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Romantic Rendevous<br />

Every kiss may begin with Kay, but every good<br />

date starts with a little romance <strong>and</strong> imagination.<br />

Sometimes c<strong>and</strong>les <strong>and</strong> s<strong>of</strong>t music are<br />

enough, but if you really want to turn up the heat,<br />

maybe you should spend a little time in the kitchen<br />

<strong>and</strong> watch things really heat up. To involve that<br />

special player 2 in your life, you can structure your<br />

whole evening around multi-player games or if you’d<br />

like to make that cozy night at home more cozy, you<br />

could try some scented c<strong>and</strong>les, take out from that<br />

great place around the corner <strong>and</strong> a little music <strong>and</strong><br />

watch how your night evolves. There are many ideas<br />

<strong>of</strong> how to make that special night in really magical,<br />

most <strong>of</strong> which is written by women. However, there<br />

is one site that allows you to see just how romantic<br />

some men can be, like with a miniature wine – tasting<br />

from the comfort <strong>of</strong> your dining room to taking<br />

time out to prepare a meal together the website askmen.com<br />

gives you their top ten best at home date<br />

night ideas.<br />

The easiest way to make date night special is to order<br />

take out pop in a movie curl up on the couch with<br />

your sweetie <strong>and</strong> watch time slip away. There are<br />

dozens <strong>of</strong> restaurants in <strong>Indiana</strong> that deliver it all depends<br />

on what you want. For pizza, you range from the<br />

well known Domino’s <strong>and</strong> Papa John’s to the more local<br />

Romeo’s or Fox’s Pizza.<br />

These romantic moments cover a variety <strong>of</strong> interest<br />

that you’ll have to see for yourself, but sometimes<br />

a date isn’t a date without a woman’s touch; or a<br />

mother’s touch if you have children. The site, TheMom-<br />

Crowd.com lists 30 ideas for at home date nights that you<br />

can do after the kids are fast asleep. This site lists ideas<br />

House Party<br />

Don’t have kids? That’s great too, invite your friends<br />

over <strong>and</strong> spin that quiet night at home with your<br />

sweetheart into a raging party immediately. Some<br />

people can settle for hooking up an Ipod <strong>and</strong> breaking<br />

open a bag <strong>of</strong> chips but for those friends <strong>of</strong> yours who<br />

must go all out, Housepartyblog.com is one <strong>of</strong> many sites<br />

dedicated specifically to inventing parties, with features<br />

like party games, drink ideas <strong>and</strong> even a list <strong>of</strong> party<br />

themes this is the site for the Ultimate House Party. Other<br />

sites for good party planning ideas are ehow.com <strong>and</strong><br />

Party411.com. So give them a shot <strong>and</strong> turn your gathering<br />

into the party <strong>of</strong> the year.<br />

To keep the party going there is a new business<br />

called Chasers Now founded by an IUP alum, this<br />

business <strong>of</strong>fers everything from pizza delivery to<br />

playing cards.<br />

Any night can be enjoyable if you have the right<br />

equipment, be it movies, music friends or that special<br />

someone; you can turn any night on the couch<br />

into a magical night with a little effort <strong>and</strong> some <strong>of</strong> these<br />

ideas; the only downside may be the clean – up.<br />

Chasers Now!<br />

If you’re in the middle <strong>of</strong> a party <strong>and</strong> you find your<br />

snacks are running a little low, <strong>Indiana</strong> has a great<br />

delivery service called Chasers Now; that will meet<br />

all your party needs.<br />

Since October 2011, Chasers Now has been bringing<br />

house parties exactly what they’ve been missing,<br />

open 7 days a week, they have everything from<br />

pizza to ping pong balls.<br />

When owner John Lamplugh, first had his vision<br />

it was originally meant to be a quick stop shop<br />

that <strong>of</strong>fered everything for pre-gaming; mixers,<br />

sodas, even Dixie cups <strong>and</strong> beer pong accessories.<br />

Instead <strong>of</strong> the store, they decided to deliver <strong>and</strong> they’ve<br />

been doing so ever since.<br />

Currently they have a contract with Subs & Suds<br />

that allows them to deliver pizza on late nights;<br />

however, upcoming news for Chasers Now is that<br />

they’ll be delivering all foods for Subs & Suds. Also on<br />

the horizon, they plan to exp<strong>and</strong> their business to a convenience<br />

store where they will continue to do deliveries<br />

while allowing students to purchase products <strong>of</strong> their<br />

own accord.<br />

56 Lights! Campus! Action! <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2012</strong>

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