Excellent advice presented above, we would strongly advise the same.
Take your time friends and talk, talk, talk.
The level of your communication (frequency, candor, honesty) will put grease to the wheels.
Know what you are looking for and don't settle for what you know to be off the mark.
Events take many forms; generally formal or informal.
Formal events are often ones held by clubs, informal are house parties and the like.
Some of the formal events are posted on the larger online sites as stated above, but the informal events tend to
be network based (who you know, etc).
The two of you s/b totally in alignment on this foray, if not, talk it out now, not later.
Good luck to you both.