First date map poster
The restaurant, the park bench, the cinema you both pretended to like. A poster of where the first date happened, with the date underneath.
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The venue, or the street
If the place is still there, mark the building. If it has closed — and after a few years many have — mark the street corner instead. A poster of a restaurant that no longer exists is a better story than a poster of whatever replaced it.
Zoomed in far enough, the surrounding streets do the work: the route you walked afterwards, the station you took home from, the park you cut through. That context is usually what makes someone recognise it instantly.
Getting the date line right
The date can be written several ways, and the format changes the tone more than you would think. Dots and spaces read quiet and typographic; a written-out month reads warmer.
If you cannot remember the exact day, the month and the year are enough. Nobody has ever looked at one of these and asked for proof.
When to give it
The first anniversary is the obvious moment, but the second is often better: by then the place has had a year to become a shared reference rather than a recent memory.
Because the file arrives immediately, this also works as a gift decided on the night before. Print it in the morning, frame it at lunchtime.
Questions people ask
- What if I do not remember the exact date?
- Use the month and year, or leave the date line off entirely. The poster works without it.
- Can I include both our names?
- Yes. There is a line for names, and it can be set in a different typeface from the city if you want it to stand apart.
- Is it obvious what the map is of?
- Only to the two of you, which is usually the point. Street names can be left on if you would rather it were legible to visitors.
Make one now
Pick the place, choose a style, and see it on the sheet before you pay.