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101 Date Ideas

Thoughts to Spark Your First Date Activitiy

© Cherie Burbach

May 14, 2007
Love and Happiness, Sharell Cook
The best dates are often the most simple. Sometimes it's handy to peruse a list of date suggestions like the one that follows.

You're bound to find something of interest to do on this list. Or better yet, use it to spark your own ideas!

1. Paint-your-own pottery place

2. Paris theme night – get a baguette, some French wine, and cheese for dessert

3. Read Shakespeare to one another

4. Bake cookies together

5. Get up extra early, watch the sunrise, then make breakfast together

6. Attend a little league game

7. Watch an entire season of your favorite TV show

8. Go for a long drive

9. Planetarium

10. Art gallery

11. Play board games

12. Movie

13. Visit garage sales

14. Do a volunteer activity

15. Go dancing

16. Go to the driving range

17. Build a snowman

18. Ride go-carts

19. Rent a movie

20. Have a carpet picnic

21. Go to an arcade

22. Play Frisbee

23. Go kayaking

24. Go ice skating

25. Visit the pumpkin farm

26. Window shop

27. Go to ballet performance

28. Visit a place listed in an entertainment book

29. Bike riding

30. Rock climbing

31. Bowling

32. Haunted house

33. Out for coffee

34. Visit a flea market

35. Play bingo

36. Go to an opera

37. Swing by a bookstore

38. Visit another city

39. Go hear jazz or reggae

40. See an NBA game

41. Play in the batting cages

42. Vegas anyone?

43. Piano bar

44. Visit a psychic

45. Have lunch at a trendy new restaurant

46. Grab a fish fry

47. Grab a pint at an Irish pub

48. Chinese food and DVDs – the perfect mix

49. Attend a poetry reading

50. Attend an author reading from their latest fiction work

51. Go antiquing

52. Go on a brewery tour

53. Visit a winery

54. Attend a painting class

55. Visit an animal shelter – you may come home with a new pet

56. Go for a carriage ride

57. Visit the tourist spots in your hometown

58. Take a trip to the hobby store – pick out a project to work on for the afternoon

59. Take a walk – around a lake, in the moonlight, by the river, on the beach

60. Go to an ethnic festival

61. Go to a shrimp boil

62. Create a scrapbook

63. Attend a matinee

64. Visit the zoo

65. Go see a local band

66. Have lunch at a church festival

67. Go camping

68. Go hiking

69. Go rock climbing

70. Go to a party

71. Attend a farmer’s market

72. Have dinner at a new place

73. Try out a new cuisine

74. Go strawberry picking or visit an apple orchard

75. Take in a community theater performance

76. Attend a live, outdoor music night in your town

77. Go see fireworks

78. Take a yoga class

79. Visit an astrologist – see if the “stars” think you’re compatible

80. Go to a foreign film festival

81. Spend an afternoon watching old movies

82. Eat at a make-your-own pizza joint

83. Take a class at the rec department

84. Show your date where you lived as a kid

86. Go to breakfast at a great greasy spoon

87. Grab a champagne brunch

88. During holiday season, take a drive and view the lights

89. Visit an arboretum or botanical center

90. Attend a comedy show

91. Shoot a round of pool

92. Show your partner where you went to school as a kid

93. Make a meal from scratch together

93. Take a weekend trip in your state

94. Take a tour of a historical site in your town

95. Go bike trekking

96. Go golfing

97. Rent a canoe or kayak

98. Visit the State Fair

99. Go to a Renaissance Fair

100.Dinner cruise

101.Off-track betting

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Comments
Dec 13, 2008 12:49 AM
Guest :
just to let you know you have rock climbng twice number 69 and number 30 so it is only 100 ideas but they are good ideas non the less
Jan 4, 2009 11:30 AM
Guest :
#93 - A weekend trip as a first date?
That doesn't seem likely.
Jan 8, 2009 9:45 AM
Guest :
physic = psychic?
Feb 5, 2009 7:31 AM
Cherie Burbach :
No, getting up to watch the sunrise means you each get up from your separate houses.
Apr 7, 2009 3:06 PM
Guest :
You have two #93's... so really it's only 99...

not bad!
Apr 9, 2009 2:23 AM
Guest :
those of you who commented negitively the reason your alone is because you cant see the happiness in the little things, you can only find the little mistakes in the happiness. Thank you Cherie for the insperation.
Apr 26, 2009 2:15 PM
Guest :
Lol you guys are complaining about a couple typos? She didn't even have to post these. You should be thanking her for the ideas instead of being overly critical. Thanks for the great ideas Cherie.
May 16, 2009 10:26 PM
Guest :
add it up...if there is two 93s that is not minus one that is plus one so 101 + 1 = 102 and then subtract one for the double rock climbing and you get 101 again...and then biking is on there twice also so back to 100 i guess...not that it really matters how many...in this case it is quality not quantity...and what is with the addition problem, is it a substitute for a captcha or something?
May 16, 2009 10:29 PM
Guest :
kudos...and kudos again...great 100 ideas...now to find that someone to go on the date with...haha...I think I like the math better than a captcha...
May 16, 2009 11:10 PM
Guest :
seriously
Jun 10, 2009 6:22 PM
Guest :
absolutely fabulous ideas
Jun 10, 2009 8:39 PM
Guest :
Can't wait to take my date to the physic and learn some atom smashing.
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