Valentine's Day date ideas for the whole month

FEB. 13

Becca Schmidt, the woman behind Baldwin Park’s ever-popular Blue Moon Yoga classes, is offering a special Valentine’s Day partner yoga class on Friday, Feb. 13. Classes are at 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. on Friday morning at Grace Hopper Hall for Baldwin Park residents only. For more information, visit bluemoonyoga.us or email Becca at [email protected].

Visit Tom Henry’s Pizzeria 314 on Feb. 13 through Feb. 15 for a Valentine’s Day special! Purchase a medium size heart-shaped Classic Italian Style Pizza and receive two deserts free. Call 407-681-0314.

FEB. 14

When your alarm goes off before the sun is even awake on Saturday, Feb. 14, remind your partner that you’re doing this because you love them and their health. Take the short trek to Winter Park to take a romantic run around the Winter Pines Golf Course in Track Shack’s annual Run Around the Pines 5K starting bright and early at 7:30 a.m. on Valentine’s Day. If a 5K feels like no sweat, you can sign up to race in the event’s Olympic Challenge. Two Olympians from Winter Haven – Rowdy Gaines, a three-time gold medalist swimmer, and 1996 Olympic runner Keith Brantly – are competing in a 400 yard swim and 5K run for bragging rights and to raise money for Cady Way Pool. Be an Olympic Challenger and take on real Olympians right here in your own backyard at Cady Way Park. The swim starts at 6:50 a.m., allowing time for a quick change before the 5K kicks off. Wetsuits are allowed. To register for the race and for more information, visit http://bit.ly/1DIiVVi

Celebrate Valentine’s Day at Leu Gardens! Enjoy a romantic evening with luminaries lighting the pathways as you stroll through the gardens with performances by: Ricky and the Buzzcatz, the Daniel Heitz Band and The Shed Hounds. Pack a dinner picnic and your favorite drinks. Alcohol is permitted. Bring seating, chairs or blanket and stroll the beautiful gardens under moonlight. The event runs from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. There’s free offsite parking at Blue Jacket Park off General Rees and shuttles from 6 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. Advance tickets are $17 plus tax per person. Leu Gardens’ Member advance tickets are $12 plus tax per person (Leu Members may purchase up to four tickets at members’ price per membership). Tickets day of on Feb. 14 will be $22 plus tax per person for everyone. Buy tickets online at http://bit.ly/1z1bQh0. Se7en Bites and Jazzy Java will be selling delicious desserts and coffee.

Taste craft cocktails, enjoy music and art, and snack on special picnic foods from the East End Market at the debut Indie-Folkfest in the Sculpture Gardens of the Mennello Museum of American Art. The Museum offers a Valentine’s twist to the traditional Orlando Folk Festival with this afternoon and evening of fun on Feb. 14, from 2 to 7 p.m. For more information about this free event, visit orlandofolkfestival.wordpress.com

Love is in the air! What better way to show your love than taking your loved one to Shake Shack? When you buy one shake on Valentine’s Day, Shake Shack will hook your date up with a shake for free. The Shake Shack is located at 119 N. Orlando Ave. in Winter Park.

East End Market is hosting a yoga-centric event deemed “Balance. Nourish. Connect” on Feb. 14. Nest Yoga’s Megan Hudson will host a 60-minute yoga class in the Audubon Park Exchange area of the Market beginning at 8:30 a.m. Following that, nutritionist and health coach Katinka Bencs will show participants how to craft a well-balanced meal to kick off their Valentine’s weekend bursting with energy. The cost of the class combined with the cooking demo is $25 plus tax, and participants are asked to bring their own water and yoga mats. To register and for more information, visit http://bit.ly/1AUwduz

FEB. 17

Moms have their chance to bond with their little ones during this season of love. Mommy & Me Yoga for Baldwin Park moms and their little ones – ages 2 to 5 – will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17, in Enders Park Gathering Room. The class is for Baldwin Park residents only. You can register by emailing [email protected]

FEB. 20

Non-profit arts organization Central Florida Community Arts (CFCArts) proudly presents “Love Song,” as performed by members of their CFCArts Symphony Orchestra. “Love Song” will be an evening of beautiful music that will remind you of what it feels like – and sounds like – to fall in love. Consider this the perfect way to extend that Valentine’s Day feeling one more weekend and come to a concert filled with unforgettable melodies from classical music, to jazz, to movie scores that have served as the soundtrack to some of our most romantic moments. Featuring music from “West Side Story,” Tchaikovsky’s “Sleeping Beauty,” Duke Ellington’s hits and some of the best dance music from the Big Band era, and many of the most recognizable movie love themes, this first concert of our exciting 2015 season is one you definitely don’t want to miss! Love Song will be performed at Downtown Baptist Church, 120 E. Pine Street in Orlando, at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20, and Saturday, Feb. 21. General admission tickets are $10 each, and children age 12 and under will be admitted for free. Tickets are on sale now at cfcarts.com/love-song. Ticketing problems or questions? Contact [email protected]

ONGOING

Throughout the month of February, the Maitland Public Library will have wrapped books in the kids', young adult and adult sections. You can't judge a book (or a date) by its cover! Be daring and go on a blind date with a book! Visit maitlandpubliclibrary.org for more information.