Dating Recipes: the Artsy Cultural Date Thing.

I’m back with another edi­tion of Dat­ing Recipes that you can use and abuse for your own fiendish pur­poses. Just don’t tell any­one that Alex sent ya. That’s surely the way to get punched in the neck.

Locally, where I live, there are a num­ber of cities with thriv­ing artist com­mu­ni­ties and it turns out they’re all fairly close to me aka within dri­ving dis­tance. So that’s the type of date I’d like to focus on.

Ingre­di­ents:
1x Art Festival/​Art Walk or open Art Gallery.
2x Peo­ple (you and your date, of course!)
1x Cof­fee house or restau­rant picked out
Sprin­kle some music around
Add a dash of con­ver­sa­tion with a will­ing­ness to walk and you’re all set.

What’s great about these artis­tic events, fes­ti­vals and gallery open­ings is that, often, you can find free wine and snacks as you make your way from gallery to gallery on your date. Not only that but the myr­iad art­work you’ll likely encounter have the poten­tial to make for some really inter­est­ing conversation.

There’s no right way to “do” this type of date. Per­son­ally, I’d just take my date or meet them some­where close to where the artsy stuff is hap­pen­ing. I would sug­gest walk­ing around and check­ing out some of the gal­leries and art that are open to the pub­lic. After some good con­ver­sa­tion, per­haps we get cof­fee and walk some more or even get din­ner. Again, I don’t think it mat­ters in what order you choose to do these activ­i­ties. Cer­tainly none of them are required, but do make a good impres­sion on your date.

How can you find out when such events are com­ing to a hood near you? Well, there’s cer­tainly no short­age of infor­ma­tion out there. Given that I reside in South­ern Cal­i­for­nia I can always refer to LA or OC Weekly for local news on what’s hap­pen­ing. Peruse the events sec­tion of your local news­pa­per. Or take your search online. I’m a fan of Yelp and Cityvibe, per­son­ally. Either of those are fan­tas­tic resources to find such events in your area.

At the end of your date you might be out thirty bucks or so, but the hope is that while you were tak­ing in some art, cul­ture and some music you also had some good con­ver­sa­tion with some­one special.

Related posts:

1. Dat­ing Recipes 101: Beyond the First Date