An editorial house for couples and the curious — stories, poems, gifts, and the small ceremonies that make a relationship feel like one.
Twelve years in, a lukewarm cup of coffee, and a sentence that rearranged the furniture of our marriage.
"In bed, with the light off, he asks me to tell him a story. I tell him a story I have told him a hundred times. He listens like it is the first."
A love letter to long-distance, the 4am text, and the strange intimacy of asynchronous tenderness.
An experiment in reintroducing slowness, postage, and the small dignity of a stamped envelope.
After kids, the date night collapsed. Then we stopped trying to revive it and built something new.
The city of Romeo and Juliet hosts four days of heart-shaped lights, lantern walks, and love-letter readings across Piazza dei Signori. A free public festival held every February around Valentine's Day.
Annual Valentine's Day weddings and vow renewals on the 86th-floor observation deck, a New York City tradition since 1994. Tickets and ceremony slots open each January.
Mail your Valentine to "Loveland, CO 80538" and the city volunteers will hand-stamp it with a verse and the Loveland cachet before forwarding it on. Free, running since 1947.
Four weeks of pink-petal walks along the Tidal Basin, paddle-boat rides, and an opening ceremony at the Warner Theatre. Free events run mid-March through mid-April.
Every Friday we publish one true love story written by a reader. Send us yours — anonymously or with your full name and a small black-and-white photo.
One essay, one poem, one beautifully chosen object — every Sunday at 7am. Nothing else, ever.