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Creating a Romantic dinner
By admin | March 23, 2009
There are three main elements to a romantic dinner:
- romantic soft lighting
- special and delicious menu
- special tablesetting
There are a couple of ways to create soft romantic lighting. Put low watt bulbs in your lamps. Eat dinner by candlelight. (Don’t use too many that you set off your fire alarm.) Put lighting gels over you lights. Drape scarves around the lamp shades (be careful about over heating the fabric).
You know how to create a special menu for your loved one, for you know what their favorite foods are. Many people consider seafood special and others want an expensive cut of beef, so customize it for the two of you. But here’s a big hint, make the portions of food smaller than your normal meal. It is just the two of you, and you don’t want either of you to be uncomfortably stuffed after dinner, and then not have any fun during “dessert”. Consider feeding your loved one their dinner, or portions of it, and thereby enabling you to comfortably enter their personal space and take special care of them.
Here are some ideas to make your table setting romantic:
- Use a small table, so the two of you are close, or take all the leaves out of your dining room table.
- Pull out the fine china
- Use glasses with stems for all your beverages to add an elegant feel to the table.
- Lighted candlesticks, of course
- Use the silver flatware
- Use a tablecloth, or some other pretty fabric over the table to dress it up
- Decorate the table with a small centerpiece or garland draped around the table, or a little glitter on the table
- Use small bowls to hold any condiments – do not put any cans or bottles on the table
Have Fun!
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