If you’re reading this post at 7 am on Monday morning, then you have exactly two hours to get yourself to a TV so you can watch Cityline’s seven-minute anti-Valentine’s Day segment starring food stylist, two-time cookbook author, my ex-ELLE co-cubicler and friend, Ryan Jennings.
Instead of long-stem roses, heart-shaped boxes of chocolates and ugly teddy bears, Ryan’s going to be showing all the single ladies how to celebrate in style. The only item he won’t be showing is this fantastic vase.
In Ryan’s own words: The only glitch is that my centre piece, a white ceramic vase in the shape of three guns, back-to-back, was considered too edgy and had to be removed. It’s from a company out of Britain called SUCK UK (http://www.suck.uk.com/) and the design is based on antiwar imagery from the 1960s that shows firearms being used in non-violent ways. Perhaps for a “Singles Only Valentine’s Day” segment, it sends the wrong message.
Personally, we heart Ryan’s sense of adventure.
PS: Reading this post after 9 am? You can catch Cityline repeats on Rogers on Demand for free, or head over to Ryan’s blog for more food musings, cocktail concoctions and all your culinary questions, answered.
