So you’re single; or you’ve been in the same relationship for years; or you keep hooking up with your ex/best friend/ neighbor who has a stocked pantry and a really good view.  Who cares! Valentine’s Day is for lovin’, and no matter the state of your romantic affairs, you deserve a rendezvous-filled good night.  We’ve compiled the ideal itinerary for every kind of date - satisfaction guaranteed.

Next Wednesday night, BlackBook will take over Juliet for a Fashion Week afterparty guaranteed to melt your slushie. In the meantime, though, why not enjoy the restaurant's special prix fixe menus commemorating both Fashion Week ($35) and Valentine's Day ($75). Warning: contains both calamari and red velvet cake. Check out the menus after the jump.

It used to be that a $10.99 Valentine's dinner at White Castle was all it took for the man-esque half of a high level alt couple to charm his way to an excellent five minutes between some alt tits, or up an alt nose, or whatever 'edgy' act they'd decided to try on this 'special' day. By taking her to an establishment frequented by 'actual poor people', he was showing his 'sense of humor' and 'rejection of mainstream values' while at the same time 'saving dollars.'

Traditionally, Valentine's Day is known as a "Hallmark Holiday," but really it's so much more than that. Its crass commercialization isn't limited to the greeting card world; there are flowers and chocolates and ridiculously marked up restaurants packaged, and yes, there are oddly contrived "romance" packages at hotels around the world. Single or coupled, old or young, pro or anti-John Mayer, there's a hotel Valentine's Day marketing gimmick just for you.

The New York Times reviews of the Valentine's Day weekend movies are in and...they are pretty positive. We here at BlackBook were all expecting these movies to be atrocious, just absolutely the worst crop of films ever. Somehow, we got it wrong. Mea culpa, guys, mea culpa. It turns out that stuffing your film with the blandest film stars known to man was a great direction in which to go. Bravo Hollywood.

Valentine's Day weekend is upon us and with it comes a bevy of films fully capable of sucking the life out of even the most promising date. I'm not going to beat around the bush here, guys: this is a lesser of four evils situation. What's your poison going to be? Valentine's Day? The Wolfman? Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief? My Name Is Khan? It almost doesn't matter. I mean, would you rather be eaten to death by fire ants or wolverines? But, you're legally obligated to go on a date and see a movie, so you have to pick. To help you choose, I've put together a handy guide to what your Valentine's Day weekend movie choice says about you.

The Empire State Building hosts weddings only once a year, on February 14, and it's not a first-come first-served kind of deal. Nope, you're going to have to work for it. For V-Day 2010, The Empire State Building has partnered with The Knot so that 14 lucky couples will be able to say (or renew) their vows and get hitched (or re-hitched) on the very top of the building while the tower blazes red, pink, and white in honor of cupid and his arrow of love. Awwwwwwwwww.

Former Governor Spitzer's famed call girl seems to be taking a page from Kanye West's book -- that of aspiring towards Fashion Week ubiquity. First Ashley Dupre turned up at Yigal Azrouel on Friday; her unexpected appearance not only caught the eye of countless publications, it came as a shock to Azrouel (whose publicist Kelly Cutrone of Peoples Revolution had invited the former prostitute to a different Fashion Week presentation). In fact, the designer was so taken aback he subsequently fired Cutrone for "mismanagement." But it seems the show wasn't the only Fashion Week event on Dupre's social calendar this week.

In such far-flung places as Guatemala and Finland, February 14 isn't a day for all legally-bound lovers (ha ha, suckers!) to show off their ability to ensnare a mate while the rest of us suffer, sublimating our hysterics with disco fries. It's not a day one takes time out to offer respects to martyred saints. But to those friends who, when you need a shoulder to cry on, are ready with a bottle of Merlot -- or those friends who, when you needed advice about what to do now that you've lost your job, are also ready with a bottle of Merlot. That said, gifting a bundle of poppies is only the icing on the cake that is Friendship Day. If you're looking to shirk the faintest mention of the V-word and anti-parties won't cut it for you in New York (where Valentine's syndrome can be especially devastating), treat your besties to a round at these hideouts.

Whether you were planning on enjoying a delightful singles' staycation by drawing a bath and listening to Tori Amos' Under the Pink or thinking about lovingly cramming burgers into your paramour's mouth while humming "Afternoon Delight" to the visible discomfort of nearby diners, Valentine's Day no doubt maintains a chokehold on your heart, no matter how large or little it is. And this year, it seems our favorite celebrities -- beacons of hope and faith like Teri Hatcher and that other quite-talented Amy Winehouse soundalike -- share our plebian sentiments about this dreadful day (and let's not kid ourselves, that's exactly what it is).