What’s Your Idea of a Romantic Evening? by Rambling Raven
By Raven • Jul 27th, 2009 • Category: Rambling Raven •
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What’s Your Idea of a Romantic Evening? by Rambling Raven
I was asked by a friend recently, what I thought was the ideal romantic evening. I surprised him with my answer. My romantic evening doesn’t require much money or a whole lot of effort. You see, I don’t think that there is anything more romantic than a walk on a warm summer night. A night where the sky is clear, the moon is bright and the air is scented with the sweet smell of summer flowers. No high class restaurants or an evening at the theater for me. Don’t get me wrong those places are very nice and I certainly wouldn’t pass them up if invited. However, taking a stroll with someone is more intimate to me. It is just you and that special person walking at a leisurely pace just talking and getting to know one another. Of course, this little jaunt would take place along a quiet, scenic route with like-minded couples walking about. The place that comes to mind is Chicago’s Millennium Park. I have walked with a few romantic prospects there and those were some of the best dates I ever had. We would walk just a little off the beaten path around the park. There would be enough people to feel safe and “people watch” as we went along. On one side you could gaze at the beautiful Chicago skyline and on the other side across Lake Michigan with dozens of boats bobbing about.
A romantic walk doesn’t require anyone to be anything but themselves. You just walk and talk. You don’t have to worry about conversation topics either, usually once you get started one subject smoothly leads into a million others. And if you find that there is a lull in the conversation all you have to do is keep moving, eventually something will pop up. I have found that time usually flies by effortlessly on such nights. It isn’t all walking either. I have often found myself stopping for emphasis or clarification on a comment. If the conversation really gets good you can slow it down by finding a nice little spot to sit and continue the conversation. Once we had our say we were up and strolling again.
Now there are some places other than Chicago where I would love to go and take a nice little stroll. Can you imagine such a walk with the Eiffel Tower as a backdrop? I would also love to take that wonderful summer jaunt with Big Ben chiming in the background. However, the ultimate fantasy summer walk would be along the streets of Italy with the great Coliseum or Parthenon as visual landmarks. There isn’t anything better than a walk on a warm scenic night.
Oh, by the way, on those magnificent fantasy walks I would take turns sharing them with Alex Rodriguez (In the fantasy the steroids and Madonna incidents never happened), Blair Underwood would be a great walking partner as well, and I still wouldn’t mind a once around with Denzel.
So, what is your idea of a romantic evening, and who would you share it with??
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Raven is an educator with a B.A. in Psychology and a M.A. in Education. She has been an avid reader since childhood. Her favorite genres are mystery, suspense, and horror, although she will give any genre a try. She is a life long resident of Chicago. Her love of books opened her mind to people, places and events far beyond her Chicago home. Reading helped to shape her world and her opinion of the events that took place within it. No matter what demands her career requires of her, she has always found time to read and write in a journal. Along with reading and journaling, she loves to watch the sunset, and discuss hot topics with family and friends. She loves baseball, horror movies, mysteries, listening to music from every corner of the world and expressing her view of the latest books with the women of APOOO.
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Definitely a stroll on the beach or cozying up by a fire. I don’t live near a beach and would prefer that fire to be in a cabin in the mountains, but hey that’s not much money. I’ll take a romantic walk in a safe park. It’s really about the company. Haven’t had good romantic company in a long time. Good Lord. I need to go pull out a book!
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That stroll would be with Idris Elba and he can revert to the English accent.
@ Rhonda…lol about that English accent.
Now that I’m an old-married woman…my most romantic evenings are any where the kids aren’t around…lol. But I really like romantic getaways…a long weekend to the beach, NYCity, Paris…hmmm all of those would be great right about now.
PS My date would be my hubby…my fantasy date would be with ??? hmmm no one comes to mind right now.
Atmosphere, atmosphere…We don’t need no acting up in the park, unless he’s a butthole in real life, then he needs to pretend to be the brother from Daddy’s 4 Girls or whatever the name of the movie was.
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Rhonda, I think a cabin in the mountains is a romantic place. I also think a little cottage right near the cost would be great as well.
Yasmin, I hear so many moms say that their romantic evening would be an evening without the kids. LOL!! One time I asked my mom what would be the most romantic place she would like to go for her anniversary she told me an evening at home with my dad and no kids around, and no telephone.
Rhonda, I think you are dead on about the compnay. It depends on the guy. I once had a date who took me to an amusement park. The best thing about the date was that I got to ride rollercoster in between this guy’s boring converstaions about himself.
A slow drive around the Tidal Basin at sunset on a summer Saturday evening
Yep..its the company..great guy anything goes LOL
Niambi, that would be such a great scenic moment
Linda, a great guy would just be icing on the cake.
Me and my man, music and quiet…snuggling….maybe we will do that next Tuesday (again) our 31st anniversary…
.-= Angelia´s last blog ..THROUGH THE STORMS… =-.
Love the post as usual. I like the walk in the park, beach and the romantic cottage idea. I agree with all you said. My date would be Paul – he’s a great guy and we have a good time whenever we are together.
Wow, Angelia, 31 years! Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy belated anniversary
Uranie, glad you like the post.
If you are walking by a park, visit the swings and give your partner a ride. This will often bring back happy memories from her childhood, and talk about her sweet memories.