Just when you can't stand seeing the tired looking heart shaped boxes of assorted milk chocolates crammed together with the usual suspects of Valentines Day offerings at your local drug store, along comes a breath of fresh air and some new ideas.
Anya Wabnig, a Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising grad and daughter of the founder of The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills, wanted to offer more ways to express the mood and food of lovers.
Her hand made Valentines Day cards feature manipulated images of cheese, but look playfully like the retro VD cards we passed out as kids.
She says, "If you're not feeling it this year or getting a divorce, turn what could be a sad and depressing evening into an instant celebration with any of the "Bitch Baskets."
The "Bitch" series of baskets:
BitchNBox, Lucky Bitch and Bitch.
Let the love flow this year and splurge on something extravagant. Set aside your eco/efficiencies and dust off your wealth conciousness, splurge on a little luxury.
Think of the benefits. Red wines have lots of healthy resveratrol, purported to be high in anti-oxidants with other anti-inflammatory and anti-aging characteristics.
Chocolate seems to continue it's rise up the food chain. Yahoo recently posted an article about "Three New Health Benefits of Chocolate."
Imagine that dark chocolate can stimulate the blood flow into the cerebum, which encourages the brain to grow new blood vessels and brain cells! That one benefit alone could help you break even with all the blood cells lost drinking beer in your misspent youth.
I like the idea of turning Valentines Day into a celebration of Love, period. So love the one you're with... or not, but love yourself too. Perhaps if we shared a little more love with the world, well think of the possibilities..., because who knew chocolate was a health food?
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