Casually Killing It: All-In-One Date Ideas Fit For The Season

For most New Yorkers, head an hour or two outside of the city, and you will hit what can only be described by us pavement stompers as the wilderness. As precautionary advice, assure you and your date are equally in like, because aside from a bear sighting there is nothing scarier than being stuck in said wilderness with a newly minted ex. Hit the road, Jack? Assuming everything is coming up roses, humble yourselves to a Coach Bus or put your luxury vehicle’s pedal to the metal and cruise to the greenery and the better pastures of the Hudson Valley. In the heart you will find yourselves among woodlands and grassy fields, enthralled by The Storm King Art Center. Gasping at Roy Lichtenstein’s Mermaid and gawking at Alexander Liberman’s impressively massive sculptures, your mutual responses to the displays will reveal more about each other than a lifetime of dates could endure. Skipping (ok, strolling) through the exhibits and collections will work up a lover’s appetite destined for some upstate farm to table decadence. A hop, skip, and a stone’s throw away, The Barber’s Blue Hill at Stone Barns will serve up soul warming delights for two from its signature Grazing, Rooting, Pecking menu. With your left brains saturated in hand crafted arts and your stomachs sunken with glazed, roasted, and puréed excellence, here is to a date survived. Cheers. Storm King Art Center x Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Hudson Valley, NY [Photos via @choism9107, @bellessenceny]