Topic: Valentine’s Day

Approaching Your Valentine: A Dialogue

Approaching Your Valentine: A Dialogue

“It’s the milk, that’s the reason.”

“I’m sorry?”

“The milk. The rest of it I don’t mind.”

“The rest of what?”

“Of everything. It’s the milk. They only sell it in quarts, you know. Which doesn’t seem like that much, I realize, but I really don’t drink milk as often as I used to. Do you find that’s the case? As you get older? You drink less milk than you used to, I mean.” More »

Tell Us Your Crush For Our Valentine’s Day Contest, Win Prizes!

Tell Us Your Crush For Our Valentine's Day Contest, Win Prizes!

Happy Valentine’s day week, almost! I know some of you are probably in relationships. That is fine. Some of you are probably not in relationships. That is also fine.

However I hope everyone IN THE WORLD has some manner of unrequited crush. If you do not have one, that is not fine, you should cultivate one immediately. If you need an incentive to do so, we’re giving away a fantastic pack of perfume prizes. All you need to do is e-mail Jennifer [at] thegloss.com and write 600 to 800 words about your crush. And, of course, tell us your full name and mailing address (so we know where to send the prizes to) as well as the name you’d like the piece published under (if you like to keep it anonymous, we understand). We will post your submissions through Valentine’s day week, and vote for the best one at the week. The winner will receive: More »

Video: Precocious Children Of Brooklyn Share Their Feelings On Valentine’s Day

Video: Precocious Children Of Brooklyn Share Their Feelings On Valentine's Day

It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and you know what that means: children everywhere are getting nervous and confused about what, exactly, is expected of them on a day meant to commemorate “love,” a concept of which they have but a dim understanding. Oh wait, did I say everywhere? I meant everywhere but Park Slope, Brooklyn. Park Slope children know what they want. More »

What His Gift To You Says About Your Relationship

What His Gift To You Says About Your Relationship

With Christmas behind us and Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it’s as great a time as any to start overanalyzing the gifts given to you by Your Man. Think he gave you that fruit basket because he knows how important vitamin C is to a well-balanced diet? Think again! Everything is fraught with potentially life-altering meaning, and the simplest explanation is almost never the right one. Click through for help decoding what his gift to you says about your relationship. More »

Your Discounted Post-Valentine’s Day Candy Tasting Guide

Your Discounted Post-Valentine's Day Candy Tasting Guide

Are you one of those people who like to deal with your conflicted feelings about Valentine’s Day by loudly announcing that February 15th is your favorite day, because that is when every heart shaped piece of candy in the drugstores goes massively on sale? Yes? That’s awesome! I’m totally one of those people! Glad you are, too! Here’s a guide to help you figure out which discounted candy you should be getting today. (Spoiler: heart shaped Reese’s). More »