“Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the same effect of youth and freshness and originality and spontaneity as it did originally, and you have done a poet’s job. The rest is literature.” – Jean Cocteau

Life has a way of turning us into lemmings who simply follow the plan of those that came before us. Our daily routine is often times a result of doing what we’re “supposed to do.” We wake up, go to work, work all day, return home from work, eat dinner, go to sleep. Lather, rinse, repeat. We repeat this cycle until the weekend comes and we fill those 48 hours with seeing the family and friends we neglected during the week.

Relationships can be the same way. They get stale. Especially if we follow advice from those who came before us that may be wrong. We find that special someone, have a commitment ceremony, buy a house, have children/pets, be romantic on our anniversary. Lather, rinse, repeat. The next thing you know, you’ve been in your relationship for 10 years and the only time you can remember being romantic centers around the date you and your partner joined forces.

I can only think of one word to describe this type of relationship:

BORING!

We don’t like boring around here at PDX Romantic. In fact, just typing it makes my finger ache. So to avoid being that word we both dislike, we’ve come up with an alternative:

SPONTANEOUS!

We like this word much better. Spontaneity adds freshness. Spontaneity breathes life. Spontaneity makes sure your partner never knows what to expect. In fact, it is usually the spontaneous acts that your partner shares with his or her friends. This puts you in a good light for being romantic, which is always a good thing.

So in order to help you be more spontaneous, we’ve come up with a way to help you be spontaneously romantic.

Enter PDX Romantic’s Lucky List.

From time to time, we come across free and discounted tickets, meals, etc. at local restaurants and event centers around Portland. As much as we’d like to use all of these romantic items for ourselves, we’d rather share them with you, our readers.

Here’s how it works:

1. Sign up for PDX Romantic’s Lucky List in the sidebar to the right.
2. Receive an email for a free or discounted item we’d like to share with you.
3. Be the first to respond if you are available to use the item and enjoy a spontaneous, romantic event with someone special.

It’s simple, really. We wanted a way to spread romance in Portland (in addition to writing this blog). We love knowing that we are helping someone be romantic in Portland. Ahh, love is in the air.

We look forward to seeing your name on the Lucky List. And maybe, we’ll be contacting you in the near future to receive one of our “freebies.” Until then,

Stay romantic.