Surprise dates

Kasamatsu Shiro  "Waves of Petals" 1956

 Rob walker's newsletter.  A mission for going on dates:

The mission idea is great as a date idea. One year, we visited all the coffee houses in Madison. The next summer, we went to all the county parks. Another year, we did surprise dates, where we would take turns planning a date and keeping it secret so that the other person had no idea what would happen. Other years, we have selected a dating theme like movies and matching meal. We have been dating for ten years because it's fun to have a mission to accomplish together.

Love this idea of planning surprise dates for each other, and also making quests. A couple of years ago my husband and I started going on X dates for X years to celebrate our anniversary. We started it when we were coming up on our 15th anniversary. This year it's 17 and we're in the midst of our 17 dates now. … We build the list together with some low-key dates like a bike ride to a wildlife refuge with a picnic, some special meals out, some travel.