Happy Valentine’s Day!

By Triangle East Magazine

Hearts and flowers are the name of the game this week. From spouses to children to best friends, celebrate your Valentine’s Day in a special way – Triangle East style! Here are a few ideas to get you started:

Shop From the Heart
Make a difference this Valentine’s Day: Donate your gently-worn jeans to Aeropostale’s Teens For Jeans program. Jeans will be given to local homeless shelters and charities, and even sent to Haiti. An added bonus: 25 percent off a new pair of jeans for you!Hurry — Teens For Jeans ends Sunday. See details at www.dosomething.org/teensforjeans.

Send fun Valentine cards and support educational charities, by joining in Target’s Super Love Sender program at www.facebook.com/Target.
Send smooches too, wearing the new Christopher Drummond Beauty “Red Lip Gloss.” Sales benefit the V-Day Foundation, an international charity for abused women. See www.christopherdrummond.com for more info.

Out On the Town
Enjoy the romantic “popera” sounds of Canadian trio Destino at The Clayton Center this Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $22; get details at www.theclaytoncenter.com. And for a romantic meal before the show, Skylines Café offers a special concertgoers package: Dinner for two plus Destino tickets, for $99. Call 550-7619 to reserve.

In Garner, check out Gift 4, a free, community-wide talent show for the whole family, on Saturday at 8 p.m., at Garner Historic Auditorium. Call 661-4602 for more information.

Wine, dine and dance to your sweetheart’s content at Adams Vineyards’ Valentines At the Winery, Saturday from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $35 per person or $60 per couple. To RSVP, call (919) 567-1010.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Editor’s note: There’s always something to do in Triangle East! Check out our Social Calendar, at www.triangleeastmagazine.com/social-calendar.