{"id":4029,"date":"2015-02-10T13:38:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T13:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=4029"},"modified":"2015-02-10T13:38:11","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T13:38:11","slug":"things-to-do-in-cardiff-this-valentines-day-if-youre-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/10\/things-to-do-in-cardiff-this-valentines-day-if-youre-single\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to do in Cardiff this Valentine\u2019s Day if you&#039;re single"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_0817.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-4073 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_0817-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0817\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-4073 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_0817-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0817\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>And so it approaches \u2013 the day probably equally dreaded by couples and singles alike \u2013 Valentines Day. The day when the world suddenly puts so much unnecessary pressure on your love life. \u00a0Shops are full of all things pink, fluffy and heart shaped and everywhere you turn there seems to signs not so subtly reminding you of your lack of significant other.<br \/>\nThis Saturday, the loved-up will be scrubbed-up and turning out in droves making most cinemas\/restaurants\/picturesque park spots off-limits to those not moving in pairs. So we\u2019ve come up with a list of things for you to do if this Saturday night isn\u2019t date night:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GV_moon-club_online.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-4064 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GV_moon-club_online-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"GV_moon club_online\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-4064 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GV_moon-club_online-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"GV_moon club_online\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nThe\u00a0<a title=\"The Moon Club Cardiff \" href=\"http:\/\/www.themoonclub.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moon Club<\/a> has got you covered for some irreverent, unromantic, non-mood music this Saturday night with French death metal outfit Trepalium, Hole in the Sky and (the perhaps aptly named) Kill all the Gentlemen. Tickets are \u00a38 on the door.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GV_v-day_online.IMG_0842.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-4065 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GV_v-day_online.IMG_0842-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"GV_v day_online.IMG_0842\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-4065 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GV_v-day_online.IMG_0842-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"GV_v day_online.IMG_0842\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nDevote some time to\u00a0the true love of any Welsh person&#8217;s life &#8211; rugby. Italy vs England\u00a0might not be the most hotly contested match but who has time to mope when the <a title=\"RBS 6 Nations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rbs6nations.com\/en\/matchcentre\/fixtures_and_results.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Six Nations<\/a> is on? Head down to the pub for kick off at 14:30 to drink and shout at the English.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cocoricco.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-4066 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cocoricco-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"cocoricco\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-4066 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cocoricco-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"cocoricco\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nEat your feelings. Like all the best holidays Valentines Day is a good excuse to do some serious over indulgence to make yourself feel better. Joe\u2019s ice-cream? Madame Fromage? Cocorico Patisserie? Who needs love when you have food\u2026<br \/>\nGeek out \u2013 you can get started on the Valentines Day hating early by shooting things in the face at <a title=\"Cardiff Geek Party\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geek-party.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cardiff Geek Party\u2019s Anti-Valentines Day<\/a> console games night on Friday 13<sup>th<\/sup> at Luigi\u2019s Kitchen on City Road.\u00a0For the day itself why not head down to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doctorwho.tv\/?gclid=CP2jjNG918MCFSX4wgodIWUA-g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Who experience <\/a>to avoid all the couples.<br \/>\n<strong>Your Guide to a FUN Singles Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Moon Club: Saturday 14 Feb, \u00a38<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Italy v England, 2.30pm: Saturday 14 Feb<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Scotland v Wales, 5.30pm: Sunday 15 Feb<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Joe&#8217;s ice cream, Wellfield Road, Roath<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Cardiff Geek Party: Luigi&#8217;s, City Road, \u00a37<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Doctor Who Experience, Cardiff Bay, \u00a314 for adults (in advance)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And so it approaches \u2013 the day probably equally dreaded by couples and singles alike \u2013 Valentines Day. The day when the world suddenly puts so much unnecessary pressure on your love life. \u00a0Shops are full of all things pink, fluffy and heart shaped and everywhere you turn there seems to signs not so subtly reminding you of your lack of significant other. This Saturday, the loved-up will be scrubbed-up and turning out in droves making most cinemas\/restaurants\/picturesque park spots [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":4099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,14,292],"tags":[1291,1760,600],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-longer-reads","category-uncategorized","tag-cardiff-2","tag-valentines-day","tag-whats-on"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Things to do in Cardiff this Valentine\u2019s Day if you&#039;re single - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/10\/things-to-do-in-cardiff-this-valentines-day-if-youre-single\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Things to do in Cardiff this Valentine\u2019s Day if you&#039;re single - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"And so it approaches \u2013 the day probably equally dreaded by couples and singles alike \u2013 Valentines Day. 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