A St. Alban’s radio station is capitalizing on V-day’s dark underbelly by giving away a free divorce, according to the Charleston Gazette.
Jay Nunley is the station’s program director and one of the key people responsible for the promotion. He said: “There is the lighter side of Valentine’s Day that’s all hearts and flowers. Then [...]

In Saudi Arabia, the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has banned the color red until after Valentine’s Day, visiting flower and gift shops to stop the sale of items that could be construed as celebrating the non-Islamic holiday. The Saudi Gazette suggests Valentine’s Day is especially targeted since it [...]

While for the majority of our ideas we want to suggest romantic and interesting actions, we also want to suggest some unusual gifts (and we have to do it soon, so you have time to get them)! If you’re looking for an interesting gift for him, how about a 21st century upgrade to the [...]

How about sweetening your Valentine’s week with some special Valentine’s drinks? A simple web search will turn up tons of possibilities, but here are a few of our favorites:
Gobble-tini
1 ½ oz cranberry vodka (Smirnoff makes a nice one)
¼ oz raspberry liqueur (Chambord)
½ oz cranberry juice
Mix in shaker with ice, strain into martini glass. [...]

Instead of trying to completely salvage Valentine’s Day from its commercial doom, why not use that as a reason to make it a group activity? Get a group of friends (they don’t need to be all couples) together, have the guys make dinner and the girls make dessert! For the after dinner entertainment [...]

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This year Valentine’s Day is on a Thursday. Instead of celebrating Valentine’s Day, celebrate Valentine’s week! A few homemade cards, a couple small gifts, a couple of events and a nice dinner should make it a Valentine’s week that’s actually romantic, instead of reeking of commercialism. And you don’t need to have [...]

“Love and Other Dislocations” a reading by 5 female writers on Feb. 11, at the Blue Moose Cafe at 7:30 p.m.  The reading is free.  The readers include Gail Adams, Natalie Dobson, Ellesa High, Mary Ann Samyn and Ethel Morgan Smith.
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Valentine’s Day is one of the holidays people love to hate, most often commenting on the commercialization of love. If you want to celebrate the holiday, we’ll have a large collection of ideas for how to do it, with ideas on gifts and events to make the holiday fun.
Valentine’s Day, as a romantic holiday, [...]