(The Stonewall riots are often credited with the beginning of the modern gay rights movement.) Also included in the list were the riots in Egypt, which took place earlier this year, Purple Rain Protest in Cape Town, South Africa (1989), Tiananmen Square, China (1989), Muharram Protests in Iran (1978), Moratorium Against the Vietnam War (1969), Civil Rights March on Washington (1963) and the Boston Tea Party (1773).
]]>1. Take your loved one on a replica of your first date.
2. Don’t go straight for the obvious. This is a holiday to show your partner you know and love them; don’t give them chocolates if they are off carbs or flowers if they are allergic or the worst – jewellery if they don’t even wear watch!
3. Leave little love post it notes over the house for them to find, in the bathroom, on the coffee filter and on their windscreen. Use pet names or just tell them why you love them.
4. A single red rose speaks volumes over the screaming of your Amex bill for 200. Remember it’s not what you spend, it’s what it means. The best gift I ever got was a chocolate egg!
5. Make a reservation! Don’t leave it to the last minute and hope for the best – check out OpenTable.com.
6. Stay in, cook a meal, get the wine flowing and snuggle up, the quality time will be appreciated.
Making the effort will speak volumes about your love.
7. With a black marker pen write love messages along the length of a kitchen roll. Unroll it along the floor from the door they will enter to where you are. It’s a treasure trail and the treasure is you.
8. Get them a gift they wouldn’t get themselves. It shows you know what they need. E.g. a set of wine glasses if they drink wine out of a cup. Or a smart drink stirrer if they always mix drinks with the back end of a knife!
9. Go away for the night; there are plenty of amazing hotels in Florida or places to visit. Take the night and go to a hotel and be on vacation for the one night. 1
0. MY Favourite which I did once, is arrange to meet your partner at a bar and pretend you don’t know each other, either role play with your fantasy characters or just have a first date without the pressure.
Valentine’s day is named after early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 500 AD. Its association with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, began when the tradition of courtly love flourished. It’s a precarious holiday; if you are single you either revel in the hope or the hate of the holiday of love. If you are partnered this one day of the whole year could make or break your relationship. Don’t worry we have you covered whatever your situation with a selection of our ‘Top 10’s’ to enjoy or to smugly resent those ‘sucked into a hallmark holiday’! Enjoy!
My Top 10 Valentine’s Day movies to sob to or snuggle with your loved one.
1 Pretty Woman
2 Notting Hill
3 Gone with the Wind
4 Casablanca
5 Titanic
6 Sleepless in Seattle
7 The Wedding Planner
8 P.S. I love You
9 The Notebook
10 When Harry Met Sally
‘You don’t need to text me,
I am already here’
‘If this bar is a meat market,
you must be the prime rib.’
‘Do you come here often?’
‘If I followed you home,
would you keep me?’
‘Hi. You’ll do.’
‘Let’s go to my place and do the things
I’ll tell everyone we did anyway.’
‘Unlock please.’
‘Can I buy you a drink
or do you just want the money?’
‘What’s a slut like you doing in a
classy joint like this??’
‘That’s a nice shirt;
it would go great with my floor.’
1 Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
2 My Funny Valentine – Ella Fitzgerald
3 I will always love you – Dolly Parton
4 Stand By Your Man – Tammy Wynette
5 Everything I do (I do it for you) – Bryan Adams
6 Hopelessly Devoted To You – Olivia Newton John
7 The Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
8 It Must Have Been Love – Roxette
9 How Do I Live – LeAnn Rimes
10 Save the Best For Last – Vanessa Williams
1 Sleeping With the Enemy
2 War of the Roses
3 Fatal Attraction
4 The First Wives Club
5 The Break Up
6 The Valentine’s Day Massacre
7 American Beauty
8 Enough
9 Basic Instinct
10 Ruthless People
1 D.I.V.O.R.C.E – Dolly Parton
2 Your Cheating Heart – Hank Williams
3 Your Lying Eyes – The Eagles
4 Love Hurts – Cher
5 Single Ladies – Beyonce
6 I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
7 I’ll never fall in love again – Dionne Warwick
8 I Who Have Nothing – Shirley Bassey
9 Only Fools Rush in – Elvis
10 Till Death Do Us Part – Madonna