What's hot and what' not
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Red Ball for the Red CrossHave some proper Valentine's fun with live jazz, comedy, burlesque and a veryspecial guest at Dublin's Sugar Club tomorrow night while raising money for Haiti. Tickets from www.mycharity.ie/event/redball
Corny red heartsWe propose a big Sunday brunch or lunch tomorrow. You could imitate Julia Child and make everyone wear red paper cut-out hearts à la Meryl Streep in Julie Julia (a perfect movie for foodies)
Aifric CampbellAfter her debut novel The Semantics of Murder, we're itching to get our hands on The Loss Adjustor
'Glee' on TVOpinion is divided here but those who love it say it's High School Musical, but with irony
Snop drops, grape hyacinths, baby daffodils. . . Some of us would prefer a posy of spring flowers to a dozen deadly roses
Mortons in Hatch StreetThe famous Ranelagh food emporium is spreading its wings
Going down
QuittersYou know who you are, and the thought of you ignoring your responsibility to 28,000 voters is infuriating. No apprenticeship for you, eh?
Roses are red, violets are. . . don't go there
PraiseNew child-rearing bible NurtureShock says don't praise kids. We say, another change in the parenting laws
The toys leave the pramGeorge Lee, did we praise you too much?
Flowers from a garageSorry. They won't cut it. They don't call them doghouse roses for nothing