(e’s note: Please welcome today’s guest writers for Great Dates in 50 States, Denis & Emma Merkas of ThirtyDollarDateNight.com.)
Looking for the best places for a geeky date in the Windy City of Chicago, Illinois? Check out these hot spots!
Lincoln Park Conservatory
Escape the wind by heading to the humidity of the Lincoln Park Conservatory and be transported to 3,000 square feet of tropical paradise that you can stroll around in. Your very own Garden of Eden.
Biology and Photography geeks alike will be in heaven! Take your camera and snap some amazing pics of your date against the lush backdrop. Make sure you get some of the two of you that you can frame later (all things going well!).
Navy Pier
Be big kids at Navy Pier! The Ferris wheel, hot dogs, mini golf, live music… and if you’re really game, take your date to Amazing Chicago!
This indoor maze and entertainment center is a stack of fun, if you don’t take yourself too seriously! Chase each other through 4000 sq ft of tunnels, mazes and spinning rooms. You might get dizzy!
You’ll laugh lots.
Dirty Bingo
If you like good, dirty fun then Dirty Bingo at Victory Liquors is perfect!
Giggle the night away at smutty jokes! Your bingo board will cost you $10, with additional boards $1 after that.
It comes with a free drink and $4 martini drink specials all night. Fun! Every Thursday, go get your filth on.
Dirty Bingo at Victory Liquors
Lake Michigan on a Bicycle Made for Two
Cycle around Lake Michigan on a bicycle made for two – book online for a tandem bicycle.
A half day is $40, or if an hour is more your thing, it’s only $20!
Stop afterward for an ice cream in the park or a coffee at a lakeside café.
Dessert Only Date
Have a Dessert Only date – head to Vosges Chocolates at Lincoln Park and gorge yourself full of weird gourmet treats. Anyone for a bacon-filled flying chocolate pig? Chili brownie? Lemon, lavender and white chocolate cocoa? No…? Hey, where are you going?
Fine, if you’re a big wimp then try Sweet Mandy B’s instead for some old-fashioned cupcakes and coffees. The Dreamsicle is to die for, and they even sell S’mores! They don’t have a site, but you’ll find them at 1208 W Webster Ave,Chicago, IL 60614-3109. Ph: (773) 244-1174.
Denis and Emma Merkas are Australian-based newlyweds, and the creators of ThirtyDollarDateNight.com. Both are budding geeks, with Denis turning from his acupuncture and massage background to self-taught web programming and design and Emma following hot on his heels from the marketing industry into geekdom with the help of her iPhone – the girl stalks blogs, tweets constantly and recently custom-built her first ever website for a friend! Truth is, geekiness has forever been alive and well in them both. Emma always wanted to be a librarian when she grew up (there’s still time!), and when Den isn’t working, he’s spending the rest of his day on his PSP (because Emma refuses to lose the household TV to a game console) playing chess, Dead Head Fred and Grand Theft Auto.
About Guest Writer
Agh! Great post
Nicole and I went to Chicago in March and we rode the ferris wheel at Navy Pier! Here’s a link to a pic I took of her almost at the very top – http://yfrog.com/0zimg2173xj. We’ll have to hit the conservatory next time though :p
.-= Joshua´s last blog ..GeeksPodcast Episode 8: Great Googly Mooglies =-.
When I was first dating my own geek girl in Chicago, I found the Hot Tix website to be invaluable for finding great deals in the theatre district.
It worked well enough that she eventually became my geek wife!
.-= Rob´s last blog ..Forgotten Realms: Issue 4 – The Hand of Vaprak (Part 4 of 4) =-.
Ok, I have to be the dissenting person for the local factor, as opposed to the tourist factor. There are so many other geek things to do–locals don’t do Navy Pier or Lakefront too much. Other (better, in my opinion) options…The Chicago History Museum, The Planetarium, The Comic shop tour de force, one of a zillion Chicago Nerd Social Club events (like Pi Day gatherings and a robot building workshop!), or if you wanna impress your comic book lovin’ lady, Comic Vault hosts ladies night every Thursday, which is kinda hot to me and an excellent place to meet geek boys and girls!
.-= Michelle´s last blog ..You Couldn’t Ignore Me If You Tried by Susannah Gora =-.