From the moment I received a candy gram from my best friend in high school, Valentine’s Day has been my favorite holiday. Sure, it’s commercial — flowers cost double the price, and it’s hard to find a place to eat dinner where you can, first of all, get a table without a reservation…or if you somehow manage that, good luck eating a normal meal sans a prix fixe menu.
But a time of the year in which every place you go is decorated in pink and red and covered in conversation hearts? Yes, please — ideally (for me, anyway) the world would look like that all year long, but alas, I'll settle for this brief window.