This article is a sweet little vignette about putting research in how we establish intimacy into action, and swept the small therapy corner of the internet when featured in the New York Times.  To cut right to the chase, the 36 questions to establish connection are listed here.

Beyond just falling in love, these questions are a way to establish intimacy with anyone. They demonstrate the magical and mundane way to foster connection: be vulnerable.  Share yourself, and allow others to know you.  It is terrible and also just the best.