{"id":1245,"date":"2013-02-12T17:07:01","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T01:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/guides\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2013-02-12T17:07:01","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T01:07:01","slug":"guide-to-celebrating-valentines-day-bay-area-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/guides\/2013\/02\/12\/guide-to-celebrating-valentines-day-bay-area-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Celebrating Valentine’s Day, Bay Area Style"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valentine’s Day is upon us. Images of hearts and cupids are everywhere. What’s on your agenda for this special day? If you’re still open to ideas, we’ve got some for you.<\/p>\n

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INSPIRING GIFTS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

What\u2019s on the menu for Valentine\u2019s Day? This year, it\u2019s all about salt, sugar, bacon and beer. And chocolate, of course, in every way from molten to heart-shaped. Here’s a pick<\/a> from our list of delectable local treats.
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DELECTABLE RECIPES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A box of chocolates and flowers might earn you some points, but you\u2019ll definitely score by making something homemade. And you don\u2019t even have to create something overly complicated. It\u2019s the thought that counts. So here is a heartfelt and handmade recipe for Gooey Baked S\u2019mores<\/a>. Plop a heart-shaped marshmallow on top of some chocolate and a graham cracker, light it on fire and you are set! It is that easy. And that tasty!
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ACTIVITIES FOR SINGLES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

So you don\u2019t have a boo. No biggie. Sure, it\u2019s fun to hold hands and have someone buy you an eclair for no reason and all that jazz. Loving someone else is super. But there\u2019s another form of love that predates loving someone else: the love you have for yourself a.k.a. The Greatest Love of All!\u00a0 Here are a few ideas of ways to spend your Valentine\u2019s Day. Read it here on KQED Pop<\/a>.
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RULES FOR ONLINE ROMANCE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Conversation hearts and chocolate samplers fill the grocery aisles, your inbox is filled with coupon deals for roses and romantic dates, and your grandmother has yet again asked if you have a \u201cspecial friend.\u201d Dan Slater, author of Love in the Time of Algorithms<\/a> <\/em>visited KQED\u2019s Forum<\/a> recently. Here’s some advice<\/a> on how to make sense of the online dating scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valentine’s Day is upon us. Images of hearts and cupids are everywhere. What’s on your agenda for this special day? If you’re still open to ideas, we’ve got some for you. INSPIRING GIFTS What\u2019s on the menu for Valentine\u2019s Day? This year, it\u2019s all about salt, sugar, bacon and beer. And chocolate, of course, in … Continue reading Guide to Celebrating Valentine’s Day, Bay Area Style<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11431,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6,7,39,54,71],"coauthors":[],"series":[],"affiliates":[],"programs":[],"collections":[],"interests":[],"class_list":["post-1245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-bay-area","tag-bay-area-bites","tag-kqed-pop","tag-san-francisco","tag-valentines-day"],"acf":{"template_type":"standard","featured_image_type":"standard"},"template_type":null,"featured_image_type":null,"is_audio_post":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11431"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"affiliates","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/affiliates?post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"programs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs?post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"collections","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collections?post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"interests","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/interests?post=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}