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Bay Area Woman’s “MarryLisa” Billboards Draw Nearly 2,000 Suitors, Spur National Attention

The San Mateo marketing push has the 42-year-old manually screening roughly 1,900 applications after highway billboards plus taxi-top ads drew national coverage.

Lisa Catalano purchased space on Bay Area billboards to help her find a husband. This one is located on the northbound side of Highway 101 in South San Francisco.
Lisa Catalano, at the Ferry Building in San Francisco, won’t say how much she’s spent on billboards that share her website: MarryLisa.com.
Lisa Catalano, at the Ferry Building in San Francisco, said dating apps didn’t work for her. During two months of swiping on the apps, she said she only went on one coffee date.
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Overview

  • Catalano rented about a dozen digital billboards along Highway 101 between Santa Clara and South San Francisco and placed matching taxi-top ads directing people to MarryLisa.com.
  • Applications have approached 2,000, with responses including international candidates, according to Catalano’s latest count reported this week.
  • Media pickup from local TV, the New York Post and People accelerated interest, and producers from Jimmy Kimmel Live and CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 have contacted her.
  • She is personally reviewing submissions without AI, planning to sort printed applications and potentially enlist friends to help evaluate candidates.
  • Facing some abusive or phony entries, she says she has increased personal security, will conduct due diligence before dates, and plans TikTok updates that protect applicants’ identities.