Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and of course, many restaurants are offering 'SPECIAL' Valentine's dinners for those of us who are (were) MUG enough to pay the extortionate prices for the so-called 'romantic' dinner package erm.... 'experience'. After taking a seat at your assigned table, often only a cat's whisker away from adjoining diners, it feels... Continue Reading →
How Was Your Week? A Hectic Valentine’s Week
If we were having coffee, I'd tell you I've had a hectic week with hardly time to pause for breath. Move Over Roses on Valentine's Day I bet I can count the fingers on one hand for the number of women who received a red bromeliad rather than roses or a bouquet of flowers for... Continue Reading →
Is Valentine’s Day a Con? “Dia dos Namorados”
According to Wikipedia In Portugal, the holiday is known as "Dia dos Namorados" (Lovers' Day / Day of the Enamoured). As elsewhere, couples exchange gifts, but in some regions, women give a lenço de namorados ("lovers' handkerchief"), which is usually embroidered with love motifs.[180] I love the idea of a 'lovers' hankerchief'. Something simple. Not... Continue Reading →
