for part i of creative {romantic & friend} date ideas, click here!
rent sunfish sailboats at lake crabtree
bring wine and cheese and watch planes from the observation deck at the rdu airport
listen to live music:
jazz at koka booth amphitheater on wednesday evenings
sunday evenings at fred fletcher
music on the porch at carolina theater on friday evenings
seaboard station on friday evenings
*visit the morehead planetarium and science center in chapel hill
*take a trip to the new wing of the museum of natural sciences
go to an amusement park [carowinds or king’s dominion are manageable from raleigh]
hike at umstead or pilot mountain
*go rollerskating at jellybeans
ice skate at the raleigh winterfest ice rink
tour the the jc raulston arboretum
do a wine tasting at a vineyard [try hinnant family vineyards]
take a daytrip to the beach
visit tucker lake
feed the ducks at shelley lake
watch an outdoor movie [go to the north carolina museum of art, the summer movie series on hillsborough st, or movies by moonlight at koka booth amphitheatre]
*peruse awesome clothes at thrift stores or vintage stores [check out father and sons]
*spend a rainy afternoon reading at barnes & noble or starbucks
* = good rainy day activity!
What’s the best date you ever had? What other ideas do you have for a great date? What is your favorite way to spend a day with friends?
P.S. My birthday is a month from today! See it on my calendar 
