Inspiration for Celebrating Date Night at Home for Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine’s weekend, friends! With days passing slowly, it’s hard to believe it’s already mid-February, isn’t it?

This time last year my husband booked a romantic getaway to the Kenwood Inn & Spa in the Sonoma Valley. We had been keeping an eye on the news and understood it might be our last getaway for awhile with the pandemic on the horizon. In some ways that made the trip all the more special and we savored the little details even more than usual. Little did we know how much ‘home time’ we would all have in the coming year. Read about one of our favorite stays in wine country: A Mediterranean Style Getaway to Kenwood Inn & Spa in the Sonoma Valley.

This year, we will be staying home and celebrating with our tradition of ordering a catered dinner from our local favorite in Chico, Bacio Catering. If the weather cooperates we will dine alfresco as we have on previous Valentine’s Days where we lucked out on the weather. A brilliant sunset would be an extra special bonus, especially this year.

A few ideas for Valentine’s Day inspiration:

10 Ideas to Celebrate Valentine’s Day at Home This Year from Town & Country Magazine.

20 of the Best Valentine’s Day Movies Ever Made

Tour Some of the World’s Greatest Landmarks Without Leaving Home

We are looking forward to Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy on CNN (debuting Valentine’s Evening)

Follow Stanley Tucci for mixology inspiration

In whatever way you plan to celebrate this weekend wishing you love, joy, and fun!

Ciao!

Heather

Previous posts on romance travel and date night:

Valentine's Day Eye-Candy Plus Our Favorite Kind of Surprise

With the cold, damp, often drab days of February upon us, I thought it would be fun to share a little Valentine’s Day themed eye-candy to warm us up.

Anything strike your fancy?

Ready for Valentine’s Day? Hearts, roses, chocolates, bling, a spa day (this has my vote), a movie night, a walk in the park, homemade chocolate chip cookies or a takeout dinner for two at home?

Romantic, kitchy, chill, skip it…..whatever strikes your fancy is what Valentine’s Day should be about.

Valentine’s Day View From Home

For the last several years Mr. C.T. and I have skipped the crowds and celebrated at home with a gourmet take-out dinner from our favorite Bacio Catering here in Chico. Dinner is always delicious and the weather sometimes cooperates for an usually warm al fresco dinner on the terrace.

A fabulous sunset was an extra bonus! More at Valentine’s Evening at Home.

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As it turns out we will be changing it up this year. My husband thoughtfully tucked a Valentine’s Day weekend getaway to wine country under the Christmas tree for me. It must be challenging to surprise a travel advisor with a trip, but Mr. C.T. nailed it!

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The Kenwood Inn is a charming old-world style spa hotel in the Sonoma Valley wine country and it’s been on my list to experience for many years. We are looking forward to spa treatments, wine tasting, world-class dining plus an ‘aphrodite dinner’ event during our 2-night-stay.

Follow along with us in wine country on Curated Travel Instagram.

By the way, if you are considering a romantic movie or two here are some ideas. Roman Holiday is one of my favorites for obvious Italy based reasons. :)

Do you have any fun plans for Valentine’s Day?

xx

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