Open Table

http://www.opentable.com/

Picture this: It's the Valentine's Day, and like every other irresponsible husband, you did not plan ahead and get dinner reservations. Your wife's favorite restaurant is all booked and instead you are having some White Castle while some crazy person next to you asks you if you're going to eat all of those sliders. Open Table, a online restaurant reservation tool can help you avoid this for next year.

After logging onto your site, you choose your location. Like any other website that incorporates going somewhere to use it's services, this works better in major cities then here in Derby, CT. After picking your location, you are given a choice of picking a particular participating restaurant or doing a little browsing. Let's say you want to go to the trendiest, most popular spot: you can click on the "Most Booked" tab. Let's say you want to go to the place that has the best mood and looks the prettiest: you can click on the "Best Ambiance" tab. Besides that, you have a list of different options from health food to kid friendly restaurants.

After choosing the type or particular restaurant that you want, you choose a time, date, and amount of people available, and you're all done. One of the best parts is that this site has apps for all the major mobile services such as the Iphone, Blackberry, and Android, so feel free to download so you can use it whenever you are feeling spontaneous. Good luck next Valentine's Day.