Topic: Perfect night out

[Chew]

Are we voting on these? Throw in wi-fi at the lodge fireplace and AQB's perfect night out gets my vote.

[AQB24712]

What's the Sergeant's perfect night?

Oh please.  You can guess.  His choice of the best cozy napping spots.  No smoke detectors squawking (like they did this weekend; he was Not Amused).  Crunchy treats on demand. 

Why not an entire day?

Why not?  On a $550 budget, you can get a lot done.  Not a euphemism.

I tried this with a girl I was dating recently. She didn't care for the museum and wouldn't ride anything approaching scary at the theme park, so it was a real let down.

Bah.    "This is my favorite."  "Meh."  Bah.

Might sound boring but it's my kind of night.

Not boring.  Sounds nice.

For me it would just be walking through the city with good company, eating, drinking (possibly limited shopping) at as many cool unique places as possible.

Yes, I like that too.  There's a lot to be said for wandering around an interesting city with no particular place to go, as Chuck Berry would say.

Are we voting on these? Throw in wi-fi at the lodge fireplace and AQB's perfect night out gets my vote.

There's wi-fi. 

[Moloch]

double post.

[Moloch]

1. An old abandoned power station on the beach.
http://www.6000times.com/2009/12/fremantle-south-fremantle-abandoned.html

2. 12 friends

3. 12 paintball guns and night vision goggles.

Pretty sure those  12 night vision goggles and 12 paintball guns would exceed the $500 budget 

[Sordid]

2. 12 friends

3. 12 paintball guns and night vision goggles.

Pretty sure those  12 night vision goggles and 12 paintball guns would exceed the $500 budget 

More to the point, if you have 12 night vision goggles, 12 paintball guns, and 12 friends, what're you going to do? Watch them play? Doesn't sound all that great to me.

[Anders]

What's the Sergeant's perfect night?

Oh please.  You can guess.  His choice of the best cozy napping spots.  No smoke detectors squawking (like they did this weekend; he was Not Amused).  Crunchy treats on demand.

He doesn't leave the apartment? No night "out" for him?

[Skeptress]

For me it would just be walking through the city with good company, eating, drinking (possibly limited shopping) at as many cool unique places as possible.

When do we meet? 

[AQB24712]

What's the Sergeant's perfect night?

Oh please.  You can guess.  His choice of the best cozy napping spots.  No smoke detectors squawking (like they did this weekend; he was Not Amused).  Crunchy treats on demand.

He doesn't leave the apartment? No night "out" for him?

Nope.  He's a-skeered of the great outdoors.  Not that I would ever let him out unsupervised in our downtown neighborhood.  A 1000ish-square-foot house is plenty of territory for him.

[lorryfach]

Why not an entire day? This was me and the ex's routine, once a month in Spring and Summer: start the morning at the zoo for an hour or so seeing our favorite animals. Then I go up the street to the museum, spend about an hour there. Then off to lunch in downtown, there are several expensive restaurants I like there. By now it's about noon,  head to the theme park Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Ride rides, see stupid live shows, eat some overpriced food and drink overpriced beer. When it begins getting dark head off to the tourist trap $250/night hotel (a lot for a suite in that area, believe it or not), grab some drinks in the bar. In the morning enjoy breakfast in bed, then drive back across town to the real world.

I don't think I'm going to come up with anything better than that.

[AQB24712]

Are you hitting on stretcher? 

[Zytheran]

Indian dinner and fine red wines overlooking the beach at the end of a summers day.
Walk along beach as the sun sets, tropical storms play out lightning in the distance.
Catch the latest indie SF movie with friends and then continue with sciency talk until visiting a late night small Italian coffee shop for some Frangelico Hazlenut liquer coffee poured over icecream.
Wander the city around midnight, a little bit of urban exploring and make our way to the roof top of a skyscraper to watch the city go by far below with the stars above and talk of the meaning of life.
Head down into the city again and catch a band, something industrial like NiN till the early hours of the morning and then, when the city sleeps, head out putting up pro-science street art till sunrise.

Dinner and wine $150; Movie $60; Coffee shop $30 ;Band and a few drinks $160 ;Paint, past-ups $100

[seamas]

It's a toss up, whether the venue is city or country.

City (this is our typical anniversary date usually done in December)
A long day in NYC just wandering around--Central Park for a walk, maybe stop in the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Then to one of the fancy hotels for a drink in the lobby, then probably down to Greenwich village or somewhere else downtown for a killer meal.
More wandering, perhaps to fancy bar, etc

(also early on if the date is taking place in December-we'll check out the Windows at Bergdorf Goodman)


Country:
Not decided, but either to the mountains or near the seaside.

[Demosthenes]

Pretty sure those  12 night vision goggles and 12 paintball guns would exceed the $500 budget 

Not if your renting them. 

More to the point, if you have 12 night vision goggles, 12 paintball guns, and 12 friends, what're you going to do? Watch them play? Doesn't sound all that great to me.

Pfft you always need someone to sit out to ref/run the BBQ/guard the refreshments.

Also now that I’ve actually read the inaugural post, the paintball date with 12 friends probably wasn’t the best suggestion.....

[lorryfach]

Are you hitting on stretcher? 

Only when my husband isn't looking. (where's the whistling innocently smiley?)

[Rocket Man]

So I'm probably too young to actually give a realistic opinion but....I would want to go out for a nice itallian dinner at a relatively classy place. Afterwards go rooftopping(http://500px.com/blog/120) and after my ladyfriend and I have done that I would want to just watch a movie somewhere.

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Ideally this is where I would want to watch the movie but cost is probably exceeded at this point.