Summer Date Ideas
Ahhh, summer. The warmest, prettiest, sun-shiniest season. Some of the other Lilies might disagree with me, but summer is the best season. Barbeques, art-festivals, baseball, hiking, camping, laying by the pool/lake/ocean. The world gets geared up to play outside in the summer and you and your boo should too! Here are some summer date ideas to soak in while it’s still hot enough to get away with starting a water balloon fight.
Picnic in the park? Check! (Photo by Vincent Anderlucci via Flickr Creative Commons)
If You’re Not Sure You Like Him:
First dates are a balancing act. You need to be able to talk and get to know someone, but you don’t want to be stuck with a dud for too long. Kick it old school with miniature golf. There are a few good reasons for this.
1. You’ll have something to do if you can’t find common ground in a conversation.
2. You can find out if he’s a sore loser (I assume we are all champion mini-golf players).
3. You can look super cute because mini-golf is not that strenuous — break out the sundresses and wedges.
4. If the date is going well you can keep it going with a trip for ice cream and really embrace that 1950s innocence. Or you can go to a bar if you feel you’re too grown-up for ice cream (boring!).
The important thing here is that you have a natural weapon in your hand if the guy is a douche and you can still have fun whacking a ball around. Fun fact about mini-golf: you can actually hit those balls as hard as you want. Mostly they’ll just ricochet off the fake rocks and stuff before landing relatively close to where you would have ended up if you’d been more lady-like about it.
If You Know You Like Him:
If you’ve been dating for a while and you are not afraid to spend some quality time together, summer is the perfect time for a picnic. You can go to any grocery store and get a fabulous snack spread. I, personally, am partial to Trader Joe’s, but literally any grocery store will do. Peruse their deli department and pre-packaged section. Grab some salads (Trader Joe’s curry chicken salad is crazy delicious), hummus, pre-cut veggies, pita chips and whatever else your little heart desires. Don’t forget to swing by the bakery for a couple of cupcakes. Your boo will be so impressed with the spread and you really only had to swipe a card. Bring a blanket, find a shady tree, and enjoy the fruits of your labor. This date just lends itself to stretching out and cuddling. If your town does movies in the park, or weekly jazz concerts, you can time your picnic with another park event. There is literally no time of day that laying in a park or on a beach, snacking, and snuggling is not a good idea. Breakfast picnic anyone?
If You Love Him:
If you love him, you maybe have gotten into a bit of a routine. No judgement, just saying, it happens. Should we watch another episode of “Mad Men” and order Chinese? With an offer that good, sometimes it’s hard not to fall into the couch and never ever leave (I said I wasn’t judging you, so now you can’t judge me. That’s just physics–or something). This is why you should have an epic, all day, fun-time! Plan a few weeks ahead and have an all-day date. My favorite, easy choice for this is an amusement park (that hopefully has some water rides). You can play outside all day and run from one ride to another. This doesn’t take much planning other than making sure you and your partner’s schedule is free for the whole day.
If you’re not afraid of a little extra planning and work, you can stack events on top of each other. Go for a morning bike ride, check out that place with the great patio for brunch, catch an afternoon baseball game, walk from the stadium to a roof-top bar, enjoy some drinks as dusk is rolling in, and cap the night off with a food truck. You’ll end the date happy and exhausted.
Whoever you’re with this summer–get outside and take advantage of summer date ideas that will expire by fall.
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