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Ah, Mother's Day. A time to force your mom to dress up and hang out with you when she'd probably rather be blissfully forgetting the twelve terrible hours it took to birth you and each of your ungrateful siblings. But a mimosa can make up for years of pain and ingratitude, right? If you can't manage to make your own mother's day canape for your moms, you can continue the tradition of Mother's Day Brunch/Lunch/Dinner at one of the following:

      

So, you bought that Mother's Day gift yet? The big day's tomorrow, you know. And of course you haven't bought anything yet, you ungrateful child. Fortunately, Brookline is defying its shut-storefronts trend with a new solution to your mom-present worries: Melt, a new store selling good-smelling handmade bath products of the type that (some) moms (and some dads!) love. Located right next door to the Kabloom flower shop—how convenient for those seeking a gift—in Coolidge Corner, the soothingly arranged Melt also provides a more pleasant shopping alternative to the stark and oddly lit Body Shop down the street.

                     

Yesterday, Bostonist had the privilege of touring Taza Chocolate in Somerville a week before its official open house and tour on May 2. Company founder Alex Whitmore and his colleagues led us through a day of super sweet education, covering the chocolate-making process all the way from bean roasting to bar wrapping, at which point the wonderful Albertine Press got involved, allowing us to letterpress chocolate bar wrappers in their shop. We ate chocolate for hours and took several bars home, but still weren’t sated. We just might have to return next week for another round of stone-ground goodness.

If you haven't already gotten your mom something for Mother's Day, it's not too late! If she lives elsewhere, there are plenty of florists willing to let you pay the big bucks to get a nice shipment to Mummy Dearest by Sunday, or you can always rush a box of chocolates to your maternal unit. If you're looking for something local or a little more unique, Bostonist has a couple of interesting ideas to share. Being a mom is tough business, so make at least a little effort this Sunday. For those that don't believe in Mother's Day, try to go all out for Mom's birthday or something.