VALENTINE’S DAY. It’s already Valentine’s Day 2023! How to celebrate this date of lovers with dignity? What menu? Which music ? Or what movie? Find all our file.
[Mis à jour le 14 février 2023 à 22h02] For Valentine’s Day, the most romantic among us have surely already planned their program for a few days already, but taken by the vagaries of life, it is also possible, great romantic as we are, to have takes time. No problem, if you lack ideas to spend an original Valentine’s Day, to concoct a Valentine’s Day menu as glamorous as it is delicious, for your playlist of romantic music or your selection of Valentine’s Day films to watch without moderation throughout the week, you should find the shoe that suits you in our complete file. Note that if you don’t have the time to organize yourself for this Tuesday, February 14, the option of setting up a little romantic getaway this weekend and having a good Valentine’s Day 2023 a little offbeat is always possible!
- Cook for a night : Cyril Lignac will only have to put away his apron. The trick is to make very simple things but with a lot of originality (for example a salad of mango and fresh goat cheese), in order to surprise him or her and avoid burning the hood. Consult recipes on the Journal des Femmes or cookbooks and decorate your plates like the greatest chefs.
- Impersonate Tom Cruise : To make the party a little crazier, why don’t you go for a house cocktail ? But be careful, prefer a slightly glamorous recipe, the Ti punch is great but the Sex on the Beach is just hot! Another option, if you live in Paris or the inner suburbs, dig into the cellar ofAll Aperitif Night which delivers to homes from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
- Valentine’s Day by candlelight : Become a real specialist aesthetics for an evening. Go do some shopping at the local Sephora to concoct a beauty program for her. On the menu, a relaxing bath with scented oils, a mask and a moisturizing facial treatment, to finish with a massage. All in an atmosphere of zen music and candlelight. (And also: Learn how to do a head massage)
- Make exceptional what is not really : “How about we have a movie night together… at home?” After all, you don’t need to pull out all the stops to have a nice romantic evening, and then anyway, finding a babysitter at the last minute is mission impossible. You skipped Valentine’s Day, so you’ll have to keep a low profile and even make some concessions on the choice of film. The opportunity to see “Casablanca” again, “9 1/2 weeks” or “In the mood for love”…
- Bluff : “How are you not ready? Because tonight I’m taking you to the hotel!” Breaking the routine with an improvised night in a hotel at the last minute is a Valentine’s Day that you are likely to remember for a while. If no hotel room should be available within 100 kilometers, we will still have to find a way to make this evening at least in the top 5 of the year. We let you dig.
In addition to the classic bouquet of flowers, women will particularly appreciate a bottle of their favorite perfume, but also a pendant, a ring or a bracelet engraved with your names or the date of your meeting, a frame with a pretty romantic photo of your couple, a bookmark with a sweet little message, and, of course, dinner in a gourmet restaurant!
As for men, they like to be surprised. If he’s an adventurer, take him on an escape game or dine in an unusual restaurant. If he likes humor, find him a funny gift: mini golf for the toilet, scratch map of the world… The avant-garde. These gift ideas are not lacking on the web! Finally, if your man is a stressed person, take him for a duo massage in a spa with an enchanting atmosphere like La Sultane de Saba in Paris.
What if you prefer to stay warm at home? If you really want to get into the kitchen, many cooking sites give more varied ideas than the others. An unusual element can be to include in your dish aphrodisiac ingredients such as oysters, chocolate or ginger. As for drinks, learn how to make a cocktail will add even more sparkle to your date. The combinations of cocktails are almost endless and, again, many sites guide you step by step in their preparation.
Among the most successful recipes, many give pride of place to seafood and light textures:
- Entrance : THE love cherry tomatoes
- Flat : THE Carpaccio of scallops with mango and its balsamic vinegar caramel…
- Dessert : THE forbidden whirlpool (a combination of different textures in the same dark chocolate, pecan nut and caramel cake)
- Decoration: Why not decorate your table with an original napkin fold? How to make a recipe from A to Z for the chosen one of your heart?
Dinner at a restaurant or by candlelight is the preferred type of meal to celebrate Valentine’s Day. But what to do when you lack the means or if you are a poor cook? In the first case, good cheap and nice plans exist to put your nose outside while pleasing your other half. It is often enough to find them on the internet: in Paris, “capital of lovers”, there is no shortage of good deals between a dinner-concert on a docked boat, a romantic brunch or a dinner punctuated by a lover’s playlist. Paris is also home to romantic restaurants just waiting to be discovered. Not all restaurants always offer menus specially prepared for Valentine’s Day, but discovering these addresses with a cozy atmosphere, often nestled in secret alleys or in historic districts in Paris or in the provinces, are worth the detour on this day. so special:
The capital of love is full of many addresses with an intimate atmosphere to celebrate Valentine’s Day this Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Discover without further delay our selection of hotels, restaurants and outings outdoors or indoors in Paris and elsewhere :
We cannot recommend a romantic getaway to our villages in France, from Castelnau-de-Montmiral in Occitanie to Veules-les-Roses in Normandy via Riquewihr in Alsace:
To live a beautiful romance for two over an extended weekend, book yourself a getaway to these castles, restaurants and gardens of France historically marked by love with a capital A. Follow the trail of poets, writers and novelists like Apollinaire, Victor Hugo, Aragon, Ronsard, George Sand, Simone de Beauvoir or even sovereigns like Henri II or Napoleon Bonaparte… Dig into our ideas for outings below, meeting places for the most famous lovers of history :
What romantic movies to watch on Valentine’s Day?
La La Land, On the road to Madison, 4 Weddings & 1 Funeral, Love at first sight in Notting Hill, Love Actually, The secret of Brokeback Mountain, When Harry met Sally, Ghost, Call Me By Your Name… Notice to couples film lovers, for this February 14, we have concocted a selection of the most beautiful love stories immortalized in cinema, from the great classics to romantic comedies and romances that will make you shed tears:
On the occasion of your Valentine’s Day dinner, we invite you to make this moment even more perfect thanks to our playlist of the best love songs among the most significant of the last 70 years, in French, in English, taken from mostly movies. Still Loving You of Scorpios, Do not leave me by Jacques Brel or even Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley, we let you discover them in music, with the lyrics and the story behind:
Here are the days of the week on which Valentine’s Day will take place following the next Valentine’s Day, starting on Valentine’s Day 2023:
- Valentine’s Day 2023: Tuesday February 14th
- Valentine’s Day 2024: Wednesday February 14th
- Valentine’s Day 2025: Friday February 14th