Date Night for the Wife and I: Any ideas? (Raleigh: transplants, chapel)
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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My wife and I finally have a day where we can go out by ourselves. My wife's aunt is coming in town and is going to watch our daughter all day and night. Woohoo!
I'd like to hear some ideas if you don't mind. We are fairly new to the area and would love a good date night out. I'm up to hearing ideas of things to do during the day and night. For dinner I'd like to hear about some local locations. I'd like to try something that isn't a big box chain.
I know I'm a transplant, but tell me your secret locations.
P.S.
No dark alleys please.... I hear sometimes that is a recommendation for transplants.
What sort of things do you like to do? What sort of food do you like? Give us some interests and we can steer you towards things you're more likely to enjoy
Where are you? Lots of good local options in Raleigh Durham and Chapel Hill but I don't want you to spend your date night driving all over the Triangle!
What day is this? If it's tomorrow, and if you enjoy this sort of thing, I can't recommend this enough:
Go swing dancing!
They do this every other week. The wife and I had a date night two weeks ago where MIL watched the baby. We went for the first time and it was awesome. We have done some dancing before but not a lot, so we went to the beginner lesson which helped a lot. They do this every other Saturday and there is live music every time!
I'm in the Cary area, but we don't mind driving around town. I'll have my GPS. We have been to several parks around Cary and Raleigh, but we have yet to visit the Durham area if that helps.
For stuff to do during the day, anything really.
For food, I can eat anything, but my wife will not eat seafood. She will go to seafood restaurants if they serve chicken or some other substitute.
For the evening, we really don't do dancing. That's about the one thing we don't do. I have two left feet unless I have a few drinks in me. LOL!
NRG, I've seen some really cool local spots that you have found in other posts. I'm up to hearing anything you can suggest.
Things to do...well I'm stumped there.
Whenever we go out we usually go to a Canes game, Bulls game or go on our boat. Jordan Lake is nice and quiet this time of year, lots of hiking trails and it's cheap (as in FREE).
having a day & night in durham could include a stroll & picnic lunch in duke gardens. also checkDPAC for a show & have dinner out on the town that night (i'm sure many could make recommendations of durham foodie places near DPAC).
above all, enjoy the day & evening with your sweetheart!
I'm a big fan of the Busy Bee Cafe in Raleigh and if the weather is nice tomorrow they have a separate upstairs called the Hive which has a roof deck. Not a fancy place but great for a casual date and the Loaded Tot Burger is awesome.
If you are heading to Durham, the Sarah Duke Gardens are a great place for a stroll (and much easier without the kids) but this time of year it's not as nice as it will be in a month or two (future date plans).
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