If you’re brooding over this year’s initial "Hallmark Card Holiday", let me play the proverbial Cupid so that I may direct my arrows toward Santa Monica’s hottest beachfront getaway, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.

Sure, Valentine’s Day may be Shmalentine’s Day; perhaps it promotes intense feelings of melancholy among singles leading to a lonely Wednesday night watching The Notebook. No matter if you’re the heroic or hopeless romantic, Cupid recommends an extravagant Valentine’s evening at Santa Monica’s sophisticated, chic restaurant and lounge Ocean and Vine.

From the fairly priced and refreshingly unique menu, rising star chef Gregg Wangard will deliver California cuisine "farm to table" as lovers nest cozily beside a cracking six-foot fire pit. Be sure to reserve a table with a view of the Pacific so that you may take a break and peer out at the Pacific’s tide, or a fluttering storm of gulls.

Finished with your meal? Sip palate pleasing wine alfresco on the popular outdoor patio, featuring six fireplace seating vignettes. The wine-focused bar, with a selection of over forty wines and artisan cheeses, features a spectral delight based in salt-white and ascending into tremendous shades of blue. Continue delighting your senses by grooving to music offered by Hollywood’s own DJ Christopher.

For the Valentine’s Night, $50 promises one drink ticket and access to four tasting stations of aphrodisiatic cuisine. From 9:00-Midnight, $20 promises one drink ticket and dancing.

Call 310-576-3108 to make reservations. Whether you have been caught by cupid’s arrow or you are looking for an evening on the town,this top-ten romantic rendezvous spot’s nteractive event is sure to please couples and single alike.