MAMABLOO WANTS TO KNOW: Date Night?
Oh yes, I have heard of these… these… DATE NIGHTS? They are a rare and exotic creature in our house. The planets have to align just right, there must be a elder in town (aka Grandma Bloo) from the faraway regions (aka Yakima, WA), and there must be well, honestly, the date night participants cannot be in a knock-down-drag out fight….
Dave and I are simple folk. We’re not foodies or art-lovers. The perfect date night for us is a night at a pub (one of our favorites is THE ATTIC in Madison Park, Seattle) having pub food and a malt beverage. Even better if there is a Seahawk or Mariner game on while we dine. Follow that up with a walk somewhere interesting — along the water, on a trail, down a city-block — winding up in a bookstore to browse. We may throw in a movie if there is something we are dying to pay $75 (it seems) to see. Our only rule is we are only allowed to talk about the kids in the car… once out of the car, we must talk about something else. Oh, our other only rule is that no one is allowed to puke. We once went on a three-in-a-row date night stint where one of us ended up puking at the end of the night. No, we did not over-indulge… the flu, food poisoning, and vertigo were the culprits.
The Attic in Madison Park Seattle
What does YOUR perfect date night look like?
Ha! Your comment about puking is hilarious! On the second-ever date with my (now) husband, I was so nervous I had to fling open the car door and puke right there while sitting in a parking lot. Praise God for grace because he went out with me again. :)
Our perfect date night (as rare as they may be) is dinner at our favorite hole-in-the-wall Mexican joint with a frozen strawberry margarita. Then maybe some window shopping hand-in-hand. And we both work from home and are with the kids every minute they are not at school, so we follow your same rule.
Date nights are few and far between for us too – all our family lives very far away, but only recently have we begun to use a sitter that we trust. My husband and I love food, so dinner out is always top of our list.
a cup of coffee, a walk anywhere, browsing for something we both want and have money in hand for, a pub with or without a game on, people watching from a bench on a sunny afternoon, a drive up the mountain and sometimes a movie and dinner.
I love going to a yummy place and sitting at the bar and getting tapas or the like and making friends with those around us. Ben and I did this at “How to Cook a Wolf” on Queen Anne this summer. Yummy food!! We met lots of interesting people. The bartender was awesome and loved chatting with Ben about his trade secrets which of course he loved! He made the best Vesper! It was a really fun night that I’d like to repeat…
All of these nights/date sound so wonderful. It has put me in the mood for a night out. Now, I just have to get on Jade’s (or Gma’s) babysitting calendar….
Date nights are few and far between in this household, mostly for lack of good childcare. But when we do go out, we like to get dinner and just spend time together. Sometimes we window shop, sometimes we see a movie, usually we end up at the coffee shop just to have alone time. Before we had kids (when we lived near LA and had more money) we tried to go to the theater at least once a year for a broadway show. Oh how I miss those days!
Our favorite date is a weekend away. Yes. The entire weekend. No kids. Great meals. Great walks. Great sex. There it is.
Otherwise, we’ll take a date at Barnes & Noble over coffee and big picture books. It’s time for one.