Muholland Drive

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Mulholland Drive is a great one hour get away that takes you to some great overlooks over the city of Los Angeles. While the road can be traveled from east to west or west to east, traveling west to east gives you the chance to look out over the Hollywood bowl, as well as downtown Los Angeles. The Hollywood Bowl lookout is one of the most popular of the drive and is only accessible when driving from this direction. Along with that, driving west to east plunks you down in the middle of Hollywood, leaving you the chance to find some great places to eat if you'd like to add that to your date.
While spending an hour in the car together might not sound like the most romantic date ever, it does allow you to spend some quality time. Keep the music low and use this time to catch up and chat. This is even a date that you could consider doing with littles if you think that they may fall asleep in the car seat (we all know how precious time to chat can become once a little enters the picture). Overall, this is just a relaxing and chill date. You get a chance to see the city from a perspective that you probably haven't seen it from before (Mulholland Drive snake right along a ridge, giving you a more aerial perspective than from many other parts of the city). Should you choose to add another activity to it like dinner or a treat, it's just icing on the cake, but this is a date that doesn't take much planning and can be done on pretty much a moments notice. So while you may not want to plan it for a big anniversary date or anything, it can definitely be stored for a later date when you and your spouse just want a little quality time together.