Introduction

I am a husband and father of two -- that is, I have two boys, not two wives.  Eight years into our marriage I still try to plan regular dates.  I have been a graduate student for most of that time (I am now a postdoc after five years of graduate school), so I try to make up for in creativity and planning what we lack in time and money.  I frequently search the web to find interesting and fun things to put together into a fun evening.  Those searches have yielded many good ideas that I've been able to use, or bits and pieces that I've put together into more elaborate dates.  I've decided to post these dates in order to help others who might similarly be looking for fun and cheap ideas.  These ideas might be especially useful to couples with small children who may not be able to afford the expense of a babysitter every week, as some of the dates have family participation during the early part of the evening.

I have a backlog of dates and ideas that I will hopefully be posting over the next weeks/years.  So stay tuned, and hopefully you'll enjoy the ride!