Fun Things to do on a Date in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

July 30th, 2007

A friend of mine asked for some ideas on where to take his girlfriend out for a date in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I sent the question to my co-workers and this is what they came up with below. Let me know if you have any other ideas.

• Harrisuburg Senator’s Games: http://www.senatorsbaseball.com/

• Susquehanna Art Museum : http://www.sqart.org/ From there you could walk a few blocks for a nice dinner.

• Color me mine if they’re an artistic person, you can make your own pieces of pottery and come back later to see how they turned out: http://www.harrisburg.colormemine.com/

• Really good restaurants that I would recommend in the area: Skewers on Second Street: http://www.skewersgrill.net/ (right by Ceoltas) has excellent middle eastern food; Aangan: http://www.aanganindiancuisine.com/ (Indian cuisine) on Progress, Garrison’s tavern (europena/american) on Forrester), Okini that serves Pan-Ameican food: http://www.dineoutharrisburg.com/okini/ – anything from Thai to Sushi.

• Take her horseback riding that’s always super fun.

• Go on a hike up to Hawk Rock and already have a picnic set up there for the two of you to enjoy the view, it’s really nice.

• Café Fresco. It is small, intimate and has great food and service. On Friday nights they have Jazz bands. It is close to everything and best of all NON-smoking: http://harrisburg.citysearch.com/profile/36096432/harrisburg_pa/cafe_fresco.html

• Definitely make sure at least one date includes a walk along the river.

• Dinner at Bayou ar Sammys, followed by a stroll to city island to catch a Senators game or show off your skills in the bating cages.
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• Dinner at passage to India, then a ride on a bicycle rickshaw around down town, then drinks at fisaga or the fire house.

• Indoor Rock Climbing @ Climbnasium in Mechanicsburg (http://www.climbnasium.net)

• Find a body of water (Little Buffalo State Park, Riverfront park, Susquehanna in general ) and during the daytime you could do the whole kayaking and fishing thing and pack a picnic for a twilight show…share a bottle of wine that’s always fun…

• Lol… One co-worker said the best thing to do in Harrisburg is to take them to Philly!

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