Valentine's Day

Once Bitten, Twice Shy

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Another Man Sent My Girl Roses On Valentine's Day. Help!

Welcome to Ask Willie D, Rocks Off's advice column where the Geto Boys MC answers reader questions about matters, in his own words, "funny, serious or unpredictable." Something on your mind? Ask Willie D! LOVING ORANGE COUNTY Dear Willie D: I'm a newly single divorcée with lots of time and money ... More >>

Keep Your Tired Love-Song Cliches Off My Mixtape

I'm a firm believer in the old adage, "never date someone who makes you a mixtape," so please don't break that rule this Valentine's Day and proceed with your plans to create a mixtape full of love songs. Yes, throwing some romantic songs together may seem like a cheap way to get out of having to ... More >>

Half-off (Or More!) at Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt, The Fish, Charivari

Indulge your sweet tooth with today's Houston Press Voice Daily Deal, good for half-off ($5 for $10) of the decadent fro-yo desserts at Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt (Memorial City). The frozen yogurt at Orange Leaf combine superior taste and texture, while also delivering the amazing flavors you rememb ... More >>

Website: Fellas, All You Need to Get Laid on Valentine's is $218!

Attention ladies: if you had sex with a dude last Valentine's Day, and that dude spent less than $218 on you that day, you sold yourself short. Or so says a highly scientific study by the sugar daddy website SeekingArrangement.com, which "found that on average, a man needs to shell out $218 for a ha ... More >>

Top 5 Valentine's Treats for Kids Other Than Chocolate

Each Valentine's Day, my parents always got my brother and me heart-shaped boxes filled with a variety of chocolates. Getting sweets on Valentine's Day makes every kid a happy camper. But, this Valentine's Day, spice things up with a few homemade treats your kids will absolutely love. Chocolate is ... More >>

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Valentine's Day Dining

Houston restaurants have special deals to help you take your sweetie out to dinner.

8 Ways to Have a Bad-ass Valentine's Day, No Date Required

I'm not here to tell you how Valentine's Day is a corporate crock, nor am I here to tell you that the only refuge of a single person on V-Day is burning a box of your past lovers' memorabilia while sobbing into a pile of old mixtapes. Both of those ideas are gross, as are most of the Lonely Hearts-s ... More >>

An At-Home Romantic Valentine's Dinner: Steak and Chocolate Cake

For those of you who don't enjoy having a "romantic" dinner in a crowded restaurant on Valentine's Day, or for those of you who have yet to make reservations, have no fear. You can make a delectable, upscale and romantic meal at home. The key to making a restaurant-worthy meal is to keep it simple a ... More >>

What's Cooking on Pinterest? Stacked Nutella, Strawberry and Mascarpone Stuffed Heart-Shaped French Toast

Valentine's Day is one of the only days in the year where anything you eat can come shaped as a heart and be uberly sweet. Before you begin a sweet-filled day with boxes of chocolate, chocolate-covered strawberries and packages of conversation hearts, take a whack at this dessert French toast treat ... More >>

Houston's 10 Most Romantic Restaurants: Start Planning Your Valentine's Day Dinner Now

In case you hadn't heard, Valentine's Day falls on a Thursday this year. And in next week's print edition, our own Christina Uticone will have a round-up of all the Valentine's Day dinner deals and special menus you can shake a dozen roses at. This is not that round-up. There are 10 types of people ... More >>

Hot Deals at The Chili Shak, The Capital at St. Germain and Azteca's

Enjoy fifty percent off at Houston's only chili-focused restaurant with today's Houston Press Voice Daily Deal. Your voucher earns you $20 worth of food for just $10 at Chili Shak -- your money's worth at full price, trust us. Use your voucher to receive a four menu item punch card for any of The C ... More >>

Bingo and Booze at Double Trouble

Chuck Cook PhotographyLooking out onto the patio, where the bingo happens.​"G 48, G 48. Gee, I can't believe Whitney Houston was only 48." The basic requirements of bingo-calling are so undemanding that an illiterate person could fulfill them. Doing it well, though, takes wit, and often the w ... More >>

This Week in Deliciousness

Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where our requests for extra food pellets in the machine in the employee break room have thus far been ignored by the Overlord. We started the week off right with a look at the world's sexiest wine, and uh... yeah. That just about set the ... More >>

Yahoo Answers Chooses The Best Valentine's Day Songs

Photo by Cheryl ReedOne of the top Yahoo! Answer contributors​We just read today that the most famous song for Valentine's Day is "Let's Get It On" by Barry White. It literally read, "Prally barry white lets get it on. it was voted the most romantic song of the last century." Yahoo Answers is ... More >>

Canciones De Amor: A Valentine's Playlist En Español

Ahh, Valentine's Day. Another "holiday" based on a beautiful human emotion that was quickly corrupted by greeting-card companies, the flower industry and whoever invented chocolate-covered strawberries. Yet at the core of Valentine's Day is the force that makes the world go 'round: Love. And what s ... More >>

Creepy Cards, Last-Minute Convenience-Store Gifts, Etc.: Don't Miss Our Valentie's Day Stuff

Celebrate!​It's Valentine's Day, you better remember. We've been on the case, and in case you missed it, check out our VD items: 11 vintage Valentine's cards and why they are so damn creepy; last-minute convenience-store Valentine's gifts she'll just love; and the ancient bloody, sexy beginni ... More >>

How to Make a Quick, Easy and Inexpensive Romantic Dinner for Valentine's Day

Every year, it happens. The Valentine's Day procrastinators come out of the woodwork, desperately scrambling for flowers and chocolate at the very last minute. This past Sunday, my mother -- who is a private chef -- received an email from a man who wanted her to cook a romantic dinner for him and hi ... More >>

My Favorite Seasonal Candy

As I popped open my first St. Arnold's Spring Bock of the year, my mind turned to the passage of time. Mercurial in nature and impossible to halt, time offers us an ineffable, constant partner in life's dance. Spring becomes summer, summer becomes fall. Winter dawns and is swallowed up by the gre ... More >>

How Single People Spend Valentine's Night, in Chart Form

Just because our significant others may or may not have dumped us back in December -- hypothetically speaking -- is no reason we can't all participate in the fun and joy of Valentine's Day. We each have our own way of keeping this special day in our hearts, and for your comfort in knowing you're no ... More >>

Relationships Suck: Top 5 Movies About Awful Couplings

There is nothing more wonderful than being alone on Valentine's Day! Naturally, we are being sarcastic. As one half of a couple, Valentine's Day brings potential surprise engagements, co-worker jealousy-inducing flower deliveries, overpriced prix fixe dinners, a reason to shop at Victoria's Secret, ... More >>

Comment of the Day: The Subtleness of Creepy Valentine's Cards

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

The World's Sexiest Wine for Valentine's Day

We've written about wine and sex here before: Since antiquity, wine and the cult of Bacchus and Dionysus have been associated with sexuality and intimacy. Wine -- red in particular, thanks to its polyphenols -- not only diminishes our inhibition ("I wanna tell her that I love her a lot, but I gotta ... More >>

Valentine's Day Dining 2012

Ed. note: We are running this again after publishing it a week ago, for all you last-minute lovers. It isn't hard to figure out why dining and chocolate candy play such a prominent role in Valentine's Day celebrations. Eating is, by nature, extremely sensual. Few activities are capable of pleasura ... More >>

11 Vintage Valentine's Day Cards and Why They Are Really Creepy

Love is in the air. Kids everywhere -- or, more likely, their moms -- are buying boxes of cheap Valentine's Day cards to hand out in the classroom. It's a tradition that's been going on for years, and obviously it's not just for kids. But in days of yore, card designers could seem a little....creep ... More >>

La La Love You: Top Ten Cheesiest Love Songs For Valentine's Day

It's that time of year again. Everything is red and full of hearts. Chocolates and roses are marked up. Couples are showing off and singles are desperately searching online dating services for a quick set-up to give them their own special day. That's right, it's about to be Valentine's Day! Some are ... More >>

Rap Round Table: The Red Beast Is Nearing. Are You Prepared?

Some rappers happen to be thoughtful, intelligent people. Each week Rocks Off will have some of them here discussing issues relevant to their culture. This Week's Panel: Fat Tony, KAB, Kyle Hubbard, Zavey, Medicine Girl, Mac, Eskabel, Delo, D-Risha, RoderickVonn, A.D.D. Not Invited: Mario O., who, ... More >>

Make It An Easy Valentine's Day With To-Go Treats

Want something better to give on Valentine's Day than a last-minute heart-shaped box of mediocre chocolates from the drug store? Several local bakers are offering baked goods and other items that you can order in advance and pick up when the big day is closer. Fluff Bake Bar and Fat Cat Creamery ... More >>

Fratelli's Five-Course Valentine's Dinner

Upcoming Events: Speed Bartending and Valentine-Making

Pondicheri's second monthly charity breakfast is planned for tomorrow from 7:30 a.m. to noon. Half of the proceeds from all sales will go to benefit Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, so dig in. The following Monday, January 16, Valentines for Soldiers will take over the Saint Arnold brewery from 6 to ... More >>

Happy Hour Scene: Oishii

​The Place: Oishii Japanese Sushi Bar 3764 Richmond 713-621-8628 http://www.oishiihouston.com/ The Hours: 3 to 7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 3 to 6 p.m. Saturdays The Deals: $1.25 domestics, $1.75 Japanese imports, $3 large hot sake, $4 house wine, 2 for $4 appetizers The Scene:Will Smith ... More >>

Freedom to Marry: Gays Marching Through Downtown Today

Marching for marriage​Apparently eager to be forced to buy last-second Valentine's Day gifts to people they've been married to for years, gays and lesbians will have a march through downtown later this morning. They'll try to get marriage licenses at the courthouse, and after being refused wi ... More >>

The Heart-Shaped Box of Chocolates: So Tacky It's Cool?

Marit & Toomas Hinnosaar​One Valentine's Day early in my childhood, my dad gave my sisters and me each a small heart-shaped box of chocolates with a felt circus animal on the cover. Mine had a lion. And every year thereafter (till I was about, oh, 18) my dad refilled the boxes with chocolates ... More >>

Wine of the Week: 2009 Cupcake Vineyards Red Velvet

​It's almost Valentine's Day - a holiday equally dreaded and anticipated. Single folks are reminded just how single they are, and those in relationships will either flourish or be crushed under the weight of expectations. Either way, it's a great day for wine. My latest sample came from Cupc ... More >>

This Week In Deliciousness

Yup, we've got problems, all right.​Welcome back to Eating Our Words, where today we're keeping warm by burning calories screaming at our internet service provider. We won't tell you who we use at our house, but it's the one that slows down by a million percent every time it's stormy, or overc ... More >>

Twenty Ways to Please Your Lover on Valentine's Day

​*17 - Alden Hotel (February 14) Chef Sam Beier has created a lust-worthy Valentine's Day menu featuring Sunchoke Veloute, Roasted Lobster Salad, Shrimp-Crusted Flounder, Cane Sugar Cured Duck Breast, Petite Filet with Favas and Lobster Ravioli, and Caramelized Halibut, among others. The mea ... More >>

Ten Social Networking Wearables

Add one of these babies to your Valentine's Day wish list.​Tweet rings. They are real. When we first saw this idea for a ring with a Tweet engraved on it, we thought there's no way it could be true. It was. It is. We're still flummoxed. But it doesn't stop there. There are also Tweet necklaces ... More >>

Wine of the Week: Chasing Venus 2010 Malborough Appellation Sauvignon Blanc

​With the recent burst of spring-like weather earlier this week, it just felt wrong to open up another heavy red, so instead, I picked a tingly New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc from a selection of samples I've received lately. It was a nice change up from all the red wine I've been drinking latel ... More >>

Valentine's Day Dining: Good Luck

Dessert Gallery's heart-shaped cookies​Although we have attempted to convince you otherwise (just like with New Year's Eve), some of you foolhardy souls are going to splash out on Valentine's Day dinners regardless of any advice we give you. We applaud your valor (but not your apparent determi ... More >>

International Chocolate Spy

​Phoenicia Supermarket on Westheimer and West Houston Center Road has a nice selection of inexpensive imported chocolates on hand for Valentine's Day. Belgian chocolates are available individually for 65 cents each or $16 a pound. There are several gift boxes you can choose from. There are als ... More >>

Second Sundays

Have a nearly nude Valentine's Day

Artisan Chocolates at Whole Foods

​All-natural Lake Champlain Chocolates from Vermont are one of the stars of the Valentine's Day "Sweets for Your Sweetie" display at Whole Foods Market on Kirby. The company's chocolate blog is an amusing glimpse into life in a chocolate factory. I like the post about "frog day" on the manuf ... More >>

VD Gifts: Chocolate Bar's Pizza of Love

​Among the many Valentine's Day specials at the Chocolate Bar on Alabama is this giant chocolate pizza topped with cinnamon hearts, nuts and sparkling white icing and adorned with chocolate cupids and twin chocolate hearts. The chocolate pizza comes in an actual pizza delivery box and sells fo ... More >>

RIP, Sweethearts

​This Valentine's Day, you won't find the nostalgic Sweethearts of elementary school crushes past. Instead, you'll find a new, fruitier version of these classic American icons. After 145 years, NECCO has decided to "upgrade" the flavors of its conversation hearts. Here is a list of the new fla ... More >>

The Valentine's Day Minefield at Central Market

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