February 09, 2021
published at 1:59 AMReuters
A woman lifts a funeral display into a car in the flower district as the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak continues, ahead of Valentine s Day in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 4, 2021.
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Deborah De La Flor has been a florist for over 40 years. She’s never experienced a February like this one.
“At a time when someone is sending you an ‘I love you’ card, someone is sending an ‘I loved you’ card,” said De La Flor, who is preparing bouquets and cards for Valentine’s Day - the busiest and most profitable time of year for florists - while making sure other orders are filled for those who have lost loved ones to Covid-19.
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Cigar Aficionado we like to enjoy the big game with big cigars. Here are 11 top-rated “A”s, double coronas and Churchills that are sure to impress. Light one up at kickoff and you’re likely to make it until halftime with a great smoke.
(94 points): The “A” size was born in Cuba, and traditionally it has been the longest size in a brand. No matter the country, today they are made in small quantities, for few people have the time to smoke one and it’s hard to find quality wrapper leaf large enough to cover these nine-inch-plus smokes. This one from the Fuente Fuente OpusX brand is 9 1/4 inches long with a 47 ring gauge. It’s amazingly complex, rich and delicious with layers of baking spices, coconut and wood a Dominican cigar through and through.
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An extinction event. That’s what New York restaurateur and “Top Chef” judge Tom Colicchio recently called the pandemic, warning bleakly that as many as 85 percent of the nation’s independent restaurants could close
permanently as a result of COVID-19. Imagine 85 percent of Sacramento’s restaurants disappearing for good. What if you could never again eat at your favorite Thai place? Or grab a beer and a slice at your neighborhood pizzeria? Or celebrate another milestone birthday at Mulvaney’s B&L or The Waterboy?
La Flor de Michoacan in Natomas is one of hundreds of local restaurants fighting to stay afloat during the pandemic. Serving Mexican and Salvadoran fare, La Flor is part of the gloriously diverse tapestry that makes Sacramento unique. To lose it would be a tragedy: for its owners, its employees, its customers, its community.