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Valentine's Day Tour

There's a theme going on for Valentine's Day! You may have seen my post about the Bronx Zoo offering naming Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches after your loved (or hated) ones for Valentine's Day. Now you can take a tour of Newtwon Creek Wastewater Plant on this day for lover's and...sewage??

There are tours every month but for some bizarre reason there's also a special go-around on Valentine's Day. I guess if you want people to stare when you said you went to the digester eggs in Greenpoint on Valentine's Day, that's a reason to go. In case you're wondering what the heck digester eggs are, 'cause I didn't know... Eggs that digest??? Anyway, they're the sewage plants massive digesters which breaks down detrius into a lovely gas and sludge.

If you're still iffy about taking this tour with that special someone, you do end up at the top of the digester eggs which offers a grand view of the Manhattan skyline. Oh, and if you're still not sure, the plant is giving out Hershey kisses on Valentine's Day. Just hope they didn't take a trip through the digester eggs first!

329 Greenpoint Avenue
Greenpoint, Brooklyn NY, 11222
Enter at the intersection of Greenpoint Avenue and Humboldt Street.

The tour begins at 10 am.

Valentine's Day gift: Name a Roach!

Nothing says luv like a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach! Name one after someone you love...or hate. This gift idea comes to you from the Bronx Zoo comes with a certificate mailed to your loved one announcing that a cockroach has been given his or her name.

You can also give your loved one a Cocoa-Roach. No, they're not chocolate-covered roaches. DARN! (That would be good for someone you HATE!) They're made of 100% dark chocolate by chocolatier Sabrina Berkowitz of The Chocolate Box NYC and they look ALARMINGLY like the real thing.

Check out the video www.bronxzoo.com/roach and place an order. Each name costs ten buck and it's $15 for a Cocoa-Roach, $25 for a romantic pair. All proceeds do go to the Wildlife Conservation Society.