Most of today was good. I met my darling for a lunch date; we love doing that, meeting up during the day. I had the soup of the day, and he had a Caesar salad. He promised me a surprise when I got home after work; I thought maybe he was finally going to install the tile splashback he's been saying he'll do for months!
But I just arrived home, and he is nowhere to be seen! There's no sign of him except three pieces of paper on the table, and some tiles. I don't know where he is. Can you help me?
Paper #1 is a page which looks like it was ripped from a tile catalogue.
There are six tiles scattered on top of it.
Paper #2 looks a bit like the menu from the restaurant we went to for lunch, but I don't understand it. There's no soup! No salad!
Bqqfujafst
1 Pee, pee ipso espoft xjui cfmm gmpxfst. (\$13)
6 Dvufs xjui mpp boe tipsu ibjs. (\$7)
8 Tmjnf jt hppe xjuipvu gjwf ivoesfe. (\$3)
9 Wfsjgjfe boe sjtfo. (\$6) 10 Ep hppe boe hppeczf. (\$8)
13 Vujmjtf, foufsubjo, xjuipvu b tjnqmf qsftfou up cf. (\$3)
14 Gfmjof bncmft po obsspx csjehft. (\$8)
16 Ebnbhf usbq, qvnb, cvu opu wfsz rvjfumz. (\$6)
17 B mjuumf bnqijcjbo ibt op mpwf. (\$3)
18 Jo b gsbhjmf mzsf, zpv nvtu npwf efyuspvtmz. (\$7)
20 Vombdf svnpvst bcpvu ofswft boe csbxo. (\$13)Efttfsut
1 Jotbof pqfsb? Dmbq jo ju! Uifo qvu ju po bhbjo! (\$13)
2 Exbsg epdups (\$3)
3 Toblf xjui beefs gmv nvtu gffm ufssjcmf. (\$8)
4 Uxp tiput! Uxp tiput! (\$6)
5 Bo fevdbups tbe uibu ifs dipdpmbuft dsbdlfe. (\$6.70)
7 If tbje if ibe uif cftu csplfo cbe upft. (\$7)
8 Ibqqz? Hppe mpse! Fwfsz fmefsmz gppm vtft mvdl gjstu! (\$7)
11 Cfh gps b cbssfm, opu b ivoesfe. (\$3)
12 Tufsjmjtft, cmjoemz, votfuumfe. (\$8)
15 Bhbjo ep b ebodf, qpjoumfttmz, tmpxmz. (\$6)
19 Opu nf! (\$3)
Paper #3 is a page he's ripped from the "From the Heart" notepad I use to put notes in his lunchbox when we can't meet for lunch. He's written me a message, and signed it with his usual flamboyant signature, but it doesn't really explain much.
Can you help? Where has he gone?
Hint #1:
Who has those initials?
Hint #2:
"From The Heart" is significant.
Hint #3:
"From the Heart" can also mean "From the Centre". The centre of what?
Hint #4:
BdV is a person of significance in the ciphering world. Who is he, and what does he lend his name to?