Another year has gone by and once again, it's Valentine's Day. Whether you are single, partnered, or searching for that special someone, the perfect Valentine's day and night are waiting for you somewhere in Boston.
Take a Duck Tour.
The couple that quacks together...well, quacks together. Same goes for friends, family, and similarly single hallmates. Get to know the city and your sweetie this Valentine's Day.
Tours leave from the Prudential Center or the Museum of Science. For more information, check out the website at http://www.bostonducktours.com/
Wax poetic.
Pay a visit to the Grolier Poetry Bookstore in Harvard Square. The cozy little shop has a huge selection of poetry, both well-known and obscure, so you can brush up on your Shel Silverstein as well your T.S. Eliot.
If you come with a date, you can read each other sweet literary nothings. Alone, you can find someone who expresses your solitary sentiments perfectly and spend a little quality time with the shopkeeper's dog. And maybe the awkward moment you have with that Harvard hottie whose hand you brush while reaching for the last copy of The Harp Weaver will be more than just a chance encounter...
The Grolier Poetry Bookshop is located at 6 Plympton Street in Cambridge. (617) 547-4648
Weigh in on your relationship: Steak by the pound
The Brazilian Cafe Belo is the perfect Valentine's Day destination, regardless of your relationship status. Bring a date: If you're hot for each other, eating bulk beef will only bring you closer, since the pure animal pleasure of ripping into a hunk of meat together will raise any relationship to the next level. Plus, the extra calories will give you fuel for whatever other activities the night may bring...
The pleasure of this restaurant isn't limited to canoodling carnivores, however. If you're spending V-day alone, what better way to dull the pain than by the pound?
Cafe Belo is located at 636 Beacon St. near Kenmore Square. (617) 236-8666. Also located at 181 Brighton Avenue in Allston/Brighton. (617) 783 4858
Indulge your inner child
Remember the good old days when cooties made love a moot point? Regress and spend V-day watching kids' movies and eating candy. Lots of candy. Rent a bunch of cartoons (Disney's great for impossible tales of romance), stock up on candy hearts and Hershey's kisses, and exchange Valentines like you did in elementary school. You'll discover the little kid in your sweetheart, or just perfect your skill at giving atomic wedgies.
For your viewing pleasure, the Daily recommends Aladdin, Beautyand the Beast, Shrek, The Little Mermaid, or Finding Nemo.
A Fishy Kind of Love
Sushi: Nothing says romance like raw fish. And vice versa.
After working up an appetite by finding Nemo, it's probably time to find you and your companion(s) some dinner. Boston offers a whole school of great sushi places, from Kaya and Blue Fin in Porter Square, to Gyuhama at Hynes Convention Center, to Mr. Sushi out in Coolidge Corner.
Get yourselves a room- a tatami room (a traditional private dining room), where you can have your date all to yourself, or hide your shameful loneliness from the world. Either way, take your shoes off, kick back, and enjoy the evening.
Don't like it raw?
Like your seafood a little more well done? Oysters ... well, they're raw too, but they're said to be an unbeatable aphrodisiac. If you're queasy about E. Coli, you can always order the grilled salmon and get your date an oyster shooter or two. If you're dateless, grab your most attractive friends, skip the salmon, and order a whole round of the slippery little buggers.
Try Legal Seafoods or the Union Oyster House, located at 41 Union St. (617)227-2750
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie: that's amore.
It's a scientifically proven fact that the Italians are more romantic than the rest of us. Since most college students can't afford a weekend jaunt to Venice, this Valentine's Day, try the next best thing and head over to the North End.
If you've got a significant other, take advantage of the atmosphere. Walk hand in hand in the moonlight, drink red wine by the carafe, and slurp spaghetti while gazing into each other's eyes ... la Lady and the Tramp.
Don't let singularity keep you from the North End. Who knows, maybe that beautiful dark eyed stranger is eying more than just your fettucine alfredo. Remember, romance is all about hidden possibilities.
Get a room.
Felicitously engaged? You don't need to be told what to do. Alone? Throw yourself a bash of which a rock star would be proud. Where's the fun in spending the night with just one person?
If partying all night isn't your style, find the romance inherent in existentialism. Read Sartre, and when you realize that you are, in fact, on vacation, pay a visit to the hotel bar. Think Lost in Translation, Boston style. Scarlett Johnason and Bill Murray never would have found each other if they'd had anything better to do.
Amerisuites Medford: http://www.amerisuites.com/
Boston Ritz Carlton: http://www.ritzcarlton.com/hotels/boston/
Dance!
Nothing kick-starts romance quite like shaking your booty. Check the Daily's listings to see which of Boston's usual dance clubs appeal to you, or check out one of the special Valentine's Day dances that are going on throughout the community. Remember, you don't need a partner, you just need the beat.
The Daily Recommends:
Boston Swing Dance
8 pm Saturday
St. James ARmenian Church
465 Mt. Auburn St., Watertown
Tickets $13
(617)924-6603
Ryles Dance HAll
Latin, Swing and Tango
9 pm Saturday
212 HAmpshire Street, CAmbridge
Tickets $12
(617)876-9330
Valentine's Day Salsa Party
8 pm Saturday
Knights of Columbus may
75 West School Street, Charleston
(617)524-0457
More from The Tufts Daily
Trending
The Print Edition
