Try This Unique Date Night Idea In Charlotte

Unique date nights can sometimes be difficult to plan. Dinner and movie can become redundant, but luckily we live in a city with so much going on.

My boyfriend and I have been trying to come up with creative ideas for our date nights, and I've got to admit, this one was pretty fun.

We decided to make date night a game. We chose to go to Optimist Hall, which is the local food hall in Charlotte. We wrote on pieces of paper, the names of all the restaurants. We then drew names out of a hat to decide what our date night would look like. You can really make this as involved as you want to!

We only made it to three placed before we became WAY. TOO. FULL.

Even though we only went to three different places, it still added so much excitement to date night. We didn't know what we would be eating until right then!

If you're looking for something fun to try, or a different type of date night, try this one out!

Rom-Coms are definitely a guilty pleasure of many- myself included. Have you ever wondered which Rom Com actors and actresses North Carolina is swooning over? There are so many classic movies and stars of those films it can be hard to pick a favorite. Especially with so many dreamy actors appearing. But where there's a will there's a way. And that’s why the team at Shane Co. turned to Google Trends to finally name the Rom-Com King & Queen. The analyzed search volume to determine were the most popular in each state. Some notable findings:

Shane & Co.'s methodology according to their website: In order to determine the most popular romantic comedy actors and actresses in the U.S., we evaluated Google Trends search data over the past five years (from March of 2017 to March of 2022). First, we compiled a list of 60 actors from sites like IMDB and MovieWeb. From there, we compared search volume for each actor across all 50 states in order to determine the most popular rom-com actor and actress in every U.S. state.

Keep reading to see who each state considers Rom-Com King & Queen:

States: Kentucky, Massachusetts

States: Arizona, South Carolina

States: Alaska, Alabama

States: Tennessee, West Virginia

States: Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi

States: Connecticut, Delaware, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, South Dakota

States: Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

States: Colorado, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington

Channing Tatum!

Ryan Gosling: California

Taye Diggs: Washington DC

Richard Gere: Florida

Henry Golding: Hawaii

John Cusack: Illinois

Paul Rudd: Kansas

Patrick Dempsey: Maine

Adam Sandler: New Hampshire

Matthew McConaughey: Texas

Ryan Reynolds: Utah

Cary Grant: Vermont

Mark Ruffalo: Wisconsin

States: Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska

States: New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania

States: Florida, New Jersey, Nevada

States: California, Georgia, Maryland, New Mexico

States: Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah, Wyoming

States: Alaska, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Washington

State: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Wisconsin

Emma Stone: Arizona

Meryl Streep: Washington, DC

Julia Stiles: Delaware, Maine

Constance Wu: Hawaii

Meg Ryan: Idaho, Montana

Mila Kunas: Illinois, South Dakota

Nicole Kidman: Massachusetts, Oregon

Kate Winslet: Rhode Island

Reese Witherspoon: Tennessee

Renee Zellweger: Texas

Anne Hathaway: Virginia

Nia Vardalos: Vermont