His & hers
Flowers, again? It’s time to level up your gift-giving game. Here are ways to make this Valentine’s a day to remember.
DRINK UP
Be one of the boys and challenge your man to a drinking session on Valentine’s Day. He’ll love it that you’re willing to try out things that he enjoys. The Many Varieties of Beer glass, Popchartlab.com
Amp up the romance meter: Buy him three bottles of beer he has not tried before and serve it with a unique glass you just bought. Sweet isn’t it?
CLOSE TO YOUR HEART
One of the things that men use all the time is a pen—to sign documents, jot down notes, share ideas. So why not give him a pen for keeps (like this one made from copper), something that he’d always have close to his heart (breast pocket, we mean). Tactile Turn Mover & Shaker, Light Fix Cut Store, Facebook/LightFixCutStore
Amp up the romance meter: Give the pen to him along with a poem that you have written with it.
WRITE YOUR HEART OUT
If your man is the type who constantly needs a restaurant napkin to write down an idea, a verse, or a lyric, a journal is the perfect gift. Leuchtturm 1917 notebook, National Bookstore
Amp up the romance meter: Write a romantic message on the first page and seal it with a kiss.
PLAY BY EAR
Lovely, mushy messages may be the sweetest music to your lover’s ears. But so are these headphones! B&O Play by Bang and Olufsen in-ear and over-ear headphones
Amp up the romance meter: Make sure that your theme song will be the first song he will hear when you give these to him!
LOVE THE WAY YOU SMELL
Want to keep the love burning this Valentine’s week and every week thereafter? Buy your husband a perfume that’ll make the coming summer nights even hotter. RY by Richard Yap, Avon
Amp up the romance meter: Spray on a body part and kiss it. Spray on another body part and kiss it. Spray and kiss. Spray and kiss. Get our drift?
SURPRISE GETAWAY
Want to ditch the V-day crowd and traffic in the metro? Plan an out-of-town getaway instead. While you’re at it, buy your husband a stylish weekender bag. LeSportsac weekender bag
Amp up the romance meter: Plan the getaway in secret (but make sure your husband is totally free and there is someone to watch over the kids!). Surprise him with his stuff, all packed in his new bag.
GAME OF LOVE
Let your man play his favorite pastime: basketball. Hey, it’s better than other, more dangerous, vices, right? Adidas Lillard rubber shoes
Amp up the romance meter: Watch one of his games and play the cheerleader, complete with placards, banners, and cheers.
FOR THE T-SHIRT KIND OF MAN
Blazers can transform a man. If you’re husband is the T-shirt kind of guy, this is one piece that he’d need to have in his closet. Blazers can easily transform a casual getup into something more formal, something that he can wear at the office or at a party, or at a fine dining restaurant. Tod’s jacket, Rustan’s
Amp up the romance meter: Surprise him with a romantic dinner date at a posh restaurant. If he balks at the idea because of his attire—his usual—present him with this blazer.
STASH ‘EM CLEAN
Every month, your wife is swamped with bills, credit card statements, and receipts. This Valentine’s Day, surprise her with an organized desk. Ring binders, pens, journals, and pouches by Daphne Oseña Paez, National Bookstore
Amp up the romance meter: Take on the task of organizing financial paperworks for two months. It’ll make you appreciate your wife’s hard work and it’ll make her appreciate you more!
CRAVINGS OF THE HEART
You vowed to love her through thick and thin. While this one is very literal, treat your woman to a tummy-bursting feast she’ll surely enjoy. “Who cares if you’re a fatty? I will always love you honey.” All together now. Awww!
Chocolate kisses cake from cravings
Amp up the romance meter: Relive your wedding ceremony and give each other a serving of heart-shaped chocolate cake.
YOU SMELL NICE, HONEY!
When’s the last time you enjoyed a bath together? For Valentine’s Day, send the kids to grandma’s house and ready the bath tub, complete with candles and rose petals. Cream Factory Netherlands goat milk soap; Lush cupid love soap
Amp up the romance meter: Make sure that your skin is extra soft and fragrant.
PUT A LABEL ON IT
Your house’s in disarray? Surprise your wife by organizing the garage or the kitchen, particularly the refrigerator or the pantry. She’d be so happy to see everything properly labeled and in alphabetical order! Brother P Touch Label PT D200
Amp up the romance meter: Buy her a cake or pastry that she likes. Put it inside the fridge and label it “I Love You.”
MAKE IT EXTRA CHIC
Okay, so you can’t exactly afford a Winston yet but you can still give your wife the best that your current budget can afford with pieces that look classy and elegant even if they’re not the real thing. Accessories from Stockton Row
Amp up the romance meter: Do a Pretty Woman and prepare a head-to-toe makeover for your lady.
A TRIP TO REMEMBER
You’ve been postponing that out of the country trip thrice now because of work, work, and more work. Surprise her this Valentine’s Day with a trip that’s finally pushing through. Level up and book a ticket to an airline that will land at Charles de Gaulle. Delsey Chatelet luggage
Amp up the romance meter: A trip to Paris. What can possibly top that?
SHOES THAT KEEP ON GIVING
Why keep all the love and blessings in the family? Get your wife one-of-a-kind handpainted flats and, at the same time, help Typhoon Yolanda survivors. This handpainted slip ons is created by Boy O, a 22-year-old artist from Calicoan Island, Guian, Eastern Samar.
Flats from the Tom’s Haiyan initiative line
ONLY YOU
You promised to give her the world. But while we know you cannot literally give it to your better half right now, you can, at least, give her the best of the Philippines. Let your wife pick her Valentine’s Day gift at 1780 by SariSari (www.sarisaristore.com), an online store that sells items from different regions in the country. Paniya case from Region VIII
Amp up the romance meter: When she has made her choice, announce a Holy Week vacation in the region she bought her gift from.
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