Pastry, a waterfall, and good coffee

Sandrine front-loads the date with something genuinely good — the kind of place that signals care without requiring a reservation. Hardy Falls gives you forty-five minutes with no distractions and something worth looking at, which is exactly what reconnecting actually needs. Bright Jenny lands the landing: familiar, low-key, the right place to keep talking after the walk shook something loose. At $20 a head with a free stop in the middle, this one punches well above what it costs.

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