Valentine's Day - February 14
We celebrate love on Valentine's Day. Of course, romantic love is mostly celebrated, but I think love, in general, deserves a day! I have written about the history of St. Valentine's Day in the Ideas section, where I provide a few gift suggestions for the one you love.
Through the ages, philosophers and poets have elegantly written about "love". A few of my favorites:
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Lao Tzu
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don't have it, no matter what else there is, it's not enough.
Ann Landers
I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Helen Keller
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Super Bowl Fever!
Although online Tournesol is a "national" store, our brick and mortar shop is located in wonderful Shadyside area of Pittsburgh...which means we are Steelers fans! Regardless of whether you actually enjoy watching the football game (which I do), the Super Bowl is the perfect opportunity for a party. Choosing a team to cheer on makes the party even more fun!
Many Super Bowl parties end up with women in one room and men in another room. One way to bring everyone together at least four times during the game is to have an activity. The following is great, because it doesn't take a lot of time and everyone enjoys it!
* Take a large square of poster board and draw a 10 square x 10 square grid on numbering each square from 0-100.
* Put the name of one team at the top and the other team on the side.
* Your guests will purchase squares for a nominal amount. Typically, $1 per square will do.
* At the end of each quarter, take the last number of each team's score and find the corresponding square. For example, if the Steelers are ahead 17 - 3, you would go to square 7 and then go down 3 squares.
* The person who bought that square would win the "pot" for that quarter.
Although it would be nice to say that I hope that whichever team you are cheering on wins, I honestly cannot...but I do hope you all have a great time! Enjoy the game! Go Steelers!!!
Many Super Bowl parties end up with women in one room and men in another room. One way to bring everyone together at least four times during the game is to have an activity. The following is great, because it doesn't take a lot of time and everyone enjoys it!
* Take a large square of poster board and draw a 10 square x 10 square grid on numbering each square from 0-100.
* Put the name of one team at the top and the other team on the side.
* Your guests will purchase squares for a nominal amount. Typically, $1 per square will do.
* At the end of each quarter, take the last number of each team's score and find the corresponding square. For example, if the Steelers are ahead 17 - 3, you would go to square 7 and then go down 3 squares.
* The person who bought that square would win the "pot" for that quarter.
Although it would be nice to say that I hope that whichever team you are cheering on wins, I honestly cannot...but I do hope you all have a great time! Enjoy the game! Go Steelers!!!
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