The Dolores Park tennis courts are open to anyone with a racket and some green, fuzzy balls. Is it a date or a workout? You be the judge, and while you're deciding, enjoy the surrounding eye candy as some of the cutest couples in the [more...]

Head over to Golden Gate Park on a Thursday night and ask to join up with the Golden Gate Division of the San Francisco Kickball League. They've [more...]

Head for Golden Gate Park's bocce ball court on a warm day and let the pros show you how to do it. Often filled with old men and their mad skills, the court is in excellent condition.

Golden Gate Park offers an archery range. Grab your Nimrod or your Diana, head for the targets, and you can both play Cupid with each other.

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Nothing can make or break a couple as fast as a bowling game. Head for the Yerba Buena Bowling Alley and put your love to the test. [more...]

Fire paintballs at each other at Paintball Jungle. "Now that's a date of a different color," you'll chuckle, before you glance down and realize you've been smacked in the chest with a gob of cerulean blue.

Zip over to The Entertainment Zone in Concord for a rousing game of Q-Zar laser tag, "the most technologically advanced laser game ever seen." Fake guns [more...]

When you're dating someone sporty, sign yourselves up with Sports4Good, a local non-profit that promotes amateur sports playing in the Bay Area. There are annual [more...]

Capture the flag is one of the best run-around games ever invented. Each team has a flag at their base, and the goal is to capture the opposing teams' flags without giving up your own. It is running, hiding, cunning, genius fun, and now [more...]

Just because you love ping pong doesn't mean you need to skulk in your dad's basement. Head over to the Marin Table Tennis Club to let loose your inner [more...]

Take a weekend in beautiful Morro Bay and you can spend your Saturday playing chess on the town's giant chessboard. The city puts the pieces out every Saturday for use, and once a year sponsors a tournament using human pieces.

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Head over to Berkeley for the best sandwiches of your life at Nefeli Caffe at 1854 Euclid Avenue. There's usually a couple of backgammon games going on at the outdoor tables, too.

At the Albatross Pub, you can get popcorn for 25 cents, play darts, or borrow one of several board games for your quiet table for two. Don't miss this fine [more...]

Santa Cruz's Saturn Cafe is the greasiest, fattiest, most delicious little all-vegetarian diner around. Offers brunch discounts for those who arrive in PJs. Request [more...]

When was the last time you went mini-golfing? If the answer is anything but "just a few hours ago," you and your friends need to pile in the car and head over to Golden Tee Golfland in [more...]

The Mechanics Institute proves that Chess Club isn't just for nerds anymore. This is one of the oldest chess clubs in the United States, and apart from chess games, [more...]

Watch the website for the next incarnation of Nato Green's Iron Comic, a live gameshow for standup comedian contestants based on the Iron Chef style. [more...]

Tired of arguing with your date? One of you wants to go to the beach, one wants to go to an amusement park...why not compromise and do both? The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, an [more...]

$3.50 for most beers in their healthy selection keeps you coming back despite the grinding down of what's left of your eardrums after 20 years of angry indie punk. Friendly staff, a clean bathroom, and occasional mechanical [more...]