Valentine's Day
Holidays
Remember The Massacre This Valentine's Day()
February 14, 2009 Valentine's Day usually summons images of roses, bon bons, and cards made with loving little hands by children. But now and again, some of us also think of a garage in Chicago, where, eighty years ago today, the Bugs Moran gang was rubbed out.
Economy
Craft Stores Feeling Handmade Love()
February 14, 2009 "It's easier to go buy something, but a lot of stuff is pretty expensive nowadays," one crafter says. For some people, the troubled economy means making their valentines and other gifts instead of buying them.
Food
Valentine's Cupcakes From Nigella Lawson()
February 13, 2009 As Valentine's Day approaches, one person who doesn't get mushy about it is food writer Nigella Lawson. Still, she jumps at the chance to make her own cupcakes. "I think that adults have some sort of yearning for childish things, childish foods," Lawson notes. "And I don't mean that disparagingly."
Digital Life
Digitally Dumped: She's Just Not That N2 U()
February 13, 2009 With every new technological lunge forward comes a new method of breaking up. For Valentine's Day we offer seven new ways to leave your lover.
Songs of Love and Loathing
Opera Screams 'I Love You'()
February 13, 2009 Over the centuries, opera has covered and uncovered virtually every facet of romantic love. Here are five operatic moments that conveying everything from young love in bloom to the suspicions of fading romance.
World
'Moral Police' In India To Get Valentine's Underwear()
February 13, 2009 After a group of hard-line Hindu activists barged into a pub last month and roughed up female clients who were enjoying a quiet drink, one woman took a stand. She and her allies are set to retaliate against the "moral police" by distributing pink underwear to the group.
Books We Like
Doing It Again: The Revised 'Joy Of Sex'()
February 12, 2009 True to its original structure and subtitle — A Gourmet Guide to Lovemaking — the updated sex manual remains a smorgasbord of stimulating ideas and images.
StoryCorps
Ring Seller Makes A Living Out Of Love()
February 13, 2009 Ninety-year-old Bill Schifrin has been selling wedding rings in New York City's diamond district since 1947. When he sees a couple kissing on the streets, he likes to tap the man on the shoulder and hand him his card. Schifrin says that's because "married couples don't kiss on the street."
Diversions
Six-Word Memoirs: The Valentine's Day Edition()
February 11, 2009 Can you sum up your love life in exactly six words? Hundreds of famous and not-so-famous authors rose to the challenge for Smith magazine's Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak.
Opinion
Romance And Love? Not The Same Thing()
February 12, 2009 Valentine's Day can be a polarizing experience. Some people find it charming; others see it as a superficial and commercial way to celebrate one of the most profound emotions people experience. The irony of this is not wasted on commentator Laura Lorson, who finds the holiday a lesson in contradictions.
