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Valentine's Day

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Cabin John CalTort Re-Opens on Valentine's Day with New Look

After an extensive re-model, Potomac's California Tortilla is boasting a modernized interior.

Nothing says love like burritos. And just in time for Valentine's Day, the California Tortilla in the Cabin John Shopping Center is re-opening with a brand-new look. The Potomac location has undergone an extensive re-model to upgrade the shop's interior. The "Cal-Mex" eatery now boasts a new color palette to match the cool green tones of CalTort's new logo. The re-design comes on the heels of the move and re-model of downtown Bethesda' California Tortilla, which re-opened with the updated look on Cordell Avenue last fall. The chain is in the process of a re-branding effort, and the new look is planned for all of the chain's locations, owner Pam Felix told Patch last year. The Cabin John location has been outfitted with new seating and new …

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Would You Pay $131.70 to Guarantee a Valentine's Day Date?

A dating-auction website claims that more than 2,500 men in the DC area already have done so.

  Valentine's Day can be challenging for people with sweethearts. Trying to figure out the perfect gift can really be stressful. For singles, the day can be even more difficult, but a dating website with a twist aims to boil it all down to something just about everyone can understand—a straight monetary exchange. Apparently, it's a pretty attractive proposition in the DC area. WhatsYourPrice.com recently released the results of a study of singles that found that 369,282 men nationally made offers for first dates in the month leading up to Valentine's Day, with nearly 2,700 of them in the DC region. WhatsYourPrice.com starts out like most other dating sites—a participant uploads a photo and a personal profile. Where it differs is in the "…

Eric S.

11:48 am on Thursday, February 14, 2013

I'm pretty sure that a different website will be very popular today, with people people at least $200 an hour for guaranteed dates. You know, Backpage.   more ›

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Messages of Love

Nineteenth-century love letters and modern sweet tweets prove that communication for couples is timeless.

By Allison Goldstein, Capital News Service When U.S. Navy Surgeon David Shelton Edwards was serving at the Washington Navy Yard in the late 1830s, he kept the spark in his marriage alive by writing eight love letters home to his wife, Harriet Eliza Henry. "Your letters are a sweet cordial to this loving heart of yours, for there can be no substitute for them until I have your own dear self here," Edwards wrote in a July 1835 note to Henry. Over a 13-year span from 1835 to 1848 working in Washington, Pensacola Navy Yard, FL, and aboard several Mexican-American War naval vessels, Edwards wrote his “dearest Eliza” more than 40 notes now part of the National Postal Museum’s collection of thousands of letters in Washington. Today, Skype and …

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Patch Picks: Where to Dine on Valentine's Day

You'll find excellent food and the right atmosphere for you and your Valentine at these Rockville eateries.

Valentine's Day: The Holy Grail of the dinner date.   So where do you go?  Here are five suggestions to get you started: Want to suggest a list? Submit your idea in the comment box.

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