Tick, tock. The detonator’s been triggered. You have exactly 10 days, 9 hours and 50 minutes until Valentine’s Day. Screw this up, and she’ll make the bombing of Dresden look like a Chinese New Year firecracker show. Don’t even try cutting the red wire; to defuse this dynamite, look to the islands — the Dominican Republic, more specifically. Casa de Campo, the self-proclaimed “most complete resort” in the Caribbean (you’ll find it in La Romana) has a V-day package that includes a bottle of champagne, fresh fruit basket, breakfast in bed, a 50-minute couples’ massage at the Cygalle Healing Spa and — best of all — use of a “touring cart” (like a golf cart, without the pretense of using it to golf) to mob around the resort’s 7,000 acres. Rates start at $424 per couple per night for the first three nights, additional nights begin at $312. Available February 1-28; call (800) 877-3643 to book or visit www.casadecampo.com.do.



