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Seattle Dating: Guide for Dates in Seattle

Seattle has long been ranked among America’s best cities for singles. The views are stunning, the weather mild, the music scene thriving, the unemployment rate low. Thanks to its coffee connoisseurs, outdoorsy types, and music lovers, Forbes recently named the city the second-best place for single ladies to find love in the country. If you’re stumped when planning a date in the Emerald City — coffee dates might be too obvious — consider the following great date ideas:

Go Outside

With its moderate climate, plentiful trails and gorgeous views, exploring the great outdoors should be at the top of your to-do list. Stroll through one of the city’s many farmers’ markets then cook dinner together. Take an hour-long stroll around Green Lake, or bike Burke-Gilman Trail and end with a picnic at Gas Works Park. Check out the Japanese Garden at Washington Park Arboretum. Watch the sunset from Kerry Park. Take a ferry to Bainbridge Island, then grab an ice cream cone at Mora Iced Creamery before touring the area by bike or on foot.

The list of parks, hiking trails and beaches is seemingly endless. Just be sure to pack an umbrella during rainy season — or have an inclement-weather backup plan.

Get Active

If you’ve asked out a fitness buff — Men’s Fitness recently listed Seattle among America’s fittest cities — why not plan a date that will get hearts pumping? Rent kayaks or a paddle boat and spend the afternoon on Lake Washington. Race to the top at the REI climbing wall. Choose between roller skating and bowling at Lynnwood Bowl and Skate. Skate indoors year-round at Highland Ice Arena. When temperatures drop, head outside to the super-popular Winterfest Ice Rink. (It gets crowded, so be sure to hold hands!) If you’d rather watch other people be active, cheer on the Mariners or Seahawks together.

Get High

Not “high” in the legally-unadvisable sense, just in terms of altitude. Take the mile-long Monorail ride to the Space Needle where the observation deck offers stunning 360-degree views of the city. If your wallet won’t allow for dining at the Space Needle’s SkyCity restaurant, consider one of Seattle’s many rooftop patios as an equally romantic but considerably more thrifty date option. For a bit of city history, head to Smith Tower, Seattle’s oldest skyscraper, and check out the Chinese Room’s wraparound observation deck on the 35th floor.

Get Cultured

Seattle has a rich independent music scene. Find out what your date’s into and plan a perfect night around a jazz club or grunge bar — or visit the Experience Music Project at the Seattle Center, a museum that celebrates of the history of music and showcases rare artifacts and memorabilia. The Seattle Art Museum has a number of adult public programs, including a quarterly “Remix” event and monthly jazz night. The city is home to countless theatrical production companies. Check out musical theatre at the gorgeous Paramount Theater, or take a chance on a fringe show.

In the summer months, plan a lunch date and take in a free Out to Lunch concert in Downtown Seattle. Or dance the night away under the stars in a Seattle park as part of the annual Dance ‘Til Dusk program.

Other “cultured” date ideas: an exhibit opening at Henry Art Gallery, the Seattle Poetry Festival, the Museum of History and Industry, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Seattle Opera, or an improv show.

Be a Tourist

Dating gives you permission to explore the more touristy attractions city natives rarely visit. Take the Pike Place Market’s famous walking Ghost Tour. Tour the city by land and sea on the hard-to-miss amphibious Ride the Ducks tour. History buffs should see the city from beneath its sidewalks together on the subterranean Seattle Underground Tour.

Be a Kid Again

Dates can be awkward. Why not just play together? Be kids again on the Great Wheel on the waterfront — beware if you’re scared of heights — or spend the day at Seattle’s Children’s Museum. If you’re both comfortable in swimwear, the Giant Tube Slide at Colman Pool, the city’s only saltwater pool open to the public, is sure to bring out your inner cannonball-loving kid.

Go Back to the Future

Everything old is new again. Watch ‘80s flicks at Central Cinema, a retro theater that offers full menu service to hungry movie-goers. Or go back in time and watch moving pictures on Cinerama at Cinerama Cinema, one of only three theaters in the country capable of still showing the classic three-panel films.

Go for a drink at the prohibition-themed speakeasy Knee High Stocking Company, or get transported to early-20th-century Paris at Can Can, a hot Seattle nightspot, where you’ll sip on fancy cocktails as you take in a cabaret show.

Splurge

If you really want to sweep your date off her feet, make reservations at Canlis, arguably Seattle’s finest (and most romantic) restaurant, where you’ll enjoy 180-degree views of Lake Union, Cascade Mountains and the city.

(Keep the evening a little more casual and budget-friendly by just stopping by for drinks at the bar.)

Another swoon-worthy culinary destination: El Gaucho.

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Dating

Dating is a part of human mating process whereby two people meet socially for companionship. beyond the level of friendship. or with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or marriage. It can be a form of courtship consisting of social activities done by the couple. While the term has several meanings, it usually refers to the act of meeting and engaging in some mutually agreed upon social activity in public, together, as a couple.

History [ edit ]

Dating as an institution is a relatively recent phenomenon which has mainly emerged in the last few centuries. From the standpoint of anthropology and sociology. dating is linked with other institutions such as marriage and the family which have also been changing rapidly and which have been subject to many forces, including advances in technology and medicine. As humans have evolved from hunter-gatherers into civilized societies and more recently into modern societies, there have been substantial changes in the relationship between men and women, with perhaps the only biological constant being that both adult women and men must have sexual intercourse for human procreation to happen. [ 3 ]

Humans have been compared to other species in terms of sexual behavior. Neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky constructed a reproductive spectrum with opposite poles being tournament species. in which males compete fiercely for reproductive privileges with females, and pair bond arrangements, in which a male and female will bond for life. [ 4 ] According to Sapolsky, humans are somewhat in the middle of this spectrum, in the sense that humans form pair bonds, but there is the possibility of cheating or changing partners. [ 4 ] These species-particular behavior patterns provide a context for aspects of human reproduction. including dating. However, one particularity of the human species is that pair bonds are often formed without necessarily having the intention of reproduction. In modern times, emphasis on the institution of marriage, generally described as a male-female bond, has obscured pair bonds formed by same-sex and transsexual couples, and that many heterosexual couples also bond for life without offspring, or that often pairs that do have offspring separate. Thus, the concept of marriage is changing widely in many countries.

Historically, marriages in most societies were arranged by parents and older relatives with the goal not being love but legacy and "economic stability and political alliances", according to anthropologists. [ 5 ] Accordingly, there was little need for a temporary trial period such as dating before a permanent community-recognized union was formed between a man and a woman. While pair-bonds of varying forms were recognized by most societies as acceptable social arrangements, marriage was reserved for heterosexual pairings and had a transactional nature, where wives were in many cases a form of property being exchanged between father and husband, and who would have to serve the function of reproduction. Communities exerted pressure on people to form pair-bonds in places such as Europe ; in China. according to sociologist Tang Can, society "demanded people get married before having a sexual relationship" [ 6 ] and many societies found that some formally recognized bond between a man and a woman was the best way of rearing and educating children as well as helping to avoid conflicts and misunderstandings regarding competition for mates.