Love Romance flowers in Upper East Side

Romance on the Upper East Side is a home-and-hotel affair. The surprise-at-home reveal runs through the prewar doorman-co-op belt along Park, Fifth, and Madison Avenue — a dozen or two long-stem red roses delivered to the lobby desk, logged by the doorman, and sent up to the apartment while the recipient is out, or held at the desk for a hand-off when they arrive. The date-night play is the hotel suite: a red-rose or editorial romance arrangement waiting in the room at The Carlyle (35 East 76th at Madison), The Pierre (Fifth at East 61st), The Mark (Madison at East 77th), or the Loews Regency (Park at 61st), coordinated through the concierge. And the workplace surprise runs to the Madison Avenue and Lexington Avenue office and boutique corridor — a rose bouquet to a named front desk to be waiting when the recipient gets in. The neighborhood expects the classical premium look: long-stem red roses done properly, not a supermarket bunch.