by Heidi on January 25, 2010
This one may surprise some of you: Whole Foods is a great place for a (relatively) cheap date.
I know, I know….”How can that be?,” you’ll say.
“Are you talking about Whole Paycheck?”
I’m quite familiar with the thinking on this one. I love to shop at Whole Foods, but I don’t do it all that often, because for me, it breaks the bank.
There’s one place, though, where Whole Foods delivers tremendous value. And that’s in the Cheap Date department. For far less than you’d pay for a great meal and several glasses of fantastic wine, you can get that PLUS a cooking lesson. It’s really more of a demo, as you don’t have to get all that involved in the process unless you want to. You can sit back, relax, chat with your date and enjoy some gourmet foods and unique wines.
Classes range in price from $25 – $45 per person, which is why I classify this one a (relatively) cheap date.
Here are some recent offerings:
Special Wine and Food Event: Spanish Tapas
East Meets West: Cooking with Asian Ingredients
Gluten and Casien Free Cooking
Find the classes near you here.
Also offered are some even cheaper “tasting” alternatives, like Dark Chocolate 101 (just $10), which for me would be a “get me a babysitter – I gotta go to this one” type of event. And speaking of sitters, remember that SitterScout is always here to help you find one.
Have a cheap date idea you want to share? We’d love to hear from you! Drop us a line at heidi [at] sitterscout [dot] com.
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by Heidi on January 11, 2010
One of my favorite dates ever with my husband was on our anniversary back in November — and it was also super cheap! We took our bikes to the Presidio in San Francisco and rode them across the Golden Gate bridge. It was one of the most breathtaking and spectacular experiences I’ve had.
The benefits from our date were three-fold:
- Quality time together away from the distractions of kids and electronic gear –no way to obsess over your iPhone when you’ve got your hands on those handlebars.
- A healthy way to spend the day – we burned a ton of calories on our ride (which offset the ones we put on when we shared that enormous ice cream sundae afterward!)
- Our little date was practically free – it doesn’t get any cheaper than that!
The view from our ride across the bridge
So not all of you live close enough the San Francisco to have this same ride, but there are plenty of places all over America that have great scenery and — after all – the real point here is to spend quality time with your mate, while getting a little fresh air. And lest you think you need fancy gear for a ride, all I had was my helmet, my workout clothes and a bike that came free with my Mercury Mountaineer back in 1999.
I made it work and it was so worth it!
SF Bay Area Tip/Lazy Girl Solution: If you ride across the bridge, then down to Sausalito, you can catch the ferry back to Fisherman’s Wharf and avoid the ride back up the hill.
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