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 MBA game
41. Play in the batting cages
42. Vegas anyone?
43. Piano bar
44. Visit a physic
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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