Date 121 - You're A Work Of Art!

Date: Friday, May 9, 2014
Type: Out On the Town
Cost: $
Planned By: Dani

For this date, Adam and I had to put our artistic skills to use. I regularly check groupon for fun activities to do in our area and I have been wanting to go to a painting class. When I saw one available near us I had to get it.

We went to a BYOB art night at the O Gallery in Beachwood. We got a little lost finding the place, but once we did we were really excited to start painting.

Most of the art classes that I have seen online normally have everyone painting the same picture. In our class we all got to look through a bunch of paintings and pick what we wanted to paint. Adam and I decided to attempt the same painting by Georgia O'Keeffe named Pink Tulip from 1926.

We also shared a bottle of Riesling while we painted. We had a lot of fun painting together, and we both did a great job. We also had a great time laughing about how our paintings were turning out especially after a glass or two of wine.

The Groupon made this date very affordable, but I would definitely do it again because it was a lot of fun and totally different than most of our dates.. except that one time we painted at home a long time ago! Anyway I would recommend an art date to all couples. :)

Date 120 - Blurred Limes.

Date: Saturday, May 3, 2014
Type: Athletic, Out On The Town
Cost: $$
Planned By: Our friend Lauren

Adam and I love Cinco De Mayo. In fact a couple years ago we hosted a Cinco De Mayo Party with a bunch of our college friends.

This year Lauren sent me an email saying that we had to sign up for The Sombrero Shuffle in Tremont. It is a partners based 3 mile race so she wanted Adam and I to compete against her and her dad (John). We happily obliged.

We decided our team name would be Blurred Limes because its punny. We both wore green shirts and headed over to Tremont. We met up with Lauren and her dad and a bunch of other friends of Lauren who were all really nice to get to know.

We walked over to the South Side where the race was starting to pick up our race bibs. They had lots of drink specials so we all had a beer while we were waiting for the race to start.

At the beginning of the race  we got a "passport" with all the things we had to accomplish along the way. There was no set course so we just had to go to all the different stops as quickly as possible. None of the four of us live in Tremont so we mostly followed the crowd.

The five different things we had to get along the way were: Poncho, Sombrero, Maracas, Dos Equis and a Margarita. The people in charge of the race had everything set up so we ran to each of the places and it went pretty quickly. We also stopped for an Oberon at one of the bars in honor of Lauren & John's team name Dos Oberon. The margarita station was our last stop and it was definitely the best.We finished in under 40 minutes, and with all those drinks stops that's pretty good (although I don't think it was actually 3 miles).

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At the finish line with photo bombers. 

After the race we hung out with Lauren's friends, watched the Kentucky Derby, had some pizza and beer and called it a night. We were exhausted. This race was a lot of fun so we would probably do it again!

Date 119 - I'm Wild About You!

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2014
Type: Out On The Town
Cost: $
Planned By: Both

Adam and I had a wild day planned. It all started with a 2 hour drive to the west side of Cleveland.

The Cleveland Zoo had a free admission day and we decided to take advantage of it. Little did we know, the traffic would be horrendous. It took us two hours to park, but we made it to the zoo with enough time to see most of the animals.

We saw all of the important wild animals including; kangaroos, giraffes, elephants, cheetah, rino, monkey, etc. We didn't find any otters though and I was a little sad about that. We walked through the park pretty quickly only stopping for about a minute at each exhibit. There were a ton of people there so this was enough time for us to see what we wanted to. It was a beautiful day, not too warm and not too cold!

The next part of our date was a wild dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings near our house. It was yummy. :)

The last part of our date was making Wild Grape Cosmos. This martini had grape vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, simple syrup and lime juice in it. It was pretty good, and definitely strong.

This date was a lot of fun and also exhausting. Next time we go to the zoo we will definitely not be going on a free day, but it made our date extremely affordable!

Date 118 - Legendary!

Date: Monday, March 31, 2014
Type: At Home, Theme
Cost: $$
Planned By: Adam

WARNING: You may find my closing paragraph to have spoilers, I tried to keep it vague, but read at your own risk if you don't want to know the ending.

Adam and I are big fans of How I Met Your Mother, and what better way to see the show off than with a themed date night. Before watching the finale we got ready for the show with some food, drinks and activities.

Dinner:
"Sandwiches" - "Sandwiches" have come up in the show many times. Each time they referenced sandwiches in the show it made me laugh. So we each had a sandwich.

Ted's Super Bowl Wings - We had BBQ wings in honor of the episode where Ted uses his deprivator 5000 to get the super bowl wings for the gang's party.

Pineapple? - We aren't sure how that got there.

Dessert:
Sumbitches - I found a recipe for the cookies The Mother makes and shares with Lily. They were a delicious combination of peanut butter, caramel and chocolate.

Rabbit or Duck - We had rabbit and ducks peeps because of the duck-rabbit illusion from season 5.

Drinks:
The Robin Sherbatsky AKA The Minnesota Tidal Wave - In season 8 we find out Marshall invented a cocktail that Carl the bartender put on the menu as The Robin Sherbatsky. This was a very interesting, strong and thick cocktail.. personally I wouldn't want my name on it.

Activities:
First, we watched flash backs from all the previous 8 seasons. Then we watched some other videos of great moments from HIMYM. We also listend to Barney Stinson's Get Psyched Mix. Finally, we played a few rounds of Quizup with How I Met Your Mother themed topics. We also both wore our favorite Indians shirt since Ted is such a big Cleveland fan (and it was MLB opening day).

The Finale:
As many of you probably have seen, the finale of How I Met Your Mother was a bit controversial. Pretty much the majority of fans hated it. Overall, the episode was funny, happy and very very sad. I liked it. I liked how Ted and the Mother met, and I liked they're time together. I could see that Ted was very happy with The Mother, and she was the love of his life. I thought the scene with Ted and the kids was funny, and Adam and I both liked that the last scene brought the show full circle. I cried and was sad, but the events seemed very real, and I'm happy Ted's kids are giving him a second chance at happiness. Overall, I liked the series finale and LOVED the series.  How I Met Your Mother will forever be one of my favorite shows.