Hi. Back from Las Vegas. Loved hearing all about how delightfully blissfully happy one of my Romance Coaching success stories, Sonya Lenzo, is.
Fitnesss Trainer for the Rest of Us, Easy Weight Loss for the Obese maven herself, Sabrina Peterson joined Sonya and me as roomies. It was a TON of fun that way. We even watched a Luau from our balcony window. Sonya took pix, so I'm sure we'll see them here soon.
Now, as a Romance Coach with a subniche expertise (I am SO good at this, that people literally have begged me to teach them HOW and WHAT am I doing.) in Online Dating Coaching, I am always looking around for restaurants which are good for dates. All kinds of dates. Indeed, collecting restaurants is one of my Dating Advise and Tips tidbits which I recommend both to women clients and men clients. Having some choices for To Where to go on all those Romantic Dates and Internet Dating dates that you go on helps.
Something I am always looking for are places that combine physical comfort, good food, and with pleasing ambiance. Now, I want different THINGS in pleasing ambiance.
Sometimes what I LOVE is to feel secluded and cozy. The Elite Cafe in San Francisco's Pac Hghts district used to feature amazing seafood with these fabulous booths which had nearly 4 walls surrounding you. It was VERY intimate and created an atmosphere where you could really FOCUS your attention on each other rather than be visually distracted by others. But sadly they changed menus and the great seafood is gone for now.
In Las Vegas, The Cafe at The Bellagio featured what I had been craving (and now I know of it) for Saturday morning brunch. Openness, good food at reasonable-for-Las-Vegas prices, sun light, greenery. I had lunch there Sunday with Sonya and discovered it. I will DEFINITELY be returning!
Sabrina introduced me to Roy's off strip. VERY good food. Good ambiance. Pleasing, music was not hyper distracting. No pulsating lights. Rob Northrup, Corporate Veil expert also seems to favor such restaurants with his choice of Fix (was that it's name?) for Sunday evening with his lovely wife Dixie. Part of what was so fabulous about Sabrina's selection of Roy's off strip was it wasn't PACKED. Not a great place to MEET other singles as mainly established couples and groups head off strip like that unless it's a great bar/local hang out like I enjoyed with Michelle Matteson last March. Sabrina and I were joined by Copywriting WunderKind, Sheridan Randolph, providing us with Recession Proof Marketing. Then we were stuck waiting for a cab. Only disgruntling aspect to dining off strip. It just happens. We lived with it. Just know when you go for things like that when you go with a date. Plan accordingly and prepare expectations. That's my Product Marketing background displaying as well.
The Victoria Room was where Sabrina and I ate brunch. Despite Las Vegas being known for a place where you can get ANYTHING, I couldn't get french toast, bacon, and eggs as a combination. Ergo, paid some stupidly ridiculous price to get what I wanted. Ihop and Denny's at least understand breakfast combinations and as does The Four Seasons. BTW, I do advocate going to simple breakfast restaurants around the 5th or 6th date. The first few dates, you want to go to NICE restaurants. And while I LOVE The Four Seasons for Brunch (great Eggs Benedict, coffee that isn't served tepid already like at the Victorian Room, and a fabulous Red Snapper. Hmmm, I may have to shanghai my sister and go this weekend if not with my BF.....), I also LOVE iHop, Denny's and Stacks.
Part of what is desired if you are looking for a long term romantic relationship, is to seek out and test the waters with a potential life partner to see What Would Normal Life Be Like?
Men are making The Pitch initially for Hey Baby, I can offer you THIS Lifestyle. Hence, the nice restaurants etc. And yet, we are NOT going to eat like that all the time, or we'll all gain too much weight, and how will the laundry get done? And the women are displaying, I am SO worth catching, a challenge to catch, but indeed, YOU can catch me. With a bit (not a TON) of effort. Life, laundry, and eating out. Indeed, the Old Money Rich are quite frugal. I grew up in Princeton, prepped with them, and went to Smith with more of the nouveau riche who tell you their father's salaries in opening sentences which I had always found gauche. So, I observed the Old Money Rich. Old station wagons. 5 acres yards. Small but LOVELY houses. And perfectly happy with the local restaurant with good food. So, you want to test for SOME frugal habits in each other. We may do mani/pedis and go to Joseph Cozza Salon for our hair (for which you ARE grateful). But do we have to have the most expensive of everything we consume?
I'm even happy with breakfast, burgers and coffee from McDonald's. Just DO take me to NICE restaurants, the Symphony and the Opera SOMETIMES.
I know Peter Helton is Making your Skin Beautiful without plastic surgery and will point out to me the excessive grease in McD's FF which will clog my skin. But I'm not advocating eating there ALL the time. Just citing it as a way in which I am down-to-earth. Now my good buddy Sales Training Public Speaker, Steve Chambers, and his lovely lady Trisha, enjoy a variety of eatz as well. I'll be interested to hear what Steve thinks of this blog post.
Where do you like to eat when you travel? I bet the Road Warrior Scott Bell has quite a collection to share!
Where do you like to eat locally for dates? Perhaps Single Man, John Wadsworth, will share some Twin Cities Secrets with us! Energy Man, Matt Shields, can share both local and those from his travels.
All the best,
April Braswell
Your Romance Coach, Online Dating Coach
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