Minty Dating Machine: The Best Sort of First Dates
The Holidays are right around the corner. As the leaves turn colors and the weather gets cooler (yes, even in LA), thoughts of who you’re going to snuggle up with seem to cross my mind. I love asking people how they met their partners. For the most part, they’re great stories. And I enjoy hearing from couples who met at previous singles soirees.
Recently someone told me they met their boyfriend at a Thanksgiving party. So you never know!
After the Sexy Singles Holiday Soiree and you met that fantabulous person, where are you going to go on your first date? You may have heard about some bad ones but I’ve actually been blessed to enjoy more than a few good ones.
Minty’s Top Five Favorite First Date Ideas
5. Watching planes at the airport (this was before 9/11) and making up stories about the passengers. I suppose post-9/11, the date can be moved to Union Station. Trains can be fun, too.
4. Grape Stomping (okay, so maybe this wasn’t so great as I got stood up but I still love this idea). I always wanted to have an I Love Lucy moment.
3. Renaissance Faire (being called a lady all day was NICE).
2. Field trip– Art gallery openings, museums, food festivals- it gives you something to talk about.
And drum roll…
1. Drinks
What? Really? My favorite kind of date if I’m going to for low key would just be drinks. But never coffee. For some reason, all my coffee dates have turned into mini-interviews. I feel like I’m being grilled and that’s not fun. I don’t usually have lunch dates anymore and dinners can be a bit too formal and long (I enjoy first dates that are 3 hours or less).
But really, the best sort of first dates lead to second dates.
So, you sexy Singletons, come on down to the Holiday Soiree at Pink Taco on December 1! It’s going to be fun and then you can email me your favorite first date.
In fact, if you leave a comment on your favorite first date, you might win a pair of tickets to the soiree. I’ll conduct a random drawing and I’ll contact the winner by Wednesday, November 24 if you’ve won. Make sure you leave your email or twitter when you comment you want a pair of tickets to soiree.
Putt Putt Golf. though that’s hard to pull off here. Interactive, silly, and a good gauge of their sportsmanship when you kick their butt. plus if its going well a quick kiss at the cave green.
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Thanks! Yes, mini golf is way fun. There are still a few places around though none in LA proper that I know of.
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There’s the place in the Howard Hughes Center. Glow in the dark indoors mini-golf. That’s in LA proper 🙂
(Though if we’re being pedantic, the sherman oaks castle is technically still the City of LA, even if it’s the valley)
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Oh yes, I’ve heard of that one…is it still open? And is this counting as an entry?
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Holiday ice skating! This was an actual first date for me, at the W Hotel in Westwood. We didn’t end up skating because the rink was kind of…um…small. But it was a very cute idea, and suggested by the guy! Bonus if there’s a bar close by. Great for people watching.
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Bowling. Fun, there’s something to fill the awkward moments (“It’s your turn.” and unlike golf, the lane is yours and you can really go at your own pace. Best to find a quiet place though.
As for drinks- totally agree BUT I hate going to a noisy bar or one that plays the music too loud. Half the date gets spend yelling “What?” at one another. And yes, coffee sounds good in theory but always feels too forced or something.
I like the Union Station idea. I used to hang at the airport pre-9/11. Damn terrorists.
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very cool! that’s def a great first date idea.
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