by Zac Swaim
Every year Valentine’s Day follows an all too familiar script. Dinner reservations are made weeks in advance, careful plans are set, and expectations build for what is supposed to be the date night of the year.
Restaurants fill, menus are studied, and couples feel pressure to make the evening memorable. Yet phones are often kept within reach, sitting face up on tables or buzzing in pockets, and what could have been a…





