Teuscher Gourmet Chocolate Truffles

by Erin Ferucci

Celebrity Lifestyle Designer

Nothing says love like chocolate. However, quality rather than quantity is essential. As promised in the last blog, I have the inside info on what is undoubtedly one of the easiest ways to access world class chocolate for your Valentine.

Teuscher Chocolates (pronounced toy-sure) is one of the finest chocolotiers specializing in luxurious truffles that are sure to delight even the most discriminating taste buds. This is one of my favorite secrets. Everyone in my family loves these chocolates and they are a favorite of many of my celebrity clients as well.

Handmade in Switzerland of the finest, most decadent natural ingredients Teuscher gourmet chocolates come in more than 100 different varieties. The chocolates are made fresh in Switzerland and Fedexed for freshness.

Their most famous truffle is the Champagne Truffle, perfect for a Valentine gift, which has a French Champagne “conched” center. Four of these truffles are spectacular gift worthy of true love!

For Los Angeles chocolate lovers there is a Beverly Hills store or you can order direct from Teuscher. Treat yourself and your love to these spectacular chocolates and enjoy the experience.

Sugar Paper

by Erin Ferucci

Celebrity Lifestyle Designer

Romance is essential to living well, but it doesn’t have to be difficult, overly expensive or time consuming. You don’t have to do something big if you are willing to do something fabulous, the difference is in the details. You need a card, but rather than settle for a “Hallmark” moment, why not spend a little more and get a card of some real distinction?

I recently visited a quaint little shop in Brentwood that had really fine quality cards and paper. Sugar Paper, the brainchild of Jamie Grobecker and Chelsea Shukov is a luxury stationary store offering fine papers with antique letterpress accents and fine stitching that is all but extinct in today’s printing technology.

The store offers a full line of stationary and custom printing options but I fell in love with these charming cards that simply say, “You had me at Hello!” Who doesn’t want to hear that? Whether you are a Jerry Maguire fan or not the sentiment is wonderfully romantic. What a lovely Valentine to give this truly distinctive card and a small box of decadent gourmet chocolate truffles from Teuscher Chocolates (more on them in the next blog).

Sugar Paper is lovely both the product and the shop. I love how they displayed their custom stationary wall by painting it pink and using white inexpensive frames to showcase their custom work!!
I also loved the "stationary bar"…so cute!! and the banquette in the window...very girlie! very charming!...it even smells really good too!! Visit Sugar Paper and this Valentine’s Day give a distinctive gift to show the depth of your feeling.