Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Date Jars



Green Dates (90 minutes or less)

Puzzle
Let's put on some music and put a puzzle together.
YouTube - Let's get our laughs on with a marathon of funny YouTube videos.
Thrifting - 
Let's go thrifting! We each get $5 to spend on the other person.Breakfast for Dinner - In PJs -  Let's get our PJs on and have breakfast for dinner - complete with cartoons.Picnic in Market Square Park -  Let's pack a picnic basket and head to Market sq Park (if the weather doesn't permit, we'll picnic on our living room floor)Dance Party - like its 1999. Video Game Marathon - Let's hook up the Playstation and you can teach me some moves. Game Night - Lets play some board games and pig out on pizza.Cookbook Dinner - Let's grab a cookbook and randomly select courses for a 4 course meal - then we gotta get busy cooking.Photo-shootLet's grab the camera and get some fun shots of each other.YouTube Dance Lessons -Let's prove we don't have four left feet between us. Swing? Tango? The Macarena?
Formal Night - Let's dress up in our finest attire and eat by candlelight - at home
Indoor Camping - Let's build a tent, make s'mores, and tell ghost stories
Table Tennis Match - Let's go to Kung Fu and play table tennis 
Wine Tasting - Let's pair wine with cheese and chocolate - yum
Personality Tests - Let's take some online personality tests and see how compatible we are on paper
Coffee Date - Let's head to a local coffee shop for some caffeine and conversation
Dream Home Blueprint - Let's map out our dream house
Paint Portraits - Let's each try to paint a portrait of the other
Ice Cream Sundae Night - Let's forget dieting and make decadent ice cream sundaes
Beer Pong - Let's practice our pong skills - you are a college student again
Minute to Win It - Let's look up some Minute to Win It games and try our luck at them
Restaurant Replicate - Let's replicate a meal from a restaurant we like - but try to do it better
Record a Music Video - Let's bust out the camera and record a music video
Record an Infomercial - Let's pretend we're on HSN and record an infomercial for a product we own
Record a Cooking Show - Let's pretend we are on The Next Food Network Star and record a cooking segment
Would You Rather? - Let's get to know each other a bit better...
Paint Coffee Mugs - Let's draw/paint on a coffee mug for the other person
Paint By Numbers - Let's try to stay in the lines...
Dominique's Choice - Let's see what Nic wants to do in 90 minutes or less
Cookie Cook-Off - Let's see who can make the tastiest cookie
Play at the Playground - Let's channel our inner child and swing, slide, and monkey around
Make T-Shirts - Let's decorate T-Shirts for each other
Dollar Store Hunt - Let's go to the dollar store with $4 each, 15 minutes, and a mission: (1) Find the worst gift (2) Find the best gift (3) Find the ugliest item (4) Find the best value
Flip a Coin - Let's let fate determine where we eat tonight. We'll get in the car and
flip a coin every 30 seconds. Heads we turn right, tails we turn left.
After 15 minutes we eat at the closest restaurant
Kim's Choice - Let's see what Kate wants to do for 90 minutes or less
Card Night - Let's play some card games

Yellow Dates (2-4 hours)


Chopped Challenge - Let's see who can find the most oddball mystery ingredients
Iron Chef - Let's see which of us will be the next Iron Chef of Spruce St.
Mob Night - Let's dress up like mobsters and enjoy some pizza, gelato, and chianti as we watch The Godfather
Mini-Golf - Let's hit the links... well, the little links
Bowling - Let's strike!
Dave & Busters or Chuck-E-Cheese - Let's try to win enough tickets for something better than a temporary tattoo..
Ice Skating - Let's FINALLY go ice skating
Go to the Zoo - Let's visit the animals at the Zoo
Blast From the Past - Kid - Let's pretend we are kids again - we'll eat kid foods and watch kid movies / TV shows
Blast From the Past - Teen - Let's pretend we are teenagers again - we'll eat pizza and watch our favorite movies / TV shows from when we were in junior high and high school
Sports Movie & Food - Let's watch a sports movie and eat foods you'd find at a concession stand
Restaurant Hop - Let's go to three restaurants tonight: one for an appetizer, one for an entree, and one for dessert
Theme Night - Italian - Let's go to Italy! We'll eat Italian food and watch a movie that reminds us of Italy
Theme Night - Western - Let's go partner! We'll eat like cowboys and watch a Western
Theme Night - French - Let's go to Paris! We'll eat French food and watch a movie that reminds us of France
Theme Night - Mexican - Let's go to Mexico! We'll eat Mexican food and watch a movie that reminds us of Mexico and our honey moon
Theme Night - 1950's - Let's pretend it's the 50's! Get in costume while we watch a 50's movie, eat 50's diner food, and maybe even have living room sock hop
Theme Night - 1980's - Let's pretend it's the 80's! Get in costume while we watch a Brat Pack movie
Theme Night - Halloween - Let's get our spooky on! Regardless of the time of year, let's put on a costume, watch a Halloween movie, and carve a pumpkin (or watermelon if pumpkin is out of season)
Theme Night - Christmas - Let's do Christmas in July...or March...or whenever you pull this. Christmas movies, ugly sweaters from the thrift store, and Christmas cookies
Theme Night - Disney - Let's watch a Disney movie and eat Monte Cristos
Theme Night - Hawaiian -  We'll eat some Hawaiian cuisine (without pineapple), watch a movie / TV show that takes place in Hawaii, and wear our swimsuits
Mystery Science Theater - Let's find a dumb movie and Mystery Science Theater the crap out of it like Sharknado
Check out NASA - Let's visit the NASA and learn something
Driving Range -  TOP GOLF Let's see how far we can hit a golf ball
Cake Decorating - Let's make a couple of cakes and decorate them Ace of Cakes style
Food Network Copycat - Let's watch a random episode of a Food Network show and make a dish that was featured
Italian Market - Buy Dinner Fixings
Comedy Night - Let's belly laugh tonight watching some stand-up
Invent a Board Game - Let's get creative and invent a board game that can be played by two people
Dominique's Choice - Let's see what Joe wants to do for 2-4 hours
Shakespeare Night - Let's watch two Shakespeare movies: a classic version and a modern re-telling (eg: Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You, Othello and O, Romeo and Juliet and Romeo + Juliet, etc.)
Dive Bar - Let's go to a dive bar and play billiards and/or darts. Oh, and drink cheap beer.
Rocky Horror Picture Show Night - Let's do audience participation at home - bring on the toast, newspapers, and water guns. And Time-Warping is mandatory
Double Feature - Let's see two movies in a row at the theater
Pat's vs. Geno's -Let's decide who makes the better cheese-steak
KIM's Choice - Let's see what Kim wants to do for 2-4 hours
Nickelodeon Night - Let's watch shows like Are You Afraid of the Dark, Rugrats, and Doug. Might we find some Legend of the Hidden Temple?

Red Dates (4+ hours)


TV Marathon - Let's get in our PJs, order delivery, and watch at least 5 episodes of a TV show we've been wanting to try
Movie Marathon - Let's get in our PJs, order delivery, and watch a trilogy. Star Wars? Back to the Future? Hangover? Toy Story? There's a lot of options...
Shooting Range - Let's see whose the better shot
Paintball - Let's get out some aggression
Theater Night - Let's test the theory that "All the World's a Stage." If it's true, we shouldn't have trouble finding a play to attend...
Historic Walking Tour - Let's learn more about our new city!
Mini-Road Trip Let's figure out a place within 2 hours of Houston that we want to visit for the day
Go Rock-climbing - Let's go climb a mountain - at stone moves
Dominique's  Choice - Let's see what activity Nic wants to do that will last over 4 hours
Comedy Club - Let's get our laugh on and go to a comedy club
Brewery Tour - Let's learn how beer is made... and then drink some
Kim's Choice - Let's see what Kate wants to do for 4+ hours
Paddle board -  Let's paddle board at downtown's bayou. 





Bath bombs goes Kaboom!



Buy a few bath-bombs and write - "BANG, These are so perfect you need to go spoil your self".
Feel good music and a nice bottle of Riesling.

Music : Like Peter Qui's awesome mix tape Vol 1.  "Hooked on a feeling"-Blue Swede.
                                                             


you can also add a few glow sticks.