Having a birthday falling anywhere within a month of a holiday, most men will try and co-opt it so they can buy one gift, one dinner out etc. rather than having to keep track of multiple dates and events. For me, this meant generally celebrating Valentine’s Day and my birthday together. Not having close friends to celebrate with, we would often travel to other areas of Southern California with acquaintances from work or neighbor friends. On this particular year, we decided to

Chocolate Mousse Ingredients: 2 cups heavy whipping cream 1 cup chocolate syrup (for extra richness I like to use Hershey’s Special Dark) 1 TBSP Pure Vanilla Extract Directions: Using a home whipped cream maker, combine ingredients until thoroughly mixed then add CO2 cartridges (you may want to use 2 but let the mixture chill in between adding them) Alternative- If you are using an electric mixer, blend whipping cream and vanilla extract then slowly drizzle chocolate syrup in