Nick Giannios, the co-owner of Greenpoint Floral Co., says he knows Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n
\u201cAI can\u2019t do what I do,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/p>\n
Nick Giannios,\u00a0the co-owner of Greenpoint Floral Co., has been crafting Valentine’s Day bouquets with his wife for decades
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He says it takes weeks of work to ensure the bouquets are perfect for his customers
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The Peter Pan Donut and Pastry Shop, which is next door to Greenpoint Floral Co., also has Valentine\u2019s Day offerings
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Valentine\u2019s Day costs have risen 30% in five years, outpacing general inflation, according to a report from Savings.com<\/p>\n
He\u2019s been crafting one of a kind Valentine\u2019s Day bouquets with his wife, Christina, at his family-owned business for decades.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur first Valentine\u2019s Day together was 1996, so it\u2019s just 30 years straight of just nonstop straight Valentine\u2019s Day,\u201d Giannios says.<\/p>\n
It takes weeks of work and long hours to make sure the bouquets come together perfectly for his customers, according to Giannios.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe main thing is you gotta honor your customer right, \u2018Did I wanna be here till 2 a.m. and back here at 6 a.m.?\u2019 No, but you do it because these people count on you they want you for those holidays,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
The Peter Pan Donut and Pastry Shop, which is next door to Greenpoint Floral Co., also has Valentine\u2019s Day offerings.<\/p>\n
Valentine\u2019s Day costs have risen 30% in five years, outpacing general inflation, according to a report from Savings.com. Around 48% of people surveyed say that what they prefer most on Valentine\u2019s Day is quality time with their loved ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Giannios, the co-owner of Greenpoint Floral Co., says he knows Valentine\u2019s Day. \u201cAI can\u2019t do what I…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2476,25,98,100,99,2025,9,24,12,63,1174,27,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-133806","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-app-community","9":"tag-app-top-stories","10":"tag-brooklyn","11":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","12":"tag-brooklyn-news","13":"tag-community-news","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-olivia-leach","19":"tag-top-stories","20":"tag-vod"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}