Melissa’s Produce: For My Love Basket Valentine’s Giveaway!

Melissa’s Produce Valentine’s Day Giveaway!

By Erin

Are you ready for Valentine’s Day? Melissa’s Produce has some perfect gift baskets for Valentine’s day, like this “For My Love” Basket ($96.79).

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I am partnering with Melissa’s Produce to giveaway one of these special baskets to one of our readers to show our love and appreciation for all of you! Will you be our Valentine? 😉 

Melissa's Produce Fruit & Wine Gift Basket Giveaway
Giving your loved one a beautifully wrapped basketful of Melissa’s premium Butterscotch Pears combined with decadent Chocolate Toffee Almonds and Chocolate Bridge Mix, and finally a bottle of sparkling 2013 Schramsberg Blanc de Blanc, you will surely win their heart.

Schramsberg Blanc de Blanc was the first wine Schramsberg produced in 1965 and was America’s first commercially produced Chardonnay-based brut sparkling wine. It gained international recognition in 1972 when then President Nixon served the wine at the historic “Toast to Peace” in Beijing, China.

The Schramsberg style of Blanc de Blancs is dry and crisp. Small lots of malolactic- and barrel-fermented wines are added for complexity. With its vibrant, fruitful and crisp nature, this sparkling wine will maintain its freshness, structure and refined finish for many years, even decades following its initial release.

“The 2013 Blanc de Blancs has bright and fresh aromas of grapefruit, mango, apricot, lemon, and white peach. The fruitful fragrance intermingles with hints of fresh bread, vanilla cream pie, and rose petals. Freshly sliced Gravenstein apples, zesty citrus, and bright pineapple flavors carry vibrant length on the palate.” – Winemakers Keith Hock and Hugh Davies.

Deliciously paired with Melissa’s premium Butterscotch Pears and combined with decadent Chocolate Toffee Almonds and a Chocolate Bridge Mix, you can’t go wrong with this winning combo for you and your Valentine to share!

Note: How to enter for a chance to win!
 Open to US Residents in the 48 contiguous states. +21 years of age and older where wine can be shipped as the signature of an adult 21 years of age or older is required at delivery. No purchase necessary. Must enter for a chance to win. Ends 2/12 at 12AM PST. For all contest rules please see the Sweepstakes tab on my blog. Good-Luck everyone!! Enter below through the Rafflecopter.

For some extra entries be sure to check us out on instagram too and mark that you did that in the rafflecopter as well. 😉

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The following prohibit the shipment of any citrus into their state: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, and Hawaii

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Good-Luck and Happy Valentine’s Day!!

https://www.horsingaroundinla.com/2018/01/29/valentines-day-dinner-catal-restaurant-downtown-disney/Valentine’s Day Dinner at Catal Restaurant in Downtown Disney

Valentine’s Day Dinner at Catal Restaurant!

By Erin

Got plans for Valentine’s Day yet? All you Disney and foodie lovers will love this! On February 14th, Valentine’s Day, Catal Restaurant in the heart of Downtown Disney, is serving an exquisite 3 course dinner featuring the finest cuisine perfectly crafted by Chef Alfonso Ramirez. There are many options like Filet Mignon, Lobster Pappardelle, Rack of Lamb and many other gourmet dishes to satisfy your palate. You can also quench your thirst with some delightful specialty hand crafted holiday cocktails that are mixed just for couples. If you’re planning to make it a family night, they will also have a regular kids menu available. Spend a few hours in the parks at Disneyland enjoying some rides and some shows before dinner with your honey or your family and end it with a romantic dinner for two (or more) at Catal to make it the most memorable and magical Valentine’s Day yet!

Details

Valentine’s Dinner at Catal Restaurant
Date: February 14, 2018
Time: 4:00pm-9:00pm
Location: Downtown Disney

*Cost: $85 per person (kids can order off of the regular kids menu)

*Valentine’s Dinner Menu

*Champagne special – With the purchase of a bottle of Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Reserve, guests will take home two champagne flutes with a Catal heart wine charm

*Musical entertainment

*Flowers throughout the restaurant

RACK OF LAMB with couscous salad, carrots, cumin, tatziki sauce, harissa and cilantro slaw.

With so many delicious options, which will you choose? Make sure to save some room for dessert too because we all know dessert is the best part! 😉

CHOCOLATE MOUSSE CAKE with macerated berries and dark chocolate tuile.
So what are you waiting for? Go book a reservation today and wow your sweetheart with this magical dining adventure at the happiest place on earth. Reservations will go fast with this one, so don’t wait! Visit Catal Restaurant for more information about the menu and book your Valentine’s table now.

Flowers, And Candy And Hearts, Oh My

Flowers, And Candy And Hearts, Oh My

By Erin

Vaelntine’s Day can be a sticky subject for many. People either love it, hate it, or could just care less. Those that have someone to spend it with may love it. Those that are single may hate it and have Anti-Valentine’s Day Parties or refer to the day as “Single’s Awareness Day.”

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Being single myself, I can’t really say the day has much meaning to me right now. I am my own Valentine.

The times I have been in a relationship though,  I haven’t minded it. It was nice to have someone to spend it with, but I would rather have my Valentine  365 days a year for the rest of my life. Not just on one very commercialized holiday to do something special to show my Valentine I care and to tell them that I love them. It should be something you do throughout the year because you want to and truly love and cherish the one you’re with. Not because some holiday tells you that you are supposed to do this.

In conjunction with the whole #putitintheuniverse idea, this is me putting it out there, on the things I’d love my future Valentine to do for me or with me any day of the year.

Until then, I’ll just be treating myself to a few of these things when I can.

Happy Valentines Day 2015

 1) Spa Day

What girl doesn’t love a good spa day? A day filled with relaxation, a facial, massage, manicure and pedicure sounds wonderful to me!

Burke Williams has a package that pretty much covers this. 😉

True Love

Indulge in a Spa Pedicure with a 50-minute Pure Relaxation massage with enhancement -and- a 50-minute Spa Style Facial with peel. Just $259 (regularly $328), $279 in San Francisco (regularly $360).

Glen Ivy Hot Springs is also a wonderful place to spend a spa day laying out by one of the pools, enjoying some spa treatments, and a healthy snack or lunch.

Spa Day

 

2) A Special Meal Together (Dinner, Brunch, Lunch)

Wether it’s dinner, brunch, lunch or breakfast; as long as you’re together to enjoy a great meal at a place you love or are curious to explore is sure to create a special moment. Here are a few of my favorite places (I have MANY favorites!!) that I have had the pleasure to be able to dine out at. From left to right: Club 33 at Disneyland, Darren’s in Manhattan Beach, and Dominique’s Kitchen in Redondo Beach.

Dinner Love

3) A Getaway Weekend

Taking a drive up the coast to one of the central California cities of Pismo Beach, Morro Bay, Cambria, Carmel or San Luis Obispo is always a special and romantic weekend in my book. The beach, amazing food, wine tasting, horseback riding, shopping, just exploring to see what new things you can find, whatever your hearts desire, you can probably find it somewhere around one of these places. Santa Barbara, San Diego, Mammoth, Big Bear, the river, and Vegas also make for some fun quick getaway weekends in California. No matter where you live though, each state has it’s own unique places and cities to check out. What are some locals you enjoy visiting?

A couple of my favorite places to stay at for a weekend away include:

The Madonna Inn: A very quirky and unique place, with an amazing steak house and spa complete with infinity pool. Each room is different, no two are alike.

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Blue Dolphin Inn of Cambria Inns: For an amazing ocean view and for some equally amazing sunsets; stay at the Blue Dolphin Inn. With breakfast, fireplaces, and the ocean just outside your door, you won’t want to leave this beach paradise.

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4)Flowers

I’m always a sucker for a beautiful arrangement of flowers. I love nature and pretty things, I spend much time in my own garden, taking care of the roses, flowers, and fruit trees. It’s nice to be able to take some of this beauty and bring it indoors, even if it’s only for a short bit. My favorite place to ever have gotten flowers from is Disney Floral & Gifts. A little bit of magic and pixie dust just makes it that much more special.

Flowers

5) Chocolates/Favorite Candies

A sweet treat can brighten up any day. One of my favorite kinds of Chocolates I’ve EVER had is from this place, called Pure Madness Chocolate. It’s heaven in a box…. seriously.

Chocolates

6) Wine/Beer Tasting

Wine or beer tasting always leads to a fun adventure. Find some new favorites or revisit  some old loves. No matter where you live, you should be able to find a winery or a tasting room not too far away. One of my favorite places to go around here is to Malibu for some wine tasting. It makes for a beautiful drive, and there are many wonderful wineries and eateries (since you’ll need something to go with all that wine or beer 😉 to choose from. A little bit farther away, but still doable for a day trip in Southern California, is in Temecula, there are many great places to choose from there as well. Cheers!

Wine Tasting

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