Los Angeles Times

Find your romantic sweet spot

- By Mary Forgione This Valentine’s Day, forsake your love comfort zone. Here are five ways to convey your love in a decidedly different way.

Las Vegas

Planning a Vegas wedding for Valentine’s Day? You’ll soon be able to pick up a marriage license at the airport. The Clark County Clerk’s pop-up office at McCarran Internatio­nal Airport will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday-Feb. 17. The office is outside baggage claim areas in Terminal 1. The regular bureau at 201 E. Clark St. is open 8 a.m. to midnight daily. Info: lat.ms/vegaspopup­lic ense

Burbank

On Valentine’s Day only, couples can re-create the big kiss scene from the 1942 film “Casablanca” at Warner Bros. backlot in Burbank. The set has been re-created and also features original items from Rick’s Cafe. Couples receive a free photo of as part of the Romance Made Here tour. Info: $49.99 for SoCal residents, wbstudioto­ur.com

San Diego

The San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park invites lovers to take an after-hours tour of some its most romantic works of art and later enjoy a picnic basket meal in the sculpture garden at Panama 66. Tours on the half-hour start at 5:30 p.m. and end at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 14. Info: $110 for museum members, $125 for nonmembers. lat.ms/sdmuseumva­lentines

Telluride, Colo.

Bundle up for a Valentine’s Day sleigh ride and dinner at a private ranch in the San Juan Mountains in Telluride. The ride takes couples to a heated tent for tapas, cocktails and a dinner. Info: Sleigh rides from 6:309:30 p.m., $200 each. telluride sleighs.com

San Francisco

To impress that funny Valentine, consider Pillow Fight 2018. Folks gather at 6 p.m. on Valentine’s Day opposite the Ferry Building at Justin Herman Plaza armed with pillows to whack one another. Have a Plan B because sf.funcheap.com says “there could be 1,000 people, could be zero people.” Plan B: a romantic ferry ride in San Francisco Bay. Info: lat.ms/sfpillowfi­ght or, Plan B, ferry tickets cost $33; blueandgol­dfleet.com

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