Things to do on a date (NYC).
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these are personal favorites:
That's all I can think of at the moment. It's so late! Why do weekends fly by so fast?
But Brian, you have asked one of the great questions. I can't wait to see what others say, and read them.
Dinner at Coffee Shop on Union Square ("annoying" place as one friend says, but it's a "cool" atmosphere, you are served by models, and the food is really good for the price. Even the food is "cool").
Chez Essada on 2nd and 2nd (AMAZING atmosphere. This is a restaurant underground. It's almost like having dinner in roman baths, or catacombs. The food is superb. Algerian or Moroccoan. There is always a DJ. Models (or look alikes) flit around. Everyone is too cool. One room even has a fountain. Upstairs is the "cafe". From the street it looks like a cafe. But at the back the large flagtone steps strewn with flower petals leads you down to the restaurant. An amazing date place, if you can afford it. $40 per person. If not, go to the bar and have a $10 beer, and free olives. It's across from the handball court on Houston, which in turn is across from the Sunshine Theatre).
Take the Ferry to Staten Island. Admire the View.
If you want to cough up cash, take the ferry around NY. At night, or at dusk, as the sun sets, preferred.
I'm assuming a date to the MOMA in Queens is cool. I actually haven't been there yet...!
When the weather is nice, going to the roof at the Met musueum is superb. The view is panoramic, and one in a million. It's like you are jutting out of the trees in the middle of the park (which you are), and you can see all the buildings that line the Park for miles in every direction. The serve cocktails on the roof too. A plus.
New Films/New Directors Series at Walter Reade Theatre: great date place. This is such an "arty" event. You are seeing movies from around the world, being shown for the first time in the US ever. Intelligensia, and cool people of all ages come from all over NY to bust into these screenings. The one I went to, for a film from Spain, just crackled w/ energy. I felt like I was PART of someting. Something cool. I was impressed with myself for just being there. A great date place. Memorable.
The Zoo in Cental Park. I hilghy recommend the Penguin Room, and the Red Panda, which looks more like a very slow, red fox. It is also on of the world's most amazingly cute, fuzzy, and truly amazing animals. I think....!
FAO Schwartz. Just for kicks. It's across from the Zoo.
ZABAR's on 78th and Broadway. Taste test food from all over the world. See food from all over the world sold there. Then go to H&H bagels two blocks down.
That's all I can think of at the moment. It's so late! Why do weekends fly by so fast?
But Brian, you have asked one of the great questions. I can't wait to see what others say, and read them.
Not that I've been on alot of dates in the city, but one that went well was the basic "dinner and a movie". We stumbled apon a pretty nice Italian place (can't remember the name) on Restaurant Row, then saw Punch Drunk Love.
I've also found that the Central Park Zoo (especially the petting zoo) is a cheap but cool date, especially on a nice day.
I've also found that the Central Park Zoo (especially the petting zoo) is a cheap but cool date, especially on a nice day.
Just a suggestion... if you're on a date - ESPECIALLY a first date - DON'T take a woman to a place "filled with Models, or served by Models" basically anything to do with "Models"... not to say women aren't secure, but a woman, IMHO, wants to be thought of as the center of your attention - decidedly harder in an environment that a woman might be forced to compare herself. (Especially if you accidentally refer to another woman as "Hot"!!) We live in a society that encourages them to compare themselves with 14 yr old covergirls. So... cut them a break - take them to a place where all you have to look at is them.
ON THE TOPIC OF MODELS.
Delabarre:
Oh. See, I always thought that what was fun about being served by "models" was that the power structure was reversed. Usually, when you walk past these incredibly beautiful people in the street, they hold themselves (generalyl speaking) with an amazing dignity, with almost the knowledge that yes, they are unspeakably beautiful, and somehow, darwinistically, that sets them apart from everyone else.
In other words, a well deserved (and often labored for!) sense of superiority.
So, when these beaituful people are serving you, you get a kick out of it! It's nice to have people that usually wouldn't even glance at you on the street, or make contact, suddenly asking you exremely nicely what you like. They are on your level, or quite frankly below you (as far a "status" is concerned), while they are your waiter.
Most girls I have taken to Cofee Shop dig it. I have to wonder if it isn't for that reason. You are at a place where you are being celebrated, cuz it's a cool place, and you are suggesting by taking them there that they are cool cuz they'd appreciate a place like that, and then they get to be served by beaytiful models and not be threatened by them cuz, you know, they are there to serve you over the course of your meal and have to be unspeakably polite.
So that's my take on taking girls to places with models. I've found they like it. It seems to be refreshing to go somewhere where models have had taken away from them many of the layers that make them threatening.
- NM
Delabarre:
Oh. See, I always thought that what was fun about being served by "models" was that the power structure was reversed. Usually, when you walk past these incredibly beautiful people in the street, they hold themselves (generalyl speaking) with an amazing dignity, with almost the knowledge that yes, they are unspeakably beautiful, and somehow, darwinistically, that sets them apart from everyone else.
In other words, a well deserved (and often labored for!) sense of superiority.
So, when these beaituful people are serving you, you get a kick out of it! It's nice to have people that usually wouldn't even glance at you on the street, or make contact, suddenly asking you exremely nicely what you like. They are on your level, or quite frankly below you (as far a "status" is concerned), while they are your waiter.
Most girls I have taken to Cofee Shop dig it. I have to wonder if it isn't for that reason. You are at a place where you are being celebrated, cuz it's a cool place, and you are suggesting by taking them there that they are cool cuz they'd appreciate a place like that, and then they get to be served by beaytiful models and not be threatened by them cuz, you know, they are there to serve you over the course of your meal and have to be unspeakably polite.
So that's my take on taking girls to places with models. I've found they like it. It seems to be refreshing to go somewhere where models have had taken away from them many of the layers that make them threatening.
- NM
OH ANOTHER GOOD DATE:
Jen Nails' Lylice.
I'm a little embarassed plugging the show of someone I know, cuz I have never told her what a great "date" her show is, but yes, it's true.
I've seen the show like 5 times, and I'm go glad it's having another run.
I once took this beautiful girl there, and her squeels of delight thruoghout the entire show were actually embarassing! She LOVED it.
I looked extremely cool after that.
That was nice.
Thanks Jen! I wish I coulda kinda told you in person how much I appreciated that your show was a fab date one night, two years ago. But it was.
Afer the show, we THEN WENT to:
THE MAGNOLIA BAKERY, which is ANOTHER GREAT date place....They serve some of the most unreal, unbelievable, straight from the 50's bakery ever. Amazing cupcakes, cakes etc....I guess homebaking was a theme that night (inside joke for those who have seen/experienced Lylice)...For those of you not familiar w/ Magnolia it is one of the more well known bakeries for cakes etc in the city, and they have even published several cook books w/ Simon and Schuster as a result of their generally aknowledged deliciousness.
Jen Nails' Lylice.
I'm a little embarassed plugging the show of someone I know, cuz I have never told her what a great "date" her show is, but yes, it's true.
I've seen the show like 5 times, and I'm go glad it's having another run.
I once took this beautiful girl there, and her squeels of delight thruoghout the entire show were actually embarassing! She LOVED it.
I looked extremely cool after that.
That was nice.
Thanks Jen! I wish I coulda kinda told you in person how much I appreciated that your show was a fab date one night, two years ago. But it was.
Afer the show, we THEN WENT to:
THE MAGNOLIA BAKERY, which is ANOTHER GREAT date place....They serve some of the most unreal, unbelievable, straight from the 50's bakery ever. Amazing cupcakes, cakes etc....I guess homebaking was a theme that night (inside joke for those who have seen/experienced Lylice)...For those of you not familiar w/ Magnolia it is one of the more well known bakeries for cakes etc in the city, and they have even published several cook books w/ Simon and Schuster as a result of their generally aknowledged deliciousness.
Take her to "Sealed for Freshness" at the Pantheon and she'll think you have excellent taste in comedy.
http://www.sealedforfreshness.com
No shitting.
http://www.sealedforfreshness.com
No shitting.
What's the difference between this and a "date?"
I always wanted to go to Coney Island. I hear there are fireworks there on Friday nights in the summer. (I've actually never been there--I've tried to go, but it never worked out.) I think laser tag would also be a geeky fun thing to do, or paintball tag. I've never done either of those things. But you'd get to see how well the other person plays with others, which is important. I guess going to an arcade would be along those lines--I once had a really fun date at a Vancouver, B.C. mall arcade playing air hockey and taking one of those "morph" pictures that shows you what your kid would look like (usually butt-ugly). Ladies: if the guy freaks out at the idea of taking one of these pics, then I guess that tells you something about him (I mean, it's JUST a silly picture; it's not like you just asked him to spawn with you.)
I think movies are bad dates. You can't talk to the other person or get to know them at all.
Dancing is a wonderful date. It's close, vulnerable, and fun, and if one of you can't dance, all the better. Go to one of those places that gives a free salsa lesson and then has a band or dj play the rest of the evening. You will both learn and laugh a lot.
I always wanted to go to Coney Island. I hear there are fireworks there on Friday nights in the summer. (I've actually never been there--I've tried to go, but it never worked out.) I think laser tag would also be a geeky fun thing to do, or paintball tag. I've never done either of those things. But you'd get to see how well the other person plays with others, which is important. I guess going to an arcade would be along those lines--I once had a really fun date at a Vancouver, B.C. mall arcade playing air hockey and taking one of those "morph" pictures that shows you what your kid would look like (usually butt-ugly). Ladies: if the guy freaks out at the idea of taking one of these pics, then I guess that tells you something about him (I mean, it's JUST a silly picture; it's not like you just asked him to spawn with you.)
I think movies are bad dates. You can't talk to the other person or get to know them at all.
Dancing is a wonderful date. It's close, vulnerable, and fun, and if one of you can't dance, all the better. Go to one of those places that gives a free salsa lesson and then has a band or dj play the rest of the evening. You will both learn and laugh a lot.
THAT depends on the individual, Ben. You assume that everyone who goes on "dates" does so just to get down someone's pants. Although that may be the case with Berrebbi or some other people, it is not the case with everyone.
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Brian --
There's a bowling alley in Port Authority which is much cheaper, less crowded (and cooler) than Bowlmor.
I had a blind date where we went on a walking tour. The tour company was Big Onion. They are all PhD candidates at various schools throughout NY and they clearly LOVE history and really tell you the inside scoup in an interesting, education, really not-cheesy way. The tours are awesome. I never dated the guy again, but I've been on many walking tours!
There's a bowling alley in Port Authority which is much cheaper, less crowded (and cooler) than Bowlmor.
I had a blind date where we went on a walking tour. The tour company was Big Onion. They are all PhD candidates at various schools throughout NY and they clearly LOVE history and really tell you the inside scoup in an interesting, education, really not-cheesy way. The tours are awesome. I never dated the guy again, but I've been on many walking tours!
Pinball @ Broadway Arcade on 42nd
darts @ Flannery's, Finnerty's, O'Hanlen's (all on or just off 14th st)
pool @Corner Billiards
play catch or throw a frisbee @Central Park
watch a ball game @Shea or Yankee Stadium
beach volleyball @Coney Island
Coal-fired pizza @John's Pizzeria/Grimaldi's/Lombardi's
Milkshake & fries @Island Burger and Shake (52nd and 9th)
Staten Island ferry @South Ferry
Poker @a Starbucks
Watch improv @UCB/PIT/Above Klepto/Siberia/Flipside/Variety Underground/St. Marks Theatre
darts @ Flannery's, Finnerty's, O'Hanlen's (all on or just off 14th st)
pool @Corner Billiards
play catch or throw a frisbee @Central Park
watch a ball game @Shea or Yankee Stadium
beach volleyball @Coney Island
Coal-fired pizza @John's Pizzeria/Grimaldi's/Lombardi's
Milkshake & fries @Island Burger and Shake (52nd and 9th)
Staten Island ferry @South Ferry
Poker @a Starbucks
Watch improv @UCB/PIT/Above Klepto/Siberia/Flipside/Variety Underground/St. Marks Theatre