Short-term goals will help you achieve your long-term objective. Destination: love and happiness.

Shore Up Housing
Cruise to Half Moon Bay and giddyap with horseback riding at Sea Horse Ranch, one of the few places in California where you can ride on the beach. Spend the weekend in Yountville at Bardessono, the new green luxury resort destined to become a favorite of the eco set.

Boost Employment
Escort a special someone who’s been canned to Laïola in the Marina for Pink Slip Sunday (February 15). Dinner for the dissed is on the house. Toast the road ahead with Angove’s Nine Vines rosé from The Jug Shop. Its bouquet sure beats the thorny alternatives.

Increase Spending
Splurge on a one-way ticket to euphoria with the new four-hand massage in a heated bed at Remède Spa, inside The St. Regis San Francisco. Feet get the ultimate scrubdown with a chocolate pedicure at Spa Claremont, at Berkeley’s historic Claremont Resort & Spa.

Universal Health Care
Bleeding hearts should give back — by giving blood. Enter your zip to find a location and hold hands along the way.

Now there’s a plan that benefits everyone.

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