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Got dirty copper pots? Sprinkle half a lemon with salt and shine ‘em right up. Grasshoppers occupying your flower beds? Drop some basil in there for them to eat instead. These nifty tips – and hundreds more – appeared in the book Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean, the first book in Linda “The Queen of Clean” Cobb’s now-vast bibliography of bestsellers.

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Got Valentine’s Day plans?
You’ve got personality.
Let it be your guide.

Art Lovers
Enjoy the arts together every which way with these local liaisons.

Eat: Seasonally-focused new American restaurant Palette at Phoenix Art Museum (1625 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, 602-257-2191, phxart.org/palette), a great accompaniment to the museum’s current special exhibition, Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester and the Power of Observation.

Play: The annual “Exotic Art Show” (pictured left) at Alwun House (1204 E. Roosevelt St., Phoenix, 602-253-7887, alwunhouse.org) on February 14; the Waterfront Fine Art & Wine Festival in Scottsdale (thunderbirdartists.com/waterfront) February 13-15; Ballet Arizona’s (balletaz.org) performance of Napoli at Phoenix Symphony Hall (75 N. Second St., Phoenix, 602-381-0184) February 12-15.

Stay: Four-star boutique Clarendon Hotel & Spa (401 W. Clarendon Ave., Phoenix, 602-252-7363, goclarendon.com), which hosts 3-day “ARTELPHX” shows featuring 20-plus local artists.

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SEE IT: When Richard Nixon died in 1994, his funeral brought five fellow U.S. Presidents together for an executive conversation. The fiercely funny stage drama Five Presidents imagines their exchange of old grievances and the toll the presidency takes on the commander-in-chief.