Cheap Thrills: Romance at the Berkeley Marina

In the middle of the week, after a rough day at work, grab your sweetie — and your favorite music mix — and drive down to the Berkeley Marina for an old-fashioned make-out session by the water. Enjoy the confines of the car together as you “park” at the water’s edge, watching the sun begin its slow slide down the face of the sky, its last light bobbing on the wavelets and polishing the heavens with the rosy tones of twilight.

Turn on the tunes and snuggle up closer, listening and watching together without talking for a bit. Let the push of the day, and its concomitant worries, pressures, and stress, start to dissipate and slowly dissolve. Soon, without really realizing it, the knot of tension loosens and your body begins to relax. Tucked tightly under the arm of your dearest, time slows down, cultivating a private closeness and encouraging something unexpected.

After a bit, as the seagulls tilt over the darkening sky, and the water jumps against the rocks, you begin to chat, picking up the threads of the some lost conversation and resuming the real rhythms of your
relationship. Silliness, laughter, and a certain sweetness soon lead to a passionate kiss or two.

Afterwards, caught in the current of intimacy, life seems more even again, your emotional scales rebalanced. Stay playful and extend the fun by making a stop at for a soft-serve cone on the way home.