One Fine Valentine's Day

Check out Diablo's all-day cheat sheet for Valentine's Day activities.

MORNING

Forget breakfast and lunch. Metro Lafayette offers a prix fixe brunch with Flirtation, Romance, and Bliss courses. $22, (925) 284-4422, metrolafayette.com.

Work off that brunch with a romantic hike. Save Mount Diablo recommends the Mary Bowerman Trail, which circles the mountain for a 360-degree view.

AFTERNOON

Nibble truffles and Champagne at Renaissance Club Sport’s R-Spa, which offers couples massage packages. $260–$330/couple; (925) 938-8700, renaissanceclubsport.com/walnut-creek.

Get some perspective—and breathtaking views—with Airship Ventures’ one- and two-hour zeppelin tours, departing from Oakland Airport. $495–$950, (650) 969-8100, airshipventures.com.

EVENING

Catch the city lights from the Oakland Estuary with California Canoe & Kayak’s sunset paddle in tandem kayaks. $59, (510) 893-7833, calkayak.com.

It’s adults only at the Oakland Zoo’s Animal Amore, where the topic of the evening tour is the zoo animals’ sex lives. Appetizers, drinks, and dessert included. $25–$30, (510) 632-9525, oaklandzoo.org.

Berkeley's Scharffen Berger Chocolate Factory has a Valentine's Day tasting and tour. Couples receive a special gift, plus chocolate tasting and Champagne. $25 per couple; (510) 981-4066, scharffenberger.com.

NIGHT

Lafayette's ultra-intimate Postino will feature a couples-only four-course menu. (925) 299-8700, postinorestaurant.com. The Restaurant at Wente Vineyards offers a four-course menu—and a strolling violinist. (925) 456-2450, wentevineyards.com/restaurant.com. Berkeley’s cozy Lalime's will have a special prix fixe menu featuring lobster and prawn croquettes and a choice of seasonal entrees. (510) 527-9838, lalimes.com.

The Livermore-Amador Symphony, at the Bankhead Theater, will present "Winter Landscape, Summer Romance." $20–$28, (925) 373-6800, livermoreperformingarts.org. Dance to Latin jazz musician Pete Escovedo at Oakland's Yoshi’s Jazz Club. $30, (510) 238-9200, yoshis.com.

The Claremont’s Romantic Rendezvous package offers chocolate-dipped strawberries and rose petals. Ask about the Tower Suite, with a whirlpool tub and private access to the impressive bell tower that overlooks the East Bay. $299 (rendezvous), $849 (suite), (510) 843-3000, claremontresort.com.

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