A SPECIAL REPORT: VALENTINE’S DAY
CAN’T BUY LOVE: Valentine’s Day, coming up Friday, will cost Romeos and Juliets a pretty penny more than it did in 1972. . . . Back then, the Broadway department store advertised a one-pound, heart-shaped box of chocolates for $2; now it’s $9.95. An abalone dinner, with coffee, went for $3.65 at the Arches restaurant in Newport Beach. Today, the same candle-lit dinner will run you $45--”and that does not include coffee,” adds owner Dan Marcheano.
Greening of the Rose
The typical cost of a dozen long-stemmed red roses in Orange County.
1952: $7.50
1962: $12.50
1972: $25
1982: $45
1992: $55
Source: Flowers by Morri, Costa Mesa
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