Appetite for Seduction

June 2009

Fabulous, Affordable and Sensual

How to Spend the Evening

New York has always been a magical place for me… something a bit like a fairy tale.  I was once again anticipating this feeling from my city that always impresses me.  I was leaving a sun drenched, laid back, beach town.  Life in PV was pretty easy going and simply lovely (Swine Flu epidemic included).  So I truly was quite surprised when I discovered that my social life in NYC was not what it used to be six months earlier.  Oh… BTW… there is a recession going on.  The trickle down effect has effected us all.

So I find myself in a city I love, with less money than usual.  I also remembered that the gluttonous days of taco tasting, Dorito eating, Corona chugging, mango margarita sipping, and cupcake testing just might have caught up with me.  I swear I wore a bathing suit every day!  The truth is… jeans are tighter than a bathing suit cover-up, pencil skirts are less forgiving than flouncy linen dresses and I really should have mastered the kilo to pound conversion.

That brings me to my new life.  Thank goodness I still have a hint of a tan!  I have heard that a tanned body looks 5 pounds thinner than a Casper  white body.  That calculates to a mere 10 extra pounds, a few hundreds of dollars a week less and all the desire in the world to feel great and enjoy any beautiful evening in the city.

This is what I suggest:

Save your money on buying new clothes to fit your slightly more robust body.  Instead hire a trainer!  Seriously the $75 per hour is WELL worth it!  Once you start pumping it up in the gym, you will feel sooo much better all around!  That’s how I feel!  Not too mention- we’re doing boxing moves that gives me so much pleasure!

Remember that the better you feel, the sexier you are!  If you feel good, you smile more often which is the first and easiest expression of sensuality.

May I also suggest making drinks at home and drinking them on the street?  Times are tough and here in NYC you will easily spend $30 on ONE round-trip cab ride, $12 on ONE drink and $4 on the coat check (Please, it’s still COLD here!).  With 3 drinks and the cab you are out $75.

Aphrodisiac Cocktail the "Ninny Kick"

The other night, my boyfriend and I fought back and made up a batch of Ninny Kicks-  an AMAZING drink with Pear Vodka, lime juice, jalepeno and ginger ale.  We put the cocktail in a large tupperware drink container, grabbed 2 folding chairs, 2 plastic cups, an I pod and the speakers, and walked to the corner of our block.  We do live in a super cool neighborhood so I put on a sexy black wrap dress (the wrap dress can “grow” with you, it is a very sensible buy) a pair of killer bright turquoise heels, did the whole glam make-up, hair thing and we situated ourselves along the side of the building on the corner of 1st and 2nd.  Ok, it wasn’t exactly a night at Pink Elephant, but it was super fun!  We had our own music, a great scene and a killer cocktail!

While you are sipping away… remember that ginger is an aphrodisiac.  Ginger first hits you at your sense of smell.  Its mere scent is commonly recognized as a sexual stimulant. This aroma is beneficial in increasing circulation, which is thought to make erogenous zones hypersensitive.  Use this in your favor by increasing the frequency in which you spend touching your partner.  By the end of the evening the level of sensual stimulation will have increased 3 fold.  First by the ginger’s circulatory effect, Second by the alcohol’s effect and Third by the satisfaction of having a fabulous time drinking a luxury drink while staying on your budget.