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My grandmother received\u00a0an iron for Valentine’s Day–boy was she steamed! The\u00a0lovely\u00a0lady who led an exciting life —\u00a0singing, dancing and acting on stage\u00a0–dazzled men with her beauty and talents, and broke a string of hearts\u00a0along the way. She\u00a0met the man of her dreams, settled down\u00a0and\u00a0all was well till her husband gave\u00a0her a\u00a0far-too-practical, unromantic\u00a0Valentine’s present, an iron. It must have\u00a0left an impression because she talked about it for years. \u00a0We took her story to heart and as a result,\u00a0we\u00a0do not give household appliances–vacuums, toasters and irons–in lieu of more romantic offerings.<\/p>\n
If you’re hard-pressed for gift ideas, buy the nicest card you can find and\u00a0include this message: “I love you and want to spend time with you. Come away with me on a trip to…” (fill in the blank.) There are many great destinations in California such as\u00a0beaches, redwood forests, mountains and deserts within a day’s drive.\u00a0Spend\u00a0quality time away from household routines\u00a0because reminders of the chores can really kill the romance.\u00a0Here are the tops gifts given on Valentine’s Day last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My grandmother received\u00a0an iron for Valentine’s Day–boy was she steamed! The\u00a0lovely\u00a0lady who led an exciting life —\u00a0singing, dancing and acting on stage\u00a0–dazzled men with her beauty and talents, and broke a string of hearts\u00a0along the way. She\u00a0met the man of her dreams, settled down\u00a0and\u00a0all was well till her husband gave\u00a0her a\u00a0far-too-practical, unromantic\u00a0Valentine’s present, an iron. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19621"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}