POLL: Valentine's Day, Love it or Hate It?

What are your feelings about the red, white and pink holiday? Vote in our poll below.

Happy Valentine's Day, Canton! For some, today is just another day. For others, it is a day to shower a significant other with cards, candy, jewelry and gifts. Many feel passionate about hating the commercialized-Hallmark Day, and others love to spread the love. What are your thoughts on V-Day? Vote in our poll below and and share your comments in the comments section.

• Photos (2)

Roses are Red, and Sometimes Pink

Selecting the right flowers for your sweetie is important. Here's a hint: roses are usually a good idea.

While some people go all out for Valentine's Day, all you really need is a box of good chocolate and a bottle or two of wine to keep many women happy. But Valentine's Day is on a Tuesday, which means that all the other women in her office will be receiving bouquets of flowers at their desks. So, even women who aren't big fans of Valentine's Day (such as this writer,) always liked receiving flowers at the office. There are plenty of places in town to buy flowers. Here's our listing of florists in Canton: According to ProFlowers.com the color of your roses is important. Give your girlfriend yellow roses might seem like a good idea if her favorite color is yellow, but not if you want to keep her as a girlfriend. Here's a simple guide: Red …

•  1 Comment
• Photos (1)

Canton-based Dunkin' Donuts Gets in the Valentine's Day Spirit with Heart-Shaped Treats

In time for Valentine’s Day, eat your hearts out with two varieties of Dunkin’ Donuts’ heart-shaped donuts.

February may be the shortest month of the year, but at Dunkin’ Donuts it might also be the sweetest, thanks to the return of heart-shaped donuts. Just in time for Valentine’s Day season, Dunkin’ Donuts has two delicious ways for sweethearts to show their love.  The Cupid’s Choice Donut is a heart-shaped donut filled with Bavarian Kreme, topped with strawberry icing and a festive mix of pink, white and red heart-shaped sprinkles. The new Chocolate Heart Donut is a chocolate frosted heart-shaped donut with vanilla buttercreme filling, topped with chocolate chips. Both donuts will be available at participating Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants nationwide through the end of February. “We introduced heart-shaped donuts last Valentine’s Day as our …

• Photos (2)

Canton Couple Celebrates 60th Anniversary This Year

Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Goodman talk about the keys to their successful marriage on Valentine's Day.

They were set up on a blind date in 1951, and 60 years later they are still going strong. Doris and Ted Goodman say the secret to a successful life together is to give each other respect, do not go to bed mad and do not hold a grudge. “You can’t stay together for 60 years if you don’t have some sort of tolerance of different ideas…and respect for each other is very important,” said Doris, adding the couple was friends first, though Ted argues he fell in love with her the moment he met her. The couple met at a fraternity party while students at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Their names were matched up alphabetically when the list of boys was aligned with the list of girls to see which boy would invite which girl to the dance. …

• Photos (1)

Great Escape

Great Escape: Center Field's Dinner for Two

Why not take advantage of Center Field's Valentine's Dinner special any night this weekend?

When is the last time you were able to get away from it all and go out for a night with just your significant other? If date nights have been far and few between, it is time to change that.  In honor of Valentine's Day, this week's Great Escape is for all the couples out there looking for a good Valentine's Day special. If a big, fancy, expensive crowded restaurant is not your scene, then look no further. Center Field's Restaurant is featuring a $29.95 special for dinner for two which includes soup or salad, choice of entree and dessert.  At $15 per person, that's a great local deal for a night out. Entree choices include Prime Rib, Pecan Encrusted Salmon, Apple and Cranberry stuffed Chicken, and Fettucini Carbonara, just to name a few. …

• Photos (3)

Photo Gallery: Spring Out of the Snow

A visit to a local florist is a sure way to remember that spring is on the way, regardless of the weather forecast.

Not many flowers are blooming outdoors this time of year–at least not in Canton.  However, step inside a local florist shop and you will be whisked away into a season of sun, beautiful blooms and cheerful arrangements. Enough to snap you out of your snow-coma for a few minutes, at least. And just in time for Valentine's Day! Canton Flowers By Ami, located at 1 Washington Street, allowed a Patch photogragher to preview some beautiful flowers available for Valentine's Day, or any time you need cheering up this winter.

• Photos (7)

Bites Nearby

Bites Nearby: Coriander Bistro

Coriander Bistro is located in nearby Sharon and offers hot, exotic Indian food perfect for Valentine's Day.

Coriander Bistro–There's something romantic about spicy Indian food.  The heat? The burning feeling on your lips? The tendency to take little nibbles of perfectly seasoned cuisine?  All of these features are perfect for a Valentine’s meal with your sweetie. Coriander Bistro offers fine Indian cuisine at reasonable prices. While the menu is exotic, each item is given a delectable description, taking the guesswork out of foreign-sounding dishes. The waitstaff is impeccably polite and friendly, and the ambiance of the restaurant is romantic, with high ceilings, soft lighting and a small but well-spaced seating arrangement. It is nicely decorated in a combination of Indian and Nepalese décor.  As a Valentine’s Day special event, owner Ram …

• Photos (1)

Memoirs from Motherhood: The Parenting Patch

Making Valentine's Day a Little Sweeter

Need a simple recipe that is sure to please chocoholics young and old this Valentine's Day?

 It’s about that time, parents–Valentine’s Day is almost upon us.  Ah, yes the wondrous day is filled with candy hearts, chocolate, roses and Hallmark greeting cards filled with sweet sentiments.    Maybe you will make dinner reservations at a nice restaurant with your significant other or maybe you will be tearing your hair out when your child shares with you at the last moment that you need to buy a couple dozen cheesy Valentine cards for him or her to pass out at school the very next day.  At our house, we try to do a couple low-key homemade things to celebrate in our own way and not spend a lot of money. After all, the sentiment behind the day is showing your love and what better way than to make a little something?  In past years, I’…

• Photos (6)