{"id":30519,"date":"2012-08-13T01:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T05:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=30519"},"modified":"2025-08-21T09:54:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:54:53","slug":"first-date-ideas-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/30519\/first-date-ideas-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Romantic Adventures: A Culture Crawl in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Inspired by a member of our oM team who recently joined\u00a0howaboutwe.com, we decided to explore date ideas around the city and share our best tips in a comprehensive guide to \u201cRomantic Adventures\u201d in NYC. This is the eighth in a series of nine guides.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Art You Cultured<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Take a culture crawl through one of the outer borough\u2019s many artistic neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Travel by foot or by train from ancient Egyptian and contemporary art at the <a title=\"permanent link to brooklyn museum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brooklyn Museum<\/a> (for extra action, visit on a Target First Saturday) to happy hour (6-8pm) and free live music (usually starts at 9pm) at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bam.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)<\/a>\u00a0inside BAMcaf\u00e9 Live (select Fridays and Saturdays). Share a few plates from <a href=\"http:\/\/romansnyc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roman\u2019s<\/a> daily menu (Fort Greene Italian from the owners of Diner, Marlow &amp; Sons and Reynards) <em>Brooklyn Museum: 200 Eastern Parkway, Prospect Heights BAM: 30 Lafayette Avenue, Fort Greene Roman\u2019s: 243 DeKalb Ave, Fort Greene (No reservations. Dinner available at the bar counter.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Avoid the MoMA swarms in favor of the museum\u2019s experimental sister over in Long Island City\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/momaps1.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">P.S.1<\/a>. (Suggested donation $10; $5 for students and free with MoMA pass.) Sit down for quality, seasonal eats in a casual environment at LIC Market, a marketplace\/restaurant with local art on display. <em>P.S.1: 22-25 Jackson Ave. at 46th Ave, Long Island City LIC Market: 21-52 44th Dr, near 23<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0St, Long Island City<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Find more ideas for a day in LIC <a title=\"permanent link to things to do in LIC\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2012\/05\/03\/what-to-do-in-long-island-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Need a cultured cutie? Visit\u00a0howaboutwe.com\u00a0(it\u2019s free to join!) to find\u00a0a date that\u2019s right for you.<\/em><\/p>\n<div><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by a member of our oM team who recently joined\u00a0howaboutwe.com, we decided to explore date ideas around the city and share our best tips in a comprehensive guide to \u201cRomantic Adventures\u201d in NYC. This is the eighth in a series of nine guides. 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