Feb 10

8 ideas for Valentine's day 2010

Every year February the 14th is the so called Valentine's Day. Basically meaning giving love and / or presents to the one you love (my interpretation). My girlfriend and I don't think giving the opposite side a present is something useful, so we decided to just spend the day together and make it a fun day! I still have some ideas for presents that I want to share with you.

  1. Take him/her to a different city you both haven't been to. Short trips don't have to be expensive and can be a lot of fun.
  2. Take him/her out to dinner - not the usual subjects, try something like a dinner in a dark room (no light at all - you can't see anything, you can just feel and taste). There are a few restaurants offerings that - you should check in your area!
  3. Go to a cooking class together. This can be real fun. Making food yourself (I've heart Americans usually go out to eat) can be interesting, too. For example a Sushi making class - in case he/she likes Sushi.
  4. Invite him/her to a language class. Let's say like a 2hr class in a foreing language he/she is interested in. For geeks that would be a "Hello World" in Spanish, Japanese, Swedish, Finish, Russian ... whatever language you want to try.
  5. Cocktail mixing class. Learn how to make your own drinks. Don't try them and drive home if they are alcoholic, but knowing how a bar keeper's work is like, can be fun.
  6. Take him/her to the casino. Of course both have to be of the legal gambling age in your country, but it's a lot of fun.
  7. An iPod Shuffle with 'your' songs on it. Every couple has songs that 'belong' to their relationship. Put those on the Shuffle and give it to him/her.
  8. One of my favorite sites - animoto.com - offers a Valentine's Day special. Animoto combines your pictures and videos with music into a nice video. You could make a video of 'your last year' or something like that really easily. Try it out!
Well, those are the ideas I had for my girlfriend and me but as said - no presents for either of us. Maybe it helps other though.

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