Comments on: Fun date night for married couple

Question: Fun date night for married couple

msacheson — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:23:49 -0800

Got a fun 'date night' idea for a married couple?

We're both 35 years old and we'll be leaving our 4-year-old child with grandparents for the night. We're bored with dinner-and-a-movie. My wife had the idea to go bowling, which is sounds better than anything I've come up with. (I like the idea; I just want to bring more to the table than darts, pool, etc.) By the way, we live in Oakland, CA.

By: wackybrit

wackybrit — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:29:20 -0800

Theme park (I wasn't sure at first, but I was converted) perhaps.

Or, if you managed to get reservations, a night-time Segway tour of San Francisco. I was ready to give my left arm to do this but they're all booked up for the next month supposedly. It'd be a really unique date though.

By: KokuRyu

KokuRyu — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:31:18 -0800

Dance lessons, followed by a wine bar?

By: TeatimeGrommit

TeatimeGrommit — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:40:13 -0800

All the usual beach related romantic clichés are open to you since you're in Oakland. Normally I wouldn't suggest that, but with a 4-year-old I'm betting the last walk on the beach was a while ago.

By: migurski

migurski — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:37:21 -0800

Go to the Claremont, get a bunch of their fruity girlie drinks, sit on the terrace, and play card games while the sun sets.

By: lekvar

lekvar — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:49:28 -0800

Jupiter, in Berkeley. Sit and enjoy some excellent microbrews and live music.

Dance lessons might be fun. There's always a salsa, swing, ballroom, or tango class going on somewhere in the Bay Area.

By: sarahnade

sarahnade — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:59:48 -0800

The Planetarium at Chabot Science Center? Kinda like a movie, but better.

By: adverb

adverb — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:15:13 -0800

This sounds really boring, but my wife and I are bookish. There's nothing like a quiet night away from the kids lounging at a bookstore - preferably one with a coffee shop. Our Border's sometimes has singer-songwriters perform.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:16:08 -0800

Go to your local tourism office, get a brochure with all your local attractions, be a tourist in your own city. It's amazing how people never really know the city they live in. As a bonus, the local attractions usually make great dates.

By: wv kay in ga

wv kay in ga — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:54:52 -0800

Do something that you did before you got married and had a child. Bring back old romantic memories. I don't know about Oakland, CA, but we always just rode around on the back roads listening to music, singing, talking, parking, etc. Are there backroads in Oakland, CA? If not, then never mind. I've got nothing.

By: Exchequer

Exchequer — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:57:39 -0800

We hit the batting cages last night...it was more fun than we expected...

By: santojulieta

santojulieta — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:57:56 -0800

I know movies are sort or boring for you, but what about the drive-in? It's not the same. I went there on my first date with my fiance and it was perfect. We brought our own snacks (you could spend some time shopping for snooty snacks) and then watched a double feature for six bucks a piece (two movies we actually wanted to see.) But the nice thing about it was that we could snuggle up in his car and watch the movie until something appeared in the film that would inspire us to chat.

By: dpx.mfx

dpx.mfx — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:32:32 -0800

What about the zoo? Or, this time of year, haunted houses. Live music -- try something different, like the symphony. Live theater, even if its local. What about sports? NHL/NBA, or whatever is in season at the time. Ice or roller skating. Picnic under the stars.

By: mach

mach — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:49:41 -0800

If you can get the grandparents to watch the kids overnight, pop off to a B&B up in wine country, or over to Half Moon Bay.

By: brujita

brujita — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:49:22 -0800

Miniature golf or Karaoke.

By: salvia

salvia — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:50:14 -0800

Ride BART?? Orinda, Walnut Creek, Fruitvale...surely other stations have fun neighborhoods to walk around in.

Everything else I can think of would happen during the daytime -- like go for a bike ride around the lake, go to the Berkeley botanic garden.