Valentine’s Day -- the holiday made for a Hallmark movie. At least that’s what it seems like now. But it wasn’t always so closely associated with roses and teddy bears.

Cupid’s Hideaway serves holiday-themed drinks

Valentine’s Day -- the holiday made for a Hallmark movie. At least that’s what it seems like now. But it wasn’t always so closely associated with roses and teddy bears.

The cold is not stopping the fun

Valentine’s Day -- the holiday made for a Hallmark movie. At least that’s what it seems like now. But it wasn’t always so closely associated with roses and teddy bears.

Valentine’s Day might be next month, but Cupid’s arrow will probably strike well beyond Feb. 14 in the form of wedding bells for celebrity couples in 2022.

Valentine’s Day -- the holiday made for a Hallmark movie. Though, Chaucer’s mention of Valentine’s Day in this poem is also disputed. Slowly, but surely, Valentine’s Day started getting sweeter. (Wikipedia Commons)Shakespeare romanticized Valentine’s Day in his work and it began to really take off in Britain and in Europe. And then boom - Hallmark hit the map in 1913, and started mass producing Valentine’s Day cards.

DETROIT – Police Chief James Craig hosted the 4th annual Senior Cupid Ball Saturday at the Roostertail on Detroit’s east side. The Senior Cupid Ball started as an event for Detroit’s senior women, but has become so popular that senior men were invited for Saturday’s event. The event is to thank the seniors for supporting the Detroit Police Department and to show Detroit’s seniors how valuable they are to the community. “It was a way to bring out, initially, senior women who live alone -- or are alone -- and to let them know they are not forgotten,” Craig said. According to Craig, hundreds of seniors were turned away Saturday because the event reached capacity and that the Senior Cupid Ball will be ready for a much larger attendance.