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Romantic Valentine’s Day Ideas for the DC Metro

Valentine’s Day is coming up very quickly.  While it may seem like you have plenty of time to make plans, you really don’t.  This is especially true if you need to make reservations somewhere.  Restaurants often fill up very quickly, while events are sold out days or weeks in advance.  If you need an idea

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The History of Tulips

Tulips are beautiful.  In fact, many people plant them in their gardens and enjoy having bouquets of tulips on their tables.  But most people don’t know the interesting history behind this flower. Originally, the tulip was a wild flower that grew in central Asia.  The Turks were the first people to start cultivating it around

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Other Uses for Cube Vases

Cube vases are an interesting, different twist on a container for your flowers, but what do you do with them once the flowers have wilted?  The uses for classic vases are pretty limited—most have such narrow necks that they can only be used for flowers.  However, cube vases have many other uses since they have

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Flower Therapy

There’s a reason we send flowers to the ill, the sad, and those who have had a rough time.  Flowers have therapeutic powers.  You may have noticed this yourself if you’ve had a bad day and then received a beautiful bouquet of flowers.  Even if you didn’t receive fresh flowers, maybe the sight of flowers

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