{"id":635,"date":"2006-01-27T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-27T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/01\/from_the_absurd_to_the_equally_absurd.html"},"modified":"2006-01-27T07:49:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-27T15:49:00","slug":"from_the_absurd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/01\/from_the_absurd.html","title":{"rendered":"From The Absurd To The Equally Absurd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday the Daily News reported about the $150,000 Valentine’s Day extravaganza. Today, they highlight the White Castle Valentine’s Day special<\/a>:<\/p>\n

White Castle wants couples who love little burgers as much as each other to share Valentine’s Day romance over a bag of belly bombs. They’re even taking reservations.<\/p>\n

“Some people come for a laugh, but most have a story to tell about their first date at a White Castle, or maybe they went there after the prom,” said Kelly Collins, a marketing supervisor for the chain, who said in other cities some dates arrive blindfolded or in limos.<\/p>\n

Next month, the fast-food chain famous for its bite-size burgers will offer a Valentine’s Day experience – a far cry from the $150,000 extravaganza offered by the Buckingham Hotel in midtown that was profiled in yesterday’s Daily News.<\/p>\n

That romantic getaway featured a private jet, penthouse suite, Nobu dinner, champagne and a Fifth Avenue shopping spree. But V-Day at White Castle means 49-cent hamburgers you can buy by the sack.<\/p>\n

Canoodling couples will arrive at the franchise of their choosing – 48 in the New York area are participating in the promotion – and be greeted at the door by a hostess dressed to the nines, instead of in the usual White Castle uniform.<\/p>\n

The lovers will then be escorted to their cloth-covered, candlelit table as romantic music is piped in.<\/p>\n

“People love this,” said Collins.<\/p>\n

Well, maybe not everyone.<\/p>\n

“I wouldn’t dump him but I would laugh and say, ‘Let’s leave,'” said Edie Sherman, 26, who has been with her boyfriend for seven years.<\/p>\n

“I wouldn’t dare for Valentine’s Day. Any other day, I would, but not Valentine’s Day,” said Mike Mazzeo, 20, who has been dating for five months. “What would she tell her girlfriends?”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday the Daily News reported about the $150,000 Valentine’s Day extravaganza. Today, they highlight the White Castle Valentine’s Day special: White Castle wants couples who love little burgers as much as each other to share Valentine’s Day romance over a bag of belly bombs. They’re even taking reservations. “Some people come for a laugh, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everyone_is_to_blame_here"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}