle! Here is her winning sketch: Sunsets from Hawaii to California.
Here is an adorable picture of Michelle and her boyfriend Richard.
What are your names?
My name is Michelle and my boyfriend’s name is Richard.
How long have you been together?
We have been together for a little over a year now since November 2011. (Happy belated anniversary, Michelle and Richard!)
How long have you been using Pair?
We’ve actually started using Pair for a couple of months now.
What do you like about Pair?
What we loved about the application was that we were able to communication each other without having to use (iMessage/SMS) and customize what we send to each other. From using the thumb kisses to being able to draw together, we really connected on a whole different level aside from just reading each other’s messages.
What your favorite feature on Pair?
What we really love about the app iss that it holds our memories together so it never gets lost in the other photos/videos that we take on our phones. We are currently in a long distance relationship (Richard lives in Hawaii and I live in Southern California), it’s just nice to have an app for ourselves.
Where do you plan on going for dinner?
I am planning to fly to Hawaii in the coming weeks and go on an over-due dinner date by the beach. I don’t think we have any specific plans just yet, but as long as we are together any place to have dinner would suffice. Thanks, Pair, for keeping us together despite the distance!
You’re so welcome, Michelle. We hope you two have a wonderful sea-side dinner!
Want to win a dinner valued at $200 for you and your partner? See contest details here.You have until midnight PST on Thursday, December 13th to submit your sketches. Click here to see the current time in San Francisco. We will be announcing our final winner on Friday, December 14th. Good luck everyone!
Y Combinator after party!
This past weekend a lot of Y Combinator applicants were in town for interviews so we invited them to our office for an after party.
What do you think is going on here?
We set up these lights so that they could be controlled by a web view and people could change the colours with their phones!
Some happy people just hanging out at the party.
Here are Oleg (in the blue shirt) and Aswin (in maroon).
It was great to meet some new faces and hear all about their ideas. We hope to host more events like this in the future to meet new and upcoming startup founders!
Share a Sketch Contest Week 3 Winner
Happy December! We have now entered Week 4 of our Share a Sketch contest. We still have two more dinners to give away! You can enter your sketches simply by sharing them on Twitter, Instagram or Tumblr and adding #PairContest and http://tenthbit.com/contest to your entry.
Our Week 3 winner is brydels on Instagram! Who else remembers waking up early on Saturday to watch cartoons like Pokemon?
Here is the lovely couple, Wooree and Nick!
What are your names?
My girlfriends name is Wooree, or just Woo for short. And my name is Nick!
How long have you been together?
We’ve been together for 9 months now.
How long have you been using Pair and what’s your favorite feature?
We’ve been using pair since October. We really like the sketch part! It’s probably what we use the app for most because its fun and cute.
Where do you plan on going for dinner?
Zahav or Osteria. They are two of the nicest places in Philadelphia.
Congratulations again, Wooree and Nick! Enjoy your dinner and thank you for sharing an adorable sketch with us.
Share a Sketch Contest Week 2 Winner
The second winner of our Share a Sketch Contest winner is @AJBalance1, congratulations! AJ and Sean have been together for 9 months. They met in San Francisco but Sean has since moved to Boston for school. We love their twitter tagline, “SF to Boston - surviving with @Pair”!
They have been with Pair since our Android release back in June and love the thumbkiss feature. For their dinner win ($200 value), they will be going to a fancy French restaurant.
Enjoy your win and please come visit us at Pair headquarters the next time you’re both in San Francisco!
Here is their amazing sketch!
Have you joined our Share a Sketch contest yet? Enter the sketches you’ve drawn on Pair and get a chance to win a romantic dinner for two! Details at http://tenthbit.com/contest.
“Share a Sketch” Contest Week 1 Winner
Our first winner is Tricia Schmiege on Twitter! Tricia and her boyfriend Roger have been together for about a year. They started using Pair a month ago when Roger got an iPhone. We’re honoured to be one of your first apps!
Congratulations to Tricia and Roger on winning a dinner for two! ($200 value) Tricia said they are going to an upscale steakhouse for their win. Have fun you two!
Here is their winning sketch:
Too sweet.
Let Pair take you and your partner out to dinner! We still have four more prizes to give out. Enter our contest by submitting your sketches on Instagram, Tumblr or Twitter by adding #PairContest and http://tenthbit.com/contest to your post.
We’ll be picking our next winner this Thursday on Nov 22nd. Good luck!
Need some ideas? Seems like a lot of people like animals.
by @_layton_
by @anngong8
by @embeetweets
by @ERdoc22
by @jamerry
by @melissairl
by @MKNZlive
We’ll be sharing more adorable sketches here throughout the week! Keep them coming!
Sketch and win!
Having fun with Live Sketch? Enter your sketch in our contest for a chance to win dinner for two! ($200 value) Details at: “Share a Sketch” Pair Contest
