Slappy Cakes

Slappy Cakes

If you love breakfast, then you will love Slappy Cakes. This restaurant serves breakfast and lunch, or brunch all day. But that’s not even the best part. At Slappy Cakes you are able to draw, create, and make your own pancakes right at your own table!

This restaurant is unique because of the hands-on factor. It’s you and your spouse who get to create and make your very own pancakes!

Slappy Cakes

First off, you have to pick your batter. Buttermilk, chocolate, peanut butter, vegan/gluten-free, and seasonal are all of your options! Then you pick some ‘fixins.’ There are tons of sweet and savory choices! After that you add your toppings! These are like your syrups, whipped cream, and peanut butter. This can give you and your spouse something to do while you wait for your food!

Slappy Cakes

Slappy Cakes also offers weekly specials and a vast menu. Gluten-free and vegan guests also have choices to choose from too!

This is a great little restaurant to try out! They are located here!

Hours

Mon – Fri

8 am – 2 pm

Sat – Sun

8 am – 3 pm

Slappy Cakes

Relationship Tip! Who can make the coolest pancake? What about the tastiest? Create with your spouse, decide who’s the best is, and share the yummy food after!

Biking Portland

Have you ever wanted to go on a bike tour? Have you ever wanted to learn more about Downtown Portland? Well, Pedal Bike Tours can give you just those things! Take your spouse on a super fun date riding bikes together! This may be something you don’t do often so it’s definitely a creative and fun date! In this tour you and your spouse will be guided downtown, to the river, and over bridges! This package includes an experience fit for beginners, a bike, a helmet, and a whole lot of fun! Your crusade will be 9 miles long which means you’ll be having a blast with your spouse learning and seeing neat places for 3 hours! Check the tour out here! There is also a video that they have made while on the tour!

If you and your spouse are into more of a challenge, check out the Columbia River Gorge Tour. Pedal Bike Tours also provides a tour that isn’t just a biking tour. With this tour, you will be doing a number of little hikes to beautiful waterfalls! This experience is 10 miles long, and for 5 hours. Here is their video of this tour!

If you and your spouse feel you don’t want to participate in a tour, Pedal Bike Tours also has rentals available! They have different kinds of bikes for you to choose from, whether you want to ride in the city or road. The rentals come with helmets, a map, and more. Plus, if you have ever wanted to ride a tandem bike, they have those too!!

You can find where Pedal Bike Tours here!

Relationship Tip!

If you and your spouse go on a tour, make sure to talk about your favorite parts afterwards! If you decide to rent, try to get a tandem bike and see how well you two are able to work together! Laugh at your coordination (if it's lacking) and try again! 

Sing Your Heart Out

At Voicebox you will be able to fulfill all your karaoke needs. Go with your spouse and spend an hour proclaiming your love for them through song! Voicebox gives you the opportunity to sing your favorite songs to and with your companion.

Belt out those love songs in the comfort of your own box!  Voicebox also has suites that you can rent. The suites allow privacy to create an intimate setting for you and your date. This setting also helps you be more comfortable while singing since there is no crowd watching!

There are a ton of songs for you to choose from! While reserving your room, you will be able to choose the songs you will be singing on your date. Song sets you can choose from include genres, decades, themes, age, celebration and more! This can make it even more personal for you and your spouse.

Serenading your spouse at Voicebox won’t even break the bank. Rates go for $6 for a person per hour, so that’s $12 dollars for an hour of fun for two? Worth it! If you do get a little hungry, Voicebox also has a menu to choose from!

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There are two locations in Portland that you can choose from. You can go to the Portland Northwest location or the Portland Southeast location. Find out which one is closest to you!

Relationship Tip!

Create a set list filled with songs from your relationship over time. Sing your wedding song and maybe slow dance along with it. Sing your favorite songs that remind you about the love you have for your spouse. Make sure when you sing “Can you feel the love tonight?” that the answer will be YES!

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream!

Do you or your spouse love ice cream? Well, Salt & Straw is the place for you two to go! Salt & Straw will fulfill your sweet cravings. They have over 12 flavors to choose from. Some flavors are even invented by students specifically for Salt & Straw Portland locations.

There are four locations in Portland for you to choose from. Experiment with different flavors and share them with your date!

There are also new flavors added every month used with local ingredients to make you feel right at home in Portland!

Also, if you and your spouse love Salt & Straw SO much you can join the Pints Club and get five pints delivered to your door every month for $65. Talk about date night at home indulging in delicious cold desserts!

Relationship Tip!

Talk to your spouse about what their favorite flavors are! What flavors do they dislike? Asking questions to find out what your spouse’s favorite things are the moment. Maybe you can surprise them later with them too! This could really help you and your spouse learn more about each other. As we go through life our favorite things will change, so it’s important to make sure we keep up with learning about our other half!

London Sky Garden

When in London, visit one of London’s best kept secrets!

The Sky Garden is known as “London’s Highest Public Garden”. It’s the perfect date location for a couple on vacation in London. Not only will you find some of the greatest views of London that can be found, you can enjoy dinner, brunch, drinks, live music, early morning yoga, or even more drinks, all with a view!

Take a seat and enjoy a romantic meal as you watch the sun set on the most gorgeous view of London.

Or start your morning right and get a little yoga in before you both spend the day touring this enchanting city. After you’ve relaxed with yoga, take a seat and enjoy breakfast or brunch.

How about drinks and live music? Can you imagine a cooler atmosphere than the top of a skyscraper overlooking the city of London? You can dance the night away, on top of the world!

Whatever you do at the Sky Garden, you will have the time of your life and make great memories together from your time in London, my husband and I did!

One of the best things about this place is it is free to visit. All you have to do is book ahead!

The Sky Garden is open from 10am to 6am, Monday - Friday and 11am to 9pm on weekends. Go take your spouse on a great date and enjoy fantastic views like these:

*All photos were found on the Sky Garden website, except for my three that are my personal photos.

Relationship Tip: Don’t forget to go on dates, even when you are on vacation! If you spend all of your time touring in a city, you might as well spend some of that touring time strengthening your relationship.