To help you spend your money wisely, I’ve compiled a few suggestions for where to go and what to order if it is plant-based protein that you seek.

What do you get when you take a Southern chef with ties to Alabama and a compulsion to help the victims of the tornadoes that ripped through Tuscaloosa in April, and give him Granby Theater for a night?

So maybe you’re not lazy, but a terrible cook. Maybe the turkey doesn’t turn out right, or maybe a pack of dogs from next door stampede your kitchen and eat all the turkey, as in the holiday classic, A Christmas Story. Here are some back-up plans.

Oh yeah. So also appearing at Gene’s fiesta de adios? Tool.

So maybe I’m exaggerating the stupendousness of Norfolk; but certainly not Hell’s Kitchen bouncer Gene (i.e. Best Bouncer Ever).

For incurable romantics, Valentine’s Day is like any other. We wonder what all the fuss is about. Why everyone else is getting all starry-eyed, talking in hearts and flowers and, ultimately, acting the way we do every day of the year. We shake our heads smugly. And then we jump into February 14 with full abandon, indulging, too. Why miss out on any fun?