April 23, 2007
Katie’s List of Date Ideas
This is a list of ideas that I think would make fun dates. Some of them I have already had the opportunity to enjoy with someone, others are just things I imagine I would like. I will continue to add to this list as I think of things. Feel free to leave comments with your own suggestions.
- Read separate books, but together. With snacks.
- Book club for two: Read the same book at an agreed-upon pace, and get together to discuss it after each chapter or assigned chunk.
- Read a book to one another, taking turns being the reader.
- Listen to a book on tape together while doing something else or just hanging out.
- Go to an arcade and play air hockey, foosball, dueling pinball, skeeball, & hoop shooting.
- Miniature golf.
- Batting cage!
- Ping pong or pool.
- Bowling.
- Play frisbee, kick a soccer ball, or play catch.
- Have a picnic.
- …at an outdoor concert.
- Go exploring.
- Make sushi at home.
- Play Boggle or cards.
- Have a tickle fight.
- Fly a kite.
- Go to the zoo.
- Go for walks (bonus points for holding hands!)
- Eat ice cream.
- Work on a household project together (like painting walls).
- Photo scavenger hunt.
I like to go to the zoo.
And go for walks.
And cook/bake.
And paint walls (obviously this is only good if some walls need painting).
And ice cream isn’t on this list for some insane reason.
I all those except cooking/baking, because I don’t find that fun. If he cooks for me, awesome. If it’s a special day I’ll cook for him too. But just as a date, I can think of lots of things that would be more fun.
Caving (aka speluncking), I second the cooking suggestion, hiking, canoing (bonus points for tipping the canoe - mwahaha), going to a drive-in and tailgating, ice-capades, visiting a classic movie house and seeing . . . a classic movie . . . like Mary Poppins . . . woot!
Oh, oh . . . run a short marathon together!
Um . . . watch a meteor shower together!
Hmmm.
Oh, create your own smörgåsbord - each person go to three separate takeout restaurant (Mediterranean, Chinese, Indian - for example) and get one dish from each place. Then, get together . . . and . . wha-la! Instant buffet with tons of different foods!
That’s all I got.