I have pink hair now. Actually just pink highlights, but still, my hair be pink.
The winter has been mild here in the CLE and the seasonal depression has yet to set it. As I write this is it 60 degrees in Cleveland. The sun is shining and everyone I have seen today has had the joker smile plastered across their faces. I think it must be my pink hair.
Valentine’s Day is in 15 days. While the Chef & I don’t shove chocolates down each others throats we do celebrate our love. Normally the Chef is in the kitchen and this year is no different. Except it is!!! The night before Valentine’s Day is something so special and never before seen in Cleveland. Chef Cory Barrett of Lola notoriety is doing an all dessert dinner as a Brick and Mortar Popup. I have been a HUGE Cory fan ever since I first tasted his 3am special and I have been running 5 miles a day in preparation for what is sure to go down as a memorable evening.
I would LOVE it if you could join me so I’m gonna giveaway a couple of tickets ($150 value) to this DELECTABLY DELICIOUS DINNER. To win leave me a comment telling me the MOST ROMANTIC thing that has ever happened to you or that you have done for someone else.
I will announce a winner on February 6th, which gives you a week to ask that special someone to be your dessert dinner date.
Good luck bitches.
The most romantic thing that ever happened to me was on the first date with my boyfriend. We’d planned to meet on a Thursday, but the weather that morning was terrible and my mother was in a bad car accident. I cried the entire day.
On Saturday, we managed to make our date happen. We were walking around the Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History in Pittsburgh when we came upon the music hall. We wandered in and, on the stage of the pitch black auditorium, I kissed him for the first time. Nearly five years later, we’re still together.
I proposed to my wife on the beach at Isle Of Palms during an early morning walk. I dropped a small leather pouch from my pocket on the sand on the sly, then turned around and said “what was that over there?”. She opened to pouch and found her diamond ring, I popped the big Q and she was shocked, but still said yes. We walked back to the beach house and broke the news to her entire family.
My wife and I eloping in Santa Fe. Just the two of us. It was awesome and so special.
My proposal was one of the most romantic gestures of my life. And not b/c of why one would think. My hubby and I were on the Cape enjoying an escape from the Big City of Boston. Stopped for some chowder while checking out antique shops with the goal of arriving at our charming B & B. Well, did you catch we stopped for good old NE Clam Chowder. Yeah, well it didn’t settle well. Let’s just say…I was not a pretty site. I “didn’t make it” to the proper facilities. All ends involved in the chowder making a reappearance. My now-hubby had to assist with my clean-up, tuck me into the bed of our “charming B & B,” and seek out some pepto, immodium and saltines. Amazing, he still decided to propose that night. 8 yrs and 3 kiddos later….Not much phases us after that evening!
I’m a very lucky girl, and my boyfriend often plans fun, romantic little dates. We enjoy picnics in the park, date night out on the town, and getaways. But one of the best was our first trip together to Niagra Falls for the weekend. He had booked a romantic room with a hot tub overlooking the falls, brought delicious treats and wine to enjoy in the room, and planned a night out exploring. I’d love to take him to this event!
My most romantic moment would have to be my husband’s proposal – except it wasn’t at all traditional in any sense of the word. No ring, no knee, not even in the same city. He was in graduate school and was on a research trip to another city, and out of the blue called me and asked me to marry him because he “just couldn’t wait another second.” How could I say no to that?
For our first year wedding anniversary my husband put together a lovely photo album of all the events during our first year of marriage. From his visits to Cleveland to visit me (from Ontario)to our wedding to our daughter being born. He included mementos from places we went on dates and “love letters” we exchanged! It’s a beautiful story book chronicling our love… super sweet and totally romantic, right?!
quit my job. left my old life behind. packed my things, got on a plane, and moved to NYC to be with the love of my life (we met when we were 11 years old!). now married with two beautiful daughters. couldn’t be more in love.
LOVE your hair! And LOVE this all dessert dinner idea.
One of the most romantic things done for me was when my now husband and I were dating. He lived at the Bingham Lofts downtown and one night we were going out to dinner. While we were dining, he had his roommate lay out all his plans. Candles (my old fav-grapefruit from Yankee), rose petals all over and a small gift. When we got home, I was surprised by all this! Very thoughtful indeed.
13 years ago in 1999, my husband and I were just poor college students, preparing to graduate and move together 3,000 miles away from ohio, where we knew no one, to Portland, Oregon. We were doing a work quarter together at the time, and discussed getting engaged. We even saw this inexpensive, but lovely, ring at a local antique shop. It was perfect and a a romantic ring with character, but we walked away…and I forgot about it.
A few weeks later, on Valentine’s Day, I waited for him in our small apartment in Cincinnati, and the minutes ticked by. We were supposed to do something special that evening, and I was getting angry that he was working late and forgot. He finally rolls in and I said “You forgot! You went to the grocery store to get a card, didnt you??” He replied, “Sort of…” and that is when he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him, with that perfect ring from the antique store. He had gone back and gotten it for me. We were married in October 2001.
Near the end of 2005, after we had lived in Portland for almost 6 years, with a new baby in our lives, we began to discuss moving home, close to family again in Ohio. We wanted our kids to know their grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins. So at a beautiful anniversary dinner, we talked about just packing up and moving back. I began to cry at the thought of leaving our new life behind. What he said next would make it all better “I would follow you all over again across 3,000 miles. It was the best decision I ever made. Let’s make it twice.”
We moved back to Cleveland in 2006 and couldn’t be happier.
The most romantic thing that ever happened to me was my husband proposing to me in front of the Bellagio fountain in Vegas. It was 2 am, the week of christmas so it was so cold. But I was surprised as I hadn’t expected it at all.
Five years ago, my dad passed away one week before Christmas. For the first anniversary of his death, my family and I flew to California to visit his grave. It had been a very tough year up to that point and once again, we weren’t even in the mood to celebrate the winter holiday. When I finally flew back to Cleveland in early January, my husband (then boyfriend) had decorated the entire apartment with Christmas decorations … bought us a new tree, hung up special stockings, lights and ornaments and waited for me to get back from my trip. I walked in to a mini winter wonderland in our downtown apartment. Although it wasn’t something traditionally romantic, it was the kindest, sweetest, most thoughtful thing anyone had ever done for me. I would love to treat him to a special fabulous Valentine’s Day for supporting and loving me year after year.
When I had a severe allergic reaction to an unknown food my first year of college, my husband (who was just my boyfriend at the time) drove 2 1/2 hours to make sure I was ok and brought me milkshakes so I wouldn’t have to eat hospital food as I stayed overnight
Coming home from night shift to find my (brand new) boyfriend (at the time) had accosted a spare key from my best friend, and had breakfast and roses waiting for me at the table <3
I made my husband meatloaf in the shape of a heart and put bacon on it.
After dinner on our first anniversary, my husband drove me past all of his childhood homes and told me stories of his time living in the neighborhoods. He doesn’t remember much about his young life and I tend to ask a lot of questions. So, this “tour” jarred his memory and allowed me to get to know a little more about how he became the man I know and love.
It’s when I connive with my (then) girlfriend’s roommate to redecorate their room for the occasion. When my girl came that night, there was a lovely candlelight dinner waiting for her.
Mircea´s last [type] ..learn ball room dance dvd
The first Christmas that my now husband and I were dating, he gave me a 6-pack set of tickets to the upcoming Tribe season. I’m a HUGE Tribe fan and a REQUIREMENT that he be too in the search for the man of my dreams. When I opened the tickets I asked “why two sets, is this a gift for me and my mom” and he replied “no, that he planned to be around to go with me”. And he did, the theme continued, on our secret wedding day (still a well-kept secret) we drove to Columbus and got married and came back to a Tribe game that we appropriately won with a walk-off grandslam by Hafner in the bottom of the 9th! My perfect guy!
A few years ago, there was a blizzard on Valentine’s Day and my husband (then, boyfriend) and I were snowed in at our apartment on E. 63rd. The roads were really bad, so all our fancy plans for a night out were completely ruined. As I pouted about the ruined night in our bedroom, unbeknownst to me, he was busy making sure I would have the romantic evening I wanted. When I came out to the kitchen, I found a delicious homemade dinner and a love note telling me exactly how he felt about me. I have never felt so loved as I did that night. Whenever I have a tough day or plans fall through, I think about that Valentine’s Day and how he showed me that all we really need is each other. [I know, how sappy, right?]
Tim is incredibly romantic and thoughtful-
We’ve been together 13 years and the most romantic time I can remember is kinda bittersweet too. We’ve been through our share of ups and downs- mostly downs financially- we were married almost 3 years and it was Christmas time. . . We had a few strings of clear lights and chili peppers we had dried to decorate with- I grabbed old paper and made snowflakes for the windows- we’re talking bare bones. It went without saying that I knew gifts weren’t going to happen that year- we couldn’t afford a tree- and the tree is my favorite part. . . I was had to get over it and pout to myself- at least we had each other . . .
well, that christmas morning we slept in late and when i came downstairs there was a tiny 4 foot tall skinny tree with the one strand of lights wrapped up in it FILLING our tiny house with a magic glow- there was a homemade card stuck in the branches. . . I was so shocked- he had somehow managed to sneak out and run to a craft store and get it on clearance because he had known HOW much the tree meant to me- and well, just because he plain loves me that much-
there’s been plenty of other Christmas’ since then- with a house filled with two beautiful baby girls, TWO trees, lots of decorations- delicious food- but NONE will ever compare to that morning when I felt the magic of Christmas and how it feels to be TRULY loved by my man-
from then on- it’s been a tradition that he makes me a card every Christmas- and to be honest, it’s the only gift I care about getting from him- we’ve come so far- and actually we’re coming off of 18 months of unemployment and things are tight as we play “catch-up’- i’d love to have these tix to completely blow him away with a FREE night out. . .
First let me say, Amelia,love you more. I know this decision is done randomly, but having lost my own mother on a christmas eve quite some time ago I know who I would select as the winner if I had the choice. Now for my story, not really romantic for us but we were in England’s lake district for a meeting for Julie. We took a very good friend out for her anniversary since she was not able to spend it with her husband who was back in the USA. A fun place to go “The Drunken Duck Pub”, great food and very good beer. I’ll tell you the story of the name some other time.
My husband had huge “romantic” plan for proposing including the beach at sunset, roses & wine. Well, it thunderstormed that day & he had a terrible day at work so he decided against it. The best part – he proposed on HIS birthday instead. Never saw it coming.
My husband and I were just married a couple of years ago in a beautiful ceremony on Kelley’s Island. However, one of the most romantic moments in my life took place the week before on what we refer to as our “first date anniversary.” Every 13th of the month, we take a moment to celebrate our first date (yes, it was on a Friday the 13th). And the week before our wedding, that special day became the day we were actually wed. Just as we were finishing up dinner, my brother came over and with a few simple words, a form or two, and my daughter bearing witness we were quietly wed over dessert. I still can’t find the real “you may kiss the bride” picture from that night, but the moment is one I cherish and celebrate every month. Plus, it was so much fun having our own little secret that whole week leading up to the big festivities!
Notes…the most romantic thing that my boyfriend has done for me is leave me love notes. I love leaving notes for him and do so on a weekly basis, whether it is just saying good morning or wishing him luck in his last semester of school (finally!) I’m not sure if he knows just how much I love his notes, but he knows they make me happy when he leaves them. He probably doesn’t know that there is one in my address book that he left for me about 2 years ago, or that I have a pad of paper that has a note from him on the top that I refuse to rip off because I like it there and it is easy just to always take the second page. Any note, big or small is romantic to me.
Rachael´s last [type] ..the hunger games
A sky full of stars on a Summer night, glass of beet (my fav!) wine, cupcakes, picnic table, and lots o’ smooching:)
Hope this makes the deadline. I first met my wife in Budapest’s airport.She spoke no English and i no Hungarian.We made an “arranged” wedding so she could get the visa to move to Cleveland to work for my bakery.We spent 2 weeks using dictionaries to communicate and feel in love. Her aunt worked for me at the time and came up with this crazy idea.Well we celebrated our 13th anniversary in costa rica this past month. We work together and live happily in “our little house” by the lake.
We were married for 5 years and my husband’s dad was battling cancer. Things weren’t going well for his dad and it was a very difficult, emotional time. On Valentine’s Day that year, we spent the day at his parent’s house. I left the house early so he could be alone with his dad. When I got into my car, there was a Jesse McCartney CD on my seat with a sweet note & instructions to listen to the track # for “Beautiful Soul.” I was so touched that despite everything he was going through, he took the time to surprise me in such a sweet & thoughtful way. I still like that song all these years later because of that Valentine’s gift. Looking back, I’m still touched, but I have to laugh…#1- Jesse McCarney (what were we thinking
and #2- who buys CD’s anymore!!!
i’m clearly late to the post but hot damn I love it! Very subtle and chic.
I love you hair you looks beautiful..Thank you for sharing your photo..
Nancy´s last [type] ..vision without glasses book