{"id":21311,"date":"2024-02-12T16:54:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T21:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/?p=21311"},"modified":"2024-02-12T16:57:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T21:57:48","slug":"valentines-day-gift-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/2024\/02\/12\/valentines-day-gift-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Terrier businesses with this Valentine\u2019s Day gift guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Valentine\u2019s Day, Terriers! The season of love is upon us once more. Whether you want to show your appreciation and admiration to someone you care about or treat yourself to something new, the <a href=\"https:\/\/buconnects.com\/business-hub\">BU Connects Business Directory<\/a> is the place to go. We&#8217;ve rounded up a few ideas, but there are many more to check out directly on <a href=\"https:\/\/buconnects.com\/feed\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">buconnects.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/buconnects.com\/business-hub\/business\/75\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tisha Mark Art<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nTisha Mark (CAS&#8217;99) is a self-taught artist telling stories about light and atmosphere with oil paints. She paints places that are both remembered and imagined, drawing inspiration from the coastline, salt marshes, and forests of her current home in Massachusetts as well as from memories of the rural landscapes where she grew up in Northern Illinois. If you have a special place or person in mind, Tisha can also be hired to create custom pieces.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/buconnects.com\/business-hub\/business\/12\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Shop Purple Umbrella<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nWith curated offerings for women\u2014spanning wellness, athletic apparel, swimwear, and accessories\u2014this online store has everything you (or your special someone) may need to stay active and well coordinated this winter. Owner Leigh Held (CGS&#8217;02, COM&#8217;04) and her team surf every edge of the internet for interesting and distinct finds. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/buconnects.com\/business-hub\/business\/79\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pope Modern<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nLooking for unique jewelry? Abigail Pope (CAS&#8217;97) creates bespoke hand-drawn monogram jewelry in gold and silver, and\/or with gemstones. Clients can create their own designs or have one made for them. <\/p>\n<div class=\"dar-line\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to feature your business on BU Connects?<br \/>\nLog in (or activate your profile) to learn more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/buconnects.com\/business-hub\/business\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only gift guide you&#8217;ll need this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16028,"featured_media":21321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,5,1],"tags":[739,1267],"featured_img":"\/alumni\/files\/2024\/02\/Support-Terrier-businesses-with-this-Valentine\u2019s-Day-gift-guide-800x600.png","agg_excerpt":"The only gift guide you'll need this season.","agg_title":"Support Terrier businesses this Valentine\u2019s Day","media_icon":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21311"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21329,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21311\/revisions\/21329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}