Day 8: A Date which would live in Infamy...

Everybody has that dream date in the back of their mind...or most people do, anyway. As a lover of romance novels and romantic comedies, I have seen my fair share of phenomenal dates. As a single female, I have been on my fair share of good dates and bad dates and blind dates and dates with people who remind me of my cousin or brother (always awkward). I have a beautiful dream date in my head, but it is very location and calendar specific. And honestly, it is something that I would love to do with my husband rather than a boyfriend. In fact, that is when I know this date will occur--after I'm married. And it is a more-than-one day thing, so maybe this doesn't even qualify as a "date." But I'm going with it anyway, so deal with it :^)

The Perfect Date

Place:  New York City (told you--very specific!)
When:  Christmastime

This date--or series of dates--has a very specific itinerary. However, the following parts of said date can occur at any point. (I never said it was a cheap date--note the overuse of the word "fancy!")

  • Going to Radio City Music Hall and seeing the Rockettes Christmas show
  • Taking a horse-drawn carriage ride around Central Park
  • Skating at Rockefeller Center
  • Drinking hot chocolate at the top of the Empire State Building
  • Catching a production of Newsies (or whatever show I'm obsessing about at the time!)
  • Finding a production of The Messiah to attend
  • Window shopping at Macy's and Gimbel's and all those fancy places
  • Attending a Christmas Eve service at Trinity Church (or some other big fancy church)
  • Spending Christmas Day curled up in our (fancy!) hotel room, eating room service and watching White Christmas and Holiday Inn and Elf and A Christmas Story and Miracle on 34th Street and Charlie Brown and The Grinch and all the other classics I'm forgetting
This trip-of-a-lifetime is going to take some time to save for, but it is certainly a series of dates which I would never forget (and hopefully he wouldn't, either!) The saddest part? I have this trip more intricately planned than my dream honeymoon! And this isn't the only trip to New York I have in mind--we have to go when it's nicer out, so I can do Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty and all the other stuff, too.

Stay gold!

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