Arrive Magazine - January/February, 2009

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Black Is the New Red

Aside from the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, few evenings make a singleton feel more alone than Valentine’s Day. Thoughts of exes-past rush through your mind as you sit home alone, yearning for the day you find your true love and spend your February 14ths happily ever after.

But until that day comes, my jilted lover, you are not alone. Although everyone around you may seem tickled pink by the romance in the air, you can get the revenge you desire by sending a bouquet of black roses to the one who broke your heart.

Because there are currently no real black roses, the Black Rose Floral Company’s mystical flowers come in feather or silk. The top-of-the-line feather roses—and their leaves—are made from goose feathers, whereas the silk roses have plastic stems. Boxed bouquets can be shipped anonymously, but the company, fortunately, does not allow any vulgar or threatening messages. Guess you’ll just have to let your gift speak for itself.