I recommend an exhibition/gallery/museum for a first friend date. You get to talk about what you're looking at and what you like and what you don't and that leads to loads of tangent conversation opportunities. And you can have a coffee after and walk around a bit and decide what you would buy from the gift shop if you had unlimited money. Plus you can pick up the listings and find another show you want to go to and plan a second friend date!
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Going to an art gallery is such a fun (and often free) day out. It's a great way to get inspiration of different ways to create from painting to photography and sculptures. One of my favourite parts is reading the description to learn about the people in the historical paintings and piecing them together with my knowledge of that historical time period. It's also a nice calm environment to be in so it's nice to just wonder around and catch up with a friend.
Mar 4, 2025
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where i am, there’s a big open gallery art event the first saturday of the month. you can just walk from gallery to gallery downtown for the evening.
it’s easy and encouraged to talk to a gallery manager. they are there to tell people about the space, so you can walk up and literally say “tell me about this place!” and off they go. i often find that an artist or two is hanging around them as well at which point you can strike convos ab their experiences and inspiration and all that
also helps to drag a friend or two so it’s not as much holding a drink in the corner, but remember most everyone who goes to events is there for the social aspect, and is more than willing to chat with like minded people. if someone looks interested in something you find interesting, just ask them about it (:
Apr 18, 2024
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great activity for people watching but also, obviously, art watching. tons of cool galleries all over LA u can't go wrong fr. i go solo but i guess u can bring a friend or partner.....feels like a solo activity to me, cuz then ur like, esoteric, and people are like, who is she........
Sep 18, 2024
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1. Don't set an alarm and wake up naturally. Snooze for however long you want to, it's okay
2. Have breakfast. For me it's toast. Have it with butter/jam/honey and a lot of water and coffee and juice.
3. Listen to an album in full and do some puzzles until it ends. I like to stick a record on and do the nyt games (connections, then wordle, then the mini, then I'm ready for a crossword)
4. Shower and use all your best stuff. Smell great. Make your hair feel soft.
5. Wear an outfit you don't get to wear that often. I tend to wear the same thing over and over at work so I wear something a bit more fun and less practical.
6. Go outside. I live near a road with secondhand shops that are great browsing but quite tempting on a budget. To beat the temptation just look in the windows and then walk round the streets or to a green space if it's a nice day. Walk as fast or as slow as you like. Try and spot cats that might let you stroke them. See how each place you go smells different. Walk down streets that you've not been down before just because.
7. Come home and decide how much energy you have. If you have energy do an activity (I would write, play an instrument, do some art, read, play a game) if you don't then watch something from your watchlist. Saturdays feel like a good day to watch something new.
8. Cook yourself a meal. Start before you're hungry and spend ages on it. Use every pot. Listen to music. Sing whilst you wash the dishes.
9. Play! Video games, board games, internet games, card games, phone games, rearrange your plushies, embrace your inner child. Play with ideas, experiment with felt tip pens, write a limerick. Get silly with it.
10. Talk to your friends. Invite them over, call somebody up, text that person back you didn't have time to. I like to spend a good day off by myself then have a great time talking to people after I've recharged.
11. Have so much fun getting to do whatever you want you fall asleep at whatever time. Monday - Friday is about appeasing your body clock, Saturdays are for filthy pleasures like falling asleep at 3am because you were too busy flirting or reading or watching videos.
Apr 16, 2024
Re: my last rec I'm kinda realizing reading this might have changed my life actually
Apr 16, 2024