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So, I want to take this chick out this upcoming weekend and uh, well, I'm bad at these sorts of things. Note: I'm NOT trying to get laid here, that's the least of my worries. I'm trying to show this girl a good time.

I know there's always the traditional movie, dinner, etc. but I want something more than that. I live in Los Angeles, so that's really close to just about anything you could possibly want it to be close to. I was thinking about taking her to the Santa Monica pier, even. I'm not sure.

But yeah, any help for Divest here, guys?

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Why not Universal City Walk??
or the Grove
Manhattan Beach is pretty nice...
Movie @ Ipex theater + Sushi @ Culver City is one of my favorite date routines...

it really depends on the situation and the girl though. The most memorable first date I had was with my current boyfriend; we went to go see "Lost in Translation" at El Segundo and we had In N' Out later and just talked. It was just talking, and I can't remember any of the conversation we had, but I do remember we had fun.

I don't think a date has to be anything fancy or over-dressed occasion at all.

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No, you're right it doesn't have to be all fancy, but I've been seeing this chick for awhile, it's just that now I want to take her out all fancy like because... well, she deserves it, I suppose.

What's the Universal city walk? That sounds interesting. You live in Los Angeles, so is there a lot to do on the Santa Monica pier as far as a date night goes?

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Forget the dinner and a movie. Probably the most boring idea ever.

Dinner is nice, but I prefer lunch. Lunch is a lot less pressure and feels more casual. Of course, if you want dinner to be less stressful, offer to make dinner in your own living space.

Whatever time you choose, have a light meal and then go out for fun. The pier sounds nice, but museums, concerts, or the zoo are all good options too. Just make it light and carefree and also open to talking.

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I dressed to the nines and went out to a swanky-arse bar in the city with this PR girl I asked out the other week. We pretty much just sat down, chatted, and went through two bottles of sparkling house wine for hours. Highly recommended - especially if you're a decent conversationalist. Probably not so much if you're not, though.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Shorty

Why not Universal City Walk??

Oh hell yes, CityWalk is amazing! I've always liked to go there, at any rate. Keep in mind that I don't live in LA, so visiting is always different than something you have access to all the time. In any event, you could take her to Wolfgang Puck's restaurant there if you want to be fancy (and spend a ridiculous amount of money on food); it's the original restaurant from whence the rest of his chain spawned. There's also a bowling alley!

I personally don't mind dinner-and-a-movie, but maybe that's because I don't date much .

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Over the summer both my girlfriend and I went out a few times, and since both of us are cheap we usually liked to do things as inexpensive as possible. I'd say our favorite stuff was just going to a beach town, walking around the shops, and then strolling down the beach (and possibly a pier if there's one there). I know Seal and Huntington were both fun (there's a good number of blocks at Huntington to walk along inland), and I enjoyed the beach at Newport a lot.

I know one thing I plan on doing when I have to move out there in the fall is to try and spend a day at the Long Beach Aquarium since I've heard it's pretty good (rather pricey compared to the ones I'm familiar with out here, though).

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Out here we have a pretty rocking indie-rock scene and I usually take my date to go see whatever bands play at those little venues. Lately I've been seeing this girl who loves to go rock out at those little rock shows. We go, it's all good fun, we drink a couple of beers and by the end of the night we got a good buzz, saw a good band and had some good company.

I KNOW you got a nice little rock scene down there, boy. You're IN A ROCK BAND. Use that.

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Originally Posted by Encephalon

Out here we have a pretty rocking indie-rock scene and I usually take my date to go see whatever bands play at those little venues.

Yeah, what is it with that? I really don't understand how we get any interesting bands here (maybe Fresno I can see...). When I was here, we didn't have shit for bands coming around! Then again, Warp Tour went to Tulare when I was in high school...I didn't understand that at all...

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Originally Posted by Arkhangelsk

Yeah, what is it with that? I really don't understand how we get any interesting bands here (maybe Fresno I can see...).

Fresno WOULD get cool bands if only the scene out there cared enough to snap out of their Top 40 redundancy snap with New Rock 104 as the fucking leader. The ONLY good band I've ever seen in Fresno was Fishbone with local talent 40-Watt Hype opening for them at Porky's Rib House. Here in Visalia it's a lot different and a little promotion magazine called Sound and Vision recently started booking all these talents and having them play at places that would otherwise not get a lot of traffic, like Howie and Sons and The Cellar Door; now those places are fucking packed on Saturday nights. This Saturday Get Him Eat Him and Ahleuchatistas both played and I didn't go because I was hanging out with my friends from L.A. but seriously... ALWAYS good shows there.

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When I was here, we didn't have shit for bands coming around! Then again, Warp Tour went to Tulare when I was in high school...I didn't understand that at all...

Warped Tour fucking sucks now. It's been nothing but wrist-slitting MySpace mouthbreathers headlining for the past 4 years. This year I'm going to see Bad Religion and Flogging Molly... and that's... pretty much it. I know Circa Survive is gonna be playing too and I kind of wanna see them but I honestly don't know if we're gonna go just to see them.

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Originally Posted by Divest

You live in Los Angeles, so is there a lot to do on the Santa Monica pier as far as a date night goes?

Can't say; never been to the Santa Monica Pier on a date. Too expensive and I can do the same thing for half the price with a quarter of the gas expended going to some other nearby beach.

On the note of adding to ideas: Leon's taking me out to a Dodger's game tonight. (W00t!) Leon isn't much of a baseball fan (in fact he doesn't like the sport at all), but he knows I like it and was able to get tickets for tonights game so he just asked me out on it. (It's the thought that counts <3)

So, I don't know if the girl's into sports at all, but that is also one option you have. Fortunately, there's several local teams: LA Lakers, Clippers, Dodgers, Angels, Kings, LA Galaxy, etc. you get the point.

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Originally Posted by RacinReaver

I know one thing I plan on doing when I have to move out there in the fall is to try and spend a day at the Long Beach Aquarium since I've heard it's pretty good (rather pricey compared to the ones I'm familiar with out here, though).

Shop at a nearby local Ralph's Supermarket store, and you get a $3 discount on your ticket price. (Buy the ticket at the cashier). Yes, the Long Beach Aquarium is AWESOME. Very nice area to have a date too, since you can hit the aquarium earlier during the day and there are some really nice restaurants / bars right by there on the bay. I recommend the Yard House if you're a fan of drinks, but also the Queen Mary is right there (expensive as heck tho).

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Originally Posted by 343 Guilty Spark

Warped Tour fucking sucks now. It's been nothing but wrist-slitting MySpace mouthbreathers headlining for the past 4 years. This year I'm going to see Bad Religion and Flogging Molly... and that's... pretty much it. I know Circa Survive is gonna be playing too and I kind of wanna see them but I honestly don't know if we're gonna go just to see them.

Oh yeah...I couldn't believe the lineups I've seen when I cared to look the last two years. I mostly want to see Flogging Molly, but I don't want to wade through (nor pay for) a ton of crappy bands to get to the good stuff.

I missed out on seeing FM back in the day, when they weren't well-known. My friend still occasionally throws it (and the shoes she had signed by the entire band) in my face .

Sorry, this has totally been off topic...

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What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

It'll be more like me getting drunk and rambling about the INJUSTICE that is the corporate music industry.

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Originally Posted by Duo Maxwell

WAIT, HOLD UP, REAVER IS MOVING TO LOS ANGELES?

WTF, DUDE, NOW WE HAVE TO KICK IT.

I thought you lived on an aircraft carrier or something?

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Originally Posted by Duo Maxwell

WAIT, HOLD UP, REAVER IS MOVING TO LOS ANGELES?

WTF, DUDE, NOW WE HAVE TO KICK IT.

Where the heck are my cards Duo.

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I thought you lived on an aircraft carrier or something?

I work on a ship, sometimes I live on it for months on end. When I'm homeported, I live in a house.

And, about your cards, they're somewhere in the glorious clutter that is the remnants of my past (i.e. in an environmentally controlled storage unit, which I need to clean out sooner or later).

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Depending on where you are in Los Angeles, Pasadena has the Norton Simon museum which is really nice. And best yet, free for students and pretty cheap ticket prices overall. There are also great resturants in the area (I would suggest Twin Palms Pasadena in Old Town) and it's right near the 134 so you can go furthur into LA if you wish.

Also the Huntington Library, California Science Center would all be great places to spend an afternoon. The Santa Monica Pier is too commericalized and always too crowded for romance. If you want to go to a beach, maybe Malibu (a drive on the Pacific Coast Highway) or even Redondo Beach Pier which is near a lot of secluded beaches towards the Palos Verdes side.

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