Valentine’s Day pillow fight
Every year on Valentine’s Day, doting couples typically do the usual thing — chocolates, dinner, flowers and so on, ad nauseum. Here in San Francisco, we do things just a little bit differently. Forget that old stuff that was made for our grandma and grandpa and join us for our annual Valentine’s Day pillow fight! Gotta love the Bay. [see also the giant pillow fight in New York's Union Square]
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