The streets—still, quiet, gray—revealed no hint that the weekend had arrived. I wondered if the city had inhaled the energy ...

This essay is a part of Companion Fare, a series of personal stories about nonromantic love and travel.

Selena Gomez's fiancé Benny Blanco filled her bathtub full of nacho cheese as a Valentine's Day gift since she "isn't much of a flowers girl." ...