[El Diablo]

durron,

I generally ask friends to bring people to happy hours or parties rather than set me up on a blind date. I find the whole idea very uncomfortable and strange. traz's advice seems reasonable.

Maybe do a happy hour w/ a few friends and email her "Hey, xxx gave me your email address and said you're new to the area and very cool (or whatever), so I thought you might be interested in joining me and some friends for drinks on Thursday." Or some crap like that.