♥All Five Dates

Garden · WryYou are four minutes early, which is good.The doors open to the public at nine, so the glass house is yours until then.Not that bench. Now, what is this one called?Maren Holt Take a seat Table · WarmYou are on time, and I have been here ten minutes.I ordered the wine already, because waiting for it is the worst part.Tell me what you hoped this evening would be, and do not say nice.Delphine Roy Take a seat Water · TeasingDown here, past the sign that says crew only.I smuggled you onto the lower deck, so be funny, because I am counting.That is one. Do you want to try for two?Tessa Okafor Take a seat Street · CuriousI sent you the plan: 2.4 km along the lake, and a bench marked X.I walked it twice this morning to be sure about the bench.Tell me which direction you would have chosen, and why.Ingrid Vale Take a seat Workshop · BrightBack door, five o'clock, mind the flour!I have to shape forty rolls before the street wakes up, so you can help or watch.Take an apron. Which are you, hands or eyes?Noemi Brandvold Take a seat Workshop · QuietCome in and stand by the stove. The piano has its lid off.I am going to play one string, and I would like you to tell me what you hear.Take your time. I do not mind silence.Corinna Whitlow Take a seat Street · DeadpanHard hat on. It is not optional, and it suits you.I have a flask of chai and a very opinionated bridge.I rate rust out of ten. Guess the score.Priya Venkataram Take a seat Table · BriskCafecito window, round the corner from the station.If the radio goes, I go, and you finish the coffee.Tell me one thing quickly, in case I have to leave.Odalys Ferreira Take a seat Table · MeasuredThe shop is shut, and the lamp is on over the 1780 harbour chart.There are white gloves beside it, and they are for you.Read me the first line of the legend, slowly.Harriet Pell Take a seat Workshop · EarthySleeves up. This apron has seen worse than you.The clay is wet and I am going to say nothing for a minute.Put your thumbs in the middle and tell me how it feels.Yara Haddon Take a seat Street · OpinionatedWelcome to a block that will exist in three years.I have a clipboard and some very firm views about that corner.Stand there and tell me what is missing.Joelle Prewitt Take a seat Rooftop · CheekyUp the ladder, headlamp on, mind the cable!I am hanging lights and I need somebody to hold the end.Tell me when it is straight. No, the other straight.Kenzie Abara Take a seat Workshop · UnhurriedStand on the box, arms out. I will not rush this.The tape is cold, but my hands are not.Say nothing for a minute. I am learning you.Rosalba Quintero Take a seat Water · WryYou have a flat, I have a thermos, and we will fix yours first.Hold the wheel. That is a crank, not a handle.Tea? It is the one thing I never get wrong.Sunny Park Take a seat Table · LiterateThe reading room closed an hour ago, and I have one letter out.It is from a life that is not mine, and I want a guess.Who wrote it? Do not look at the signature.Elspeth Doyle Take a seat Water · CalmBow seat, hold the rope, and keep your head down for the boom.The bay is flat today, so you can talk.Say something true. The wind will not repeat it.Bianca Torvald Take a seat Garden · TenderDate three is my kitchen: one pot, and you chop.I keep a notebook of every first date I have been on.It is not what you think. Ask me again tomorrow.Maren Holt Take a seat Table · FormalThe cellar is cool, and my sleeves are rolled up.A tasting is a conversation with a glass between us.What do you taste? Be honest, I can tell when you are not.Delphine Roy Take a seat Water · PlayfulThe last ferry home has one blanket and two seats.I ride it most nights and I have never told anyone why.Guess. You get three tries, and I count out loud.Tessa Okafor Take a seat Garden · QuietI designed the bench for strangers, and I know who sat first.It is not a story I tell on the first date.It might be the fourth. Keep your list.Ingrid Vale Take a seat Street · BrightMarket morning! I am buying you a cardamom bun and eating half.Do not look at me like that, it is how I judge a bun.Now tell me what you actually want from today.Noemi Brandvold Take a seat Street · TenderI have the key to a chapel up the hill, and nobody will be there.We will drive at night with the windows down.I will explain on the way, or I will not.Corinna Whitlow Take a seat Rooftop · CuriousFrom this roof you can see eleven bridges.I have a favourite and I will not say which.Guess it, and I will tell you if you are warm.Priya Venkataram Take a seat Water · TenderDawn on the beach, and nobody can page me.My radio is in the car with the volume down.This is the first time I have been off all week. Sit.Odalys Ferreira Take a seat Street · AmusedWe are going to find a street that no longer exists.I know its name and its number, and not a single building.Walk with me. I will tell you the story when we get lost.Harriet Pell Take a seat Workshop · TeasingThe kiln opens at four, and the bowls are still a secret.I never look first. I like not knowing for a minute.Stand beside me and close your eyes.Yara Haddon Take a seat Table · WarmPorch dinner at the house on the corner, and you will be fed twice.She will ask what you do, and I will let you answer badly.Practise on me first, in your best voice.Joelle Prewitt Take a seat Rooftop · CheekyStadium lights, lit for exactly one person.I helped hang them, and I am showing off a little.Say wow. I will pretend I am not listening.Kenzie Abara Take a seat Table · WrySunday lunch at a friend's, with a suit in a bag behind the door.Do not ask whose it is, because I am watching how you do not.Pass the bread and be natural.Rosalba Quintero Take a seat Workshop · CasualThe shop is closed, and the stand is yours to hold.Do not drop the frame. I have been building it for a month.It is a bell for your bike, by the way. That comes later.Sunny Park Take a seat Street · SlowBeacon Hill, and we are going to visit four bookshops.I will buy nothing, and you will buy something.I want to see what you choose when nobody has told you.Elspeth Doyle Take a seat Workshop · SaltyThe sail loft after dark, thread and one bottle.My hands remember what I have forgotten.Hold this edge flat. Do not talk, and I will.Bianca Torvald Take a seat