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GOIT Editorial Policies Why does GOIT Guide have an editorial policy? Dating involves creative use of existing city places and establishments for an entirely different purpose than they were intended. For example, a museum is a place for people to discover the past and educate themselves, but GOIT Dating Veterans know that a museum is merely the background for getting to know their date. When dealing with anything creative, one must set limits or boundaries as to how far, or to what places, one can go. While GOIT Guide leaves personal taste the user, we try to ensure that the places listed in our site are safe, classy and classic. Date Places GOIT Purposely Left Out of the Guide There are a number of date places that we at GOIT Guide decided should not be included in this guide. Restaurants would be beyond our capabilities here at GOIT Guide. There are many fine restaurant guides, to cater to every taste. Restaurants are such common date ideas that we decided to focus on non-gastronomical ideas. We think the “ate” should be out of “date.” Movies do not promote discussion and, as the saying goes, if you don't want to get to know your date, take them to a movie. Imax Movies, however, have been included because they are relatively short. GOIT has also excluded nightclubs and singles bars because GOIT presumes you already have a person to go out with, and any attempt to do justice to the club scene would over-extend our mandate. If you are looking for internet resources of any of the above, click on the following links [new windows]:
Finally, GOIT stands by the belief that Hotel Lobbies are for people who cannot come up with any real date place ideas. That is why GOIT was created in the first place! HOWEVER, due to extraordinary demand from our research, we have included a select few of the best hotels in and around town. How does GOIT define its different dating places? There are in essence three types of dates: Walk & Talk, Sit & Talk and Do & Talk. Of course, most dates incorporate all these elements in different ways, and yes, you can go on a date without talking (there is something to be said for shared experiences), though we doubt it would be considered a successful date. A fourth type, Sit & Talk Plus, are dates where there is something occurring in the background of a Sit & Talk place which allows the attention to be diverted when the conversation is running thin. Based on the above, we came up with 5 date places: First dates, Romantic dates, Fun dates, Daylong dates and Saturday Night dates. We have also included a special and select category of Proposal and Dump dates. GOIT believes that first dates are definitely a class all their own. A first date has one primary function: to break the ice between the daters. To do so requires a date place that is fun and creative, intellectually or at least physically, stimulating. This redirects the pressure of the first date experience off the daters and into the surrounding environment. In English, this means that the place does the entertaining, not the daters. Be aware, though, that while a first date should be a fun date, not all fun dates make for good first dates. Beside breaking the ice, there are two benefits to a fun first date: First, it gives the "couple" something to talk about lest they have nothing else in common to discuss, and it allows for a distraction if there is "dead air time" - a circumstance many people dread. A Romantic date also has one primary function: to progress or propel the relationship through focusing on it. As this requires talking and discussion, romantic dates require a complimentary atmosphere to promote conversation. Thus ultra-quiet libraries are out, as are any loud-music venues. Proposal Dates have an extra requirement of creativity or beauty and Dump Dates require some bearing of privacy. Fun dates just have to be fun. As mentioned in first dates, fun dates require some physical, intellectual or creative stimulation. The datee at the end of the date ideally should say, "I had a lot of fun!" If they don't, don't take it personally - although it probably is your fault it wasn't fun. Better luck next time. It's often hard to find something to do at night for a date. Most places close early, especially in the winter. That is why GOIT is putting extra emphasis on finding classy date places for Saturday nights (and every other night of the week). As a last ditch place, you can always go to a hotel lobby... see also our 24/7 Guide for places open in the wee hours of the night. Sometimes a short get together is not enough. You want to spend serious quality time together. This involves going to a place that (1) entails a long distance of traveling together or (2) can entertain for a long period of time. We’ve found such date places in outlying areas of Toronto as well as ideas that you can centre a long day together. |
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