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Well, summer is here, the livin’ is easy, people are showing skin and getting each other all revved up. We asked some of our fellow writers: if you could plan a date for this week (up through the weekend) what would you plan, and wherefore?
Jacy: I'd check out a film at the GenArt film festival (which starts tonight) but skip the after party for dinner. Dinner being, Avec. And why? My date loves dates. Wrapped in bacon.
Laura: I wrap my dates in bacon, too. It makes it harder to undress them but it's worth it for the aroma.
Tankboy: I would take them to The Burlington on Tuesday after the Liz Phair show and offer them some sweets from the candy jar.
Ali: I normally pride myself in being a cheap date but I would love to go to the new Cirque Du Soleil show, Kooza, which opens on Thursday. If he paid, a good start to the date would be visiting a farmers market first where I'd pick up stuff to make him dinner beforehand.
Rob: I would take them to see Laura at the Siskel on Friday at 6 o'clock, one of the great romantic movies of all time. And then after that it'd be dinner at The Gage nearby (making a reservation in advance for one of the quiet back booths). Cheap film + pricey dinner = worth every penny.
Margaret: My first choice would be to celebrate lightening safety week in some capacity, but beyond that, I'd be psyched to go to the karaoke contest at Ronny's on Friday. Especially if he sang.
Marcus: Going to dinner and sitting in awkward silence for an hour, then getting so drunk at a bar afterwards I don't even remember her leaving me there.
Chuck: I'd plan - and just might actually do this - a picnic for the Orchestra Baobab concert at Millennium Park Saturday. I would probably need the good base of food for energy for dancing in the park and absorbing all the alcohol at the Burlington later.
Me: Superhero Tap Dance Opera at the Athenaeum, then over to Scooter’s for some Peach Cobbler Frozen Custard.
Benjy: Cubs/Sox at the Cell followed by dinner at Lao Schezuan in Chinatown, or to Ricobene's, and split the king-sized breaded steak.
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how bout a trip to the belmont arts and music fest this weekend; buy some of my art for your date. boo-ya!
Dinner at la scarola. Back to my place for a night cap. Preferably sex, but a night cap is ok too.
Looking at these suggestions, it is no wonder you are all single.
"You come uppa to my place for some pizza and some sex....whassa matta, you no lika pizza?"
Dang, Matty beat me to it.
Man, I really like these. They're about what I'd do on any given date, including wrap them in bacon. While drunk. Eating Scooters custard, ungh. While singing Karaoke. After having seen a movie and a free concert. Then, I'd get struck by lightning and have to end the date on a high note.
I admit that I coughed on my Diet Coke and yelled, "HEY!" when I read this. I see my tongue-in-cheek response was taken seriously...which is just fine. Otherwise my date would know what we're doing this weekend and it is meant to be a surprise.
And Heeeyy there, Meteorologist!
-L.
Benjy,
I'm available this weekend. And that sounds like a PERFECT date.
Sorry to disappoint, happygrl, but seeing as my wedding is the following weekend I'm kind of off the market.
For me it's easy. I would dress my date up as one of the Female Furies from Jack Kirby's New Gods comics, preferably Lashina, to compliment my Kalibak outfit, and then I'd take her to Wizard World. Nothing gets the panties dropping quicker than a Warren Ellis Q&A.
So when is chicagoist personals going to be up and running?
Well, Laura -- I don't think it'll be any surprise now when you hand your date a giant robe made out of bacon...
First date, the skankiest dive bar( like the Creature Cantina in Star Wars) that I can think of. If they can go the distance, hold their liqour and leave the juke box to me, then the next date, a nice dinner and of course back to that dive bar
great dates...crash a party, see an impromptu double feature, kiss in the bat cave at the zoo. batting cages and air hockey on devon, eating sushi so good you see god, and by all means, a dive bar (wink spook!) i like carol's.
Tankboy, even more appropriate:
I would take them to The Burlington on Tuesday after skipping the Liz Phair show to see Lizz Kannenberg, a much better Lizz.
Laura, I think I've said the exact same thing, at Twist!
Best summer date on a Tue night is the Grant park movie. . .my now husband took me there on a date, brought a bottle of pre made martinis (AWESOME) then during the movie, whipped out sternos and ingrediants to make smores! The movie was awesome and the date cost him a total of $30 (we like to drink A LOT)
Mrs. Gray, you are such a Lizzbo.