Find a cool bar near your house. This is now your HQ. You'll also need a cheap ethnic joint nearby. Okay, hang on.
This bar has a happy hour from 5-9, where $12 drinks become $5 drinks. This is great; She doesn't need to know this. Try to schedule the date around 7:45. Get there at 7:30- Always be early so you can buy the drinks. Don't fuck this part up, the world is full of shitty dudes, make sure you buy the drinks or stay home.
So get this first drink going. This is a time for "Facebook" shit- Where'd you go to college? etc etc. Nurse it until 8:45 or so. If the date is going weird, or badly, or whatever, now is a chance to exit. If it's going well, go for drink two. Drink Two is about modest honesty. Talk about your parents. Admit something silly. Open up. Eye contact! Get your buzz going and connect. If you did this via OKC, now is a good time to talk about how weird that is. She's cute, right?
So drink two should be kicking out around 9:45/10. If things are going really well, ask if she's hungry. Here's a real test- There's a Pho joint down the street. This is terrible date food! But we're trying to figure out if she's cool or not. So order up. We're checking a few things here: Is she cool with sharing? Great. Double dipping? Amazing. She's totally cool. Also, if she tried to pick up the check, that's a good thing. ANyway, somewhere in there you should have totally scored a second date. It usually happens during the 2nd drink.
Anyway, now you're good to go. You can try and kiss her at the end. I have a no kissing on first dates rule. Sends all kinds of weird messages.