What is your perfect Valentine’s Day date?… For me, it would be for the Mister to give me a day unlike any other. Which means, let me sleep in. Make my coffee for me {when I’m sleep deprived, I often forget a step, and brew a pot of plain water or something, lol.} Take Abby to the park so I can get a little blogging work done online in peace. Let me go get a much-needed pedicure and hair cut – then let me come home to a clean house, and a nice dinner for the three of us. Ahhhh…. Now THAT’S romance. Ready to plan your own perfect Valentine’s Day date night?
Over the years, a good old fashioned Google search has usually been all that was needed to plan a great date night, but the “YP Local Search & Gas Prices” app takes that search to a whole new (and very convenient) level. Plus, it’s free for the iPhone and Android. This is especially perfect for last minute planning too. {I’m talking to the men here. Lol.}
What’s nice about the app is that unlike a Google search, YP delivers localized results for restaurants, stores, and other locations in your area. This knowledge of local restaurants is where the app really shines, and makes it so perfect for choosing a great date night location.
You can search restaurants by category — Mexican, Chinese, Health Food, and Fast Food among about 20 others. The coolest restaurant search feature is the ability to search menus, just in case you’ve got a craving for strawberry cheesecake, lamb chops or calamari {or all three!}. Or, you might be a super picky eater like me, or have food allergies, or need something to fit a particular diet. To do this, the app scours the actual menus of more than 300,000 restaurants in the U.S. so you can find exactly the type of food you’re looking for.
It also lets you check out photos of the restaurant, hours of operation, and check ratings and reviews posted by other diners. You can even narrow your restaurant search by price and even choose based on ambiance {categories include casual, family, groups and romantic}. And once you find a restaurant you like, you can share the restaurant with friends through the app’s social sharing feature. How cool is that, right?
Other cool features include:
- You can narrow down businesses to those offering discounts and offers. They can be searched and shared via text, email, Facebook or Twitter. If you save them in “My Stuff” the app will even remind you if it’s going to expire soon.
- You can find the cheapest gas on the way to your destination. The app notes the best options based on price and distance based on your personal preference – whether it be premium, standard or diesel.
- The app will help you find movies showing in your area without having to visit multiple websites.
There are a lot of options, but you can see some in the snapshot below – check it out, to see how awesome it really is, and get ideas on how you might use it yourself to help simplify your own busy life…
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I would take my wife to a very nice restaurant then a movie
My boyfriend and I would go to a Spanish restaurant, then probably stay in a nice hotel, with champagne and TV. We would just want to be together, somewhere other than home.
Celebrate the Bump has no facebook link. I went to her blog, and there is no link there, either. I searched for her on FAcebook, and there is no page by that name, or anything even close. So, why is that an entry?
I would like to go to NYC for my Valentine’s dream date
my dream date would be a romantic dinner cruise
I’m by myself but I would love to have dinner at Red Lobster. That would be a treat for myself.
Somewhere with no kids :) lol
Delmonico’s Steakhouse would be my first choice for steak and creme brulee for dessert and then maybe see a movie.
I would take all my kids and my mom to a nice place to eat and then bowling.
I’d go to the Marrakesh Restaurant
A fancy gourmet restaurant with my husband
no link for celebrate the bump
a romantic dinner
He would pick me up in a limo, and we would fly to Europe for an adventure of a lifetime! Big Sigh…lol!
My dream destination would be Europe. thanks!
a nice restaurant in Paris
maui for a great seafood dinner
I still can’t fine Celebrate the Bump blog on Facebook. I found her blog, and emailed her, but I’m wondering if anyone else found the FB page, and claimed the entry? Thanks.
i would go to hard rock cafe and stay the night there and just have a good time
To a Bed and Breakfast.
I’d do a weekend at a bed and breakfast.
For a dream date: a nice Japanese restaurant.
Hm… I nice dinner somewhere special, I think! Then a fun visit to a museum or play, or something we would both enjoy.
i would go to the Willard in DC
Dinner on the beach in Maui. Perfect.
My dream date would be yacht sailing
I would go to a cabin in the woods with my hubby!
I f it was an all day date and I could go any where and do anything I would want to go zip lining and then go sky diving and then in the evening go on some big scary roller coaster and then take a nice long walk on the walk on the beach and just talk and get to know each other and plan something for our next date like rock climbing or a hot air balloon or later camping or something fun
I’d fly to Paris for a few days.
A baseball game
I would like to be on a cruise in the Carribean
Where would you go on your dream date?
HOME!
I would like to go to france!
Olive Garden.
I’d love to go to a really nice steak house, have some amazing wine and then finish it off at a comedy show! I love laughing!
The best seafood restaurant I could find!
Brazil!
I would go to an Italian restaurant
I would love to go to a very nice seafood restaurant and to a spa with my mate.
Valentines day in Jamaica…that would be like a dream!
On a dream date….Paris
olive garden
I would take my daughter out to eat and to a movie and buy grocs, GOD BLESS AND KEEP YA’LL SAFE IN HIS LOVING ARMS.
a nice sea food place and a walk
Montreal
I would like to go out to dinner
My dream date would be a nice dinner at an ocean side restaurant followed by a beach stroll.
I would take my husband to a wonderful dinner and then a movie
A nice dinner and then to the theater.
My dream date would be surfing in australia!
A local place called Flame.
mt dream date is a nice romantic dinner
Our dream date is a nice, very private dinner at a local steakhouse, then a walk through the American Rose Gardens that are located here.
Newport, RI and the ‘Black Pearl’ for dinner.
Dinner on a beach in Maui! Pure Heaven
I would go to Nashville for a great dinner.
Maybe to Hawaii or Miami
i would go to disney world! thanks
I love the dinner cruises for romance
A quiet beach for a picnic with just my husband and myself
My dream date would be in Disney World, its our favorite place in the world and we even got married there :)
My dream date would be at a beach in Hawaii.
I would go to hawaii
My dream date is to stay home.
I’d love to fly to Venice on a date.
Ireland
I would go to a really nice restaurant and a movie.
I’d go to Hawaii :)
Dinner & dancing would be the perfect date.
a seafood restaurant
The bar at the Metropole hotel in Venice. Shadowy and seductive, in a gorgeous city
A walk on the beach then getting some ice cream!
I would have a personal chef make us dinner on a private yacht.
My dream date would be to Paris.
To Hawaii would be my dream date
out to dinner by the beach with the husband
go out of town
I’d go to paris
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