My husband, son and I recently went to the Boom-a-Ring Circus in Coney Island and I thought it would be a fun cheap summer date idea for you. Ringling is in Coney through September. You can get circus tickets for just $10 per person and it’s a cute, original idea.  

Here’s a date suggestion:   Pick a beautiful sunny day, pack a romantic picnic and head to Coney Island by subway. You can sunbathe and eat and ride the Wonder Wheel together. If you want, you can also go to Keyspan Park on the boardwalk to see a Cyclones Game. You can get tickets at only $8 a person. The circus starts at 2PM or 7PM most weekend days but check the schedule.  You can see the show and then explore some more.    You can go to the circus on Friday night at 7PM and then go to Beer Island (an outdoor beer place with sand and tables on the boardwalk) to watch the free Friday night fireworks off the boardwalk. They have these every Friday July through September (unless it rains) at around 9:30 PM. It’s very romantic! You can also check out my other blog on dating ideas in Coney Island or check out this link for other ideas. It will be a date you’ll both remember!   My guess is you can pull it all off (with food, rides, sunbathing and the circus for under $20 a person)—and that is better than most dates in Manhattan! Everything is walkable, the beach, aquarium, circus, fireworks and amusement park.

A circus date will make you feel daring. This lady went from being in a cage with 5 white tigers, to stripping down to a sparkly pink bathing suit and doing acrobatics on the very high rings. It makes you feel that with a little courage, anything is possible…even dating.

My son had his first circus experience, and he highly recommends it.

So if you do go, let us know what you think.

My Best in Love,

Paulette

www.mydatingschool.com

Bio:

Dr. Paulette Kouffman Sherman is a licensed psychologist and author of ‘Dating From the Inside Out: How to Use the Law of Attraction in Matters of the Heart’ published by Atria Books. She’s the Director of http://www.mydatingschool.com which offers coaching and classes in dating issues. She was a speaker at The Learning Annex for over two years and an expert on television shows such as the CBS Early Show & the AM Northwest Early Show and radio shows like ‘the Curtis Sliwa show’ on 77WABC. She has been quoted as a relationship expert in MSN.com, USA Weekend, the NY Post, Newsweek, Lifetime.com, More, Match.com, Foxnews.com, Reader’s Digest, Redbook, Glamour, ‘Seventeen, Complete Woman’ magazine and the NY Times. 

ALSO, IF YOU’D LIKE TO ASK ME A QUESTION ABOUT DATING, LOVE OR MARRIAGE, EMAIL ME AT kpaulet@verizon.net.  I WILL TRY TO ANSWER YOU (anonymously) IN A COLUMN.  THANKS! 

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http://www.coneyisland.com/

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/06/18/2009-06-18_circus.html

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