Valentine's at The Gold Standard Café Valentine's Weekend February 12, 13 & 14 Friday, Saturday AND Sunday Special Couples Dinner Package PLUS New February Challenge and Results from our January Challenge Valentine's Day: Sunday, February 14! Chef Riley's Special Dinner Couples Package will be available all weekend long! Appetizer: Angels on Horseback and Blini with Caviar Soup: Lobster Tomato Bisque Entrée: "Surf and Turf" with Beef Filet in Red Wine-Porcini Mushroom Sauce And/or Salmon Filet with Lime Hollandaise Duchess Potatoes Salad: Spinach-Grapefuit-Orange-Avocado with Citrus Dressing Dessert: Strawberry Gelato Shortcake Price: $60 per couple Many regular menu items also available, including vegetarian and vegan dishes. February Challenge: The "SarcMarc" (reproduced at the bottom) is a new symbol that will let readers of email know that a particular remark is meant as Sarcasm and/or Satire. (Example: a famous actress at the Academy Awards is reputed to have said to another actress: "What a beautiful dress! Did you make it yourself?") We invite you to come up with a comment/exchange that is incisive, witty (and perhaps biting!), and appropriate for the "SarcMarc". A $25 Gold Standard gift certificate to the person with our favorite answer. Result of January Challenge: A Strange Mystery! Dov Campbell was the first person to identify the odd collection of country flags on a commerative plate (France, Great Britain, Ireland, Rumania, Brasil, Serbia, Scotland, Greece, Portugal, Cuba, Italy, Russia, Japan, Panama, Belgium, and the U.S.). The group was known at the "Entente Powers" - allies in World War I against Germany and Central Powers. (My, how the world has changed!) Some of the other (incorrect) guesses: First country ships through the Panama Canal; countries visited by the man who coined the term "Old Glory". But Dov had the right answer; congratulations! All the best from The Gold Standard Cafe