Chicagoist Poll: Great Date Vol. 1
By Amy Mikel in Miscellaneous on Jun 23, 2008 7:15PM
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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