Love Romance flowers in Bakersfield

Where the flowers go, in practice, is one of four places. A house — and the residential map has real texture here: the Craftsman and bungalow blocks of Westchester just north of downtown, the 1920s and 1930s streets of Oleander-Sunset south of California Avenue, La Cresta and the bluff streets above the Kern River, the mid-century grid of Laurelglen in 93309 near Mtvernon Florists at 4643 Wilson Road, the gated southwest tracts in Seven Oaks and along Panama Lane in 93311, Riverlakes and Calloway in 93312 near Whiteoak's Florist at 9160 Rosedale Highway, Gosford and Ashe in 93313, the Rosedale builds toward Snow Road in 93314, East Bakersfield along Union and Oswell in 93305 and 93306 near Allseason's Florist Bks at 3100 Union Avenue, and Oildale across the river in 93308. A workplace — downtown along Truxtun and the 18th and 19th Street blocks, the California Avenue and Stockdale Highway offices, the Ming Avenue energy offices, the Brundage Lane agricultural belt, and the schools, because Kern High School District is the largest high school district in California and its campuses generate a remarkable volume of February deliveries. A hotel front desk, usually The Padre at 1702 18th Street, the 1928 tower downtown. Or, for the couples who keep a Bakersfield habit alive, a house with a date on the calendar afterward — dinner on 19th Street, a show at the Fox Theater at 2001 H Street, a night at Buck Owens' Crystal Palace, or a drive up Highway 178 into the Kern River Canyon while the light is still on the rock.