Valentine’s Day for Lovers and Singles: Love, Fun & Cocktails you can share ANY day!
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Valentine’s Day is fun but it doesn’t have to be just about couples and romance and hearts and roses. There really are a lot of ways to share the love. Oh, wait – Any day is a good day to share the love and here are some ideas how! I shared all this and more on the Tucson Morning Blend (click to watch).
- It’s really just a perfect day to acknowledge and appreciate whoever crosses your path; valentine’s cards or kisses for everyone.
- Take grandma to lunch, especially connect with folks who are missing someone special.
- Instead of flowers & chocolate, get creative; call a babysitter and recreate a great date; get him a hands-free phone headset so he can be safe behind the wheel, or some other gift that says, “I love you and want you to be safe.”
- Have a Parks & Rec Galentine’s Day girls’ night out.
- Are you on your own by choice or default? Treat yourself with a spa day or a little “me time.
- If you DO plan to stay home and sulk, I have the perfect drinks coming up…
Games for groups. Actually, these are all designed around getting to know each other a little better any time. Sure you can use these among friends, couples or not. But they can be adapted to other events, like networking or company retreats.
- Ice Breaker: Write an interesting tid bit about yourself or your relationship (“we met in a grocery store”), put the paper in a bowl, then pull them one by one and the group guesses who it is.
- Truth or Treachery: Tell a story (true or not) (“I hitchhiked to Alaska”), then the group votes on whether or not they believe it. The most surprising – or devious – wins.
- Whaddya Know: Played like the old Newlyweds TV game show. Make a list of questions about relationship that each person answers separately. Couples then take turns guessing how their mates answered them. Very illuminating! Winners get couples massage & losers also do because they clearly need it.
Valentine’s Day Cocktails for Grandma, groups, parties or solo!
Champagne or Prosecco with Strawberry Hearts Ingredients: Berries of your choice, add mint or lavender if you want, Champagne or prosecco Directions: Crush and freeze berries with a little water in heart cubes; Pour bubbly over
Bee Mine Ingredients: 1 1/2 ounce Tequila Don Julio Blanco, 1/2 ounce Fresh Lemon Juice, 1/2 ounce Mesquite Honey Syrup, Prosecco Preparation: Combine Tequila Don Julio Blanco, fresh lemon juice and honey syrup into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain contents into a coupe glass. Top with prosecco.
Prickly Heart Margarita Ingredients: 2 ounces of your favorite tequila, 1 ounce fresh-squeezed lime juice, 1 ounce Cointreau, 1 ounce prickly pear syrup, margarita salt for the rim Preparation: Shake in a cocktail shaker with ice for at least 20 seconds; Strain into a salted rimmed glass, over a large ice cube; Garnish with a lime slice
Raspberry Pink Champagne Floats Ingredients: 2-3 scoops raspberry sorbet, 1 cup pink champagne, fresh raspberries for garnish Preparation: Place scoops of sorbet in large wine glass; Pour champagne over the sorbet; Top with raspberries.
Last but certainly not least, show your love by taking care of yourself & each other: Please call a Lyft or Uber to get yourself home safely – because somebody loves you!
Wishing you love on Valentine’s Day and every day! Jennifer
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