Reinventing Date Night
By Elizabeth Hurchalla
If your date nights have devolved into ordering Thai takeout and worshiping at the temple of TiVo, it's time to shake things up a bit. Here, help from Yfat Reiss, one of the authors of 102 Great Dates for Any Budget (Stewart Tabori & Chang) on how to do date night right.
Do dinner and a movie -- only different
"Although a relaxed night at your local theater can be nice, it's easy to make this date more interesting by making it a theme night," says Reiss. "Pick a foreign film at a theater in a different part of town and pair it with a nearby restaurant serving the cuisine of the country the movie's from. Bring along the reviews, the novel on which the movie is based -- anything that picks up on the theme of the film."
Point and shoot
When's the last time you took a photo of something other than your children? If you can't remember, "it may be time to do something for yourself that you might otherwise only make time to do for the kids," Reiss advises.
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