# Your Ideal Weekend? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 22, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-weekend/600460 "2011-10-22T17:31:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-weekend/600460/1 "2011-10-22T17:31:22Z")
Assuming you have a weekend and can pretty much do anything, what would your ideal weekend look like? - quick get-away travel? - go out at night with some friends to party and sleep in during the day? - do nothing and sleep in? - read a book, catch a movie? So - no kids around, no work obligations, no repairs/cleaning to do around the home, a couple bucks in your pocket\* - what would be your ideal weekend? - (you didn’t win lottery, but have some cash to do some normal fun things.) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-weekend/600460/2 "2011-10-22T17:47:37Z")
Maybe this one. Nothing planned, after I get a little work out of the way. Probably going to spend time outside, put the new blade on my bandsaw, head out to the bar tonight, watch football tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-weekend/600460/3 "2011-10-22T17:50:51Z")
We’d spend the days drinking screwing and sleeping and each evening go out to a very nice restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-weekend/600460/4 "2011-10-22T17:51:01Z")
Mmmmmm boy. Sleep in late, run baby-free errands in the morning while my husband watches the squirt, spend the afternoon cooking and lazing around, then go out for dinner and a drink (apparently we have a baby sitter in my fantasy). On Sunday, a little bit of yard work, then football and homemade soft pretzels and cheese sauce and beer. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-weekend/600460/5 "2011-10-22T18:06:38Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Mmmmmm boy. Sleep in late, run baby-free errands in the morning while my husband watches the squirt, spend the afternoon cooking and lazing around, then go out for dinner and a drink (apparently we have a baby sitter in my fantasy). On Sunday, a little bit of yard work, then football and homemade soft pretzels and cheese sauce and beer. Tell us your soft pretzel recipe. The one I us is pretty good, but I’m looking for something that gets that thick doughy Philly push cart result. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-weekend/600460/6 "2011-10-22T18:14:28Z")
Hmmm, haven’t ever been to Philly, but I use this recipe: [http://sixoneseven.blogspot.com/2008/09/soft-pretzels.html](http://sixoneseven.blogspot.com/2008/09/soft-pretzels.html) ---
**Author:** ![Baby\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@Baby\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baby_Driver)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-weekend/600460/7 "2011-10-22T19:42:20Z")
Outdoor music festival! With a camp site and a good group of friends and plenty of booze. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-weekend/600460/8 "2011-10-22T20:21:39Z")
Pretty much a copy of **zoid** ’s post. I’d take my current fling/FWB (and some assorted fun devices) off to a 5-star hotel and spend the weekend in bed, getting out only to wash up or go to fine restaurants. We’re both frustrated that our trysts only get to be a few hours here and there, and we’d like to have the chance to have a more relaxed, even lazy weekend to explore each other. If it was just myself, I’d really like to go back up to New Hampshire and spend the weekend at a B&B, visiting some of my favorite sites (including the [American Classic Arcade Museum](http://www.classicarcademuseum.org/)). ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-weekend/600460/9 "2011-10-23T03:20:58Z")
I’m going to assume that my health at the time is up to it. I’d love to go back and visit the Peabody Museum. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideal-weekend/600460/10 "2011-10-23T03:48:13Z")
Ideally, a good science fiction convention.