I have had no problems lately getting phone numbers. However, I have great difficulties turning a phone number into anything else. Asking for an AFC-style date sometimes works. Other ideas I have include inviting her over with me cooking dinner or inviting her to walk my dog with me. Any other suggestions?

Also, I successfully bounced to a pho (vietnamese soup) restaurant the other night, but I wasn't sure how to proceed from there. I wound up just getting her number. One idea I have is to instead bounce to some place within walking distance to my apartment, and then ask something like "You want to see the dog jump through a hula hoop?" This is reminiscent of something in Neil Strauss's "The Game", when he suggests watching the cat do back flips, but my dog actually can jump through hoops. Any thoughts on this?