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Aug19

Get a Room with Durex

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Bridget Marquardt, former star of Girls Next Door on E! and Bridget’s Sexiest Beaches on The Travel Channel has teamed up with Durex to help everyone spice up their sex life.

On Wednesday, Durex hosted a “Get a Room” party here in Manhattan at the Gansevoort Park Avenue and I attended with Kristen and Cecily.

We headed up to the Penthouse and checked out the Durex Play products available for consumers.

And looked at the different ideas they had to spice up your sex life.

Afterwards, we looked around the Sex Suite that is part of the Durex Get A Room contest. Not only did the room have vibrating rubber duck in the bathroom and costumes in the closet but it also had several toys, books and a stripper pole in the bedroom — pretty much ensuring the couple staying in the room has a variety of things to keep them occupied.

While in the Sex Suite we asked Bridget a few questions and since I knew she is divorced (now dating Nick Carpenter) I wanted to know her rule for first dates.

She shared her first date rule that women should follow.

I just get to know the person. I make them want to know me. And see if they want to go to the next level. I never kiss or have sex because you have to always leave them wanting more.

Seems reasonable. The no sex part. The no kissing part surprised me a bit. Geez, if you don’t even give a date you like a kiss goodnight, I would think the guy would think you weren’t truly interested in a second date. But what do I know, I wasn’t in Playboy. Bridget was.

I also asked Bridget a question to help every couple — whether married or not — how she suggests couples never fall into a sex rut and what are some things that can help them be different and happier in the bedroom.

Sometimes things get mundane and you just fall asleep or the kids and distractions get in the way so get out of the bedroom… get a room if you can. Get away from the pressures. Use costumes, fun condoms, massagers and gels. Get a pack of [position] cards and pick a position… Take poll dancing classes.

I have to say… with Bridget’s advice and all the goodies in the Sex Suite, I’m pretty sure any couple who stays in it will have a great time.

To enter the Durex Get a Room contest head over to the Durex USA fan page on Facebook and don’t forget to “Like” their page so you can answer their fun questions.

Dec2

Breakfast at Tiffany

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There are times when breakfast should not be missed.

Like when it’s a chance to have Breakfast at Tiffany and this morning that is what I did.


Every good breakfast starts with mimosas


And an assortment of pastry .. including croissants

And sugar bacon


Tiffany & Co had their holiday decorations up so it was very festive.


Even the Tiffany Blue box fit the season.


I tried on a few Frank Gehry pieces. My personal collection from Tiffany doesn’t include anything from Frank Gehry so this was a treat.

The holiday gift ideas were set aside for us to look at.


Took a photo with Jessica of What I Wore – its doubtful either of us will forget the morning.

Loved this bracelet. Definitely not subtle but not obnoxious. A little like me.


Wearing the new Tiffany Blue box necklace (made of turquoise and diamonds) as I checked out the new nature collection with David.


David is creative. He spelled BLOG using the initial necklaces.

After stopping at several other sparkling display areas it was time for me to go to my next event.

Thanks Tiffany & Co. for treating me like a princess.

And for the unexpected gift as I walked out the door. Will treasure my new Tiffany key necklace.

Well, when I get it the only thing that does any good is to jump in a cab and go to Tiffany’s. Calms me down right away. The quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there. If I could find a real-life place that’d make me feel like Tiffany’s, then – then I’d buy some furniture and give the cat a name! – Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s

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Next stop… Tomorrow is the Blogher holiday bash at Pranna. Before that is a manicure pedicure courtesy New Balance and Aravon shoes.

Car Song – Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Deep Blue Something “And I said what about Breakfast at Tiffany’s. She said I think I remember the film…”

Nov16

Ladies Who Lunch

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You know what the best conversation to have over lunch is?
Mucus discharge.

Seriously. Over a nice roasted beet, goat cheese and walnut salad.


Followed by a grilled vegetable panini and seasonal berries with a dollop of whipped cream.

Oh sorry, I must be the only one who does that.

Along with all of these ladies.


Not bad company to be around… no matter the topic J

We gathered at Spa Chakra on Fifth to hear some Vicks executives (who all are moms of twins!!!) discuss various new products for the Vicks brand and scientific research on cold and flu.

I’d already used the new products from Vicks since a little birdie (had a Vicks care package magically appear at my door) after seeing I was sick on Twitter several weeks ago.

But I didn’t know there were over 200 types of cold viruses or that our body discharges over 750ml of mucus when we have a cold. Oh well that grossness is just a necessary part of life.

After the Vicks “Breathe Life In” lunch, they treated us all to a spa treatment of our choice.

I chose a signature facial (retail price $199 and in my opinion, quite overpriced). Nicole got a signature massage.

Here we are striking a fuzzy iPhone pose before our treatments:


Oh stop people. You know you strike a pose with your friends in the bathroom.

Thanks to Vicks for clearing up my misconceptions about cold and flu season… and my skin.

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Next stop… You know all the mail that gets sent to my P.O. Box for review. Its getting picked up in the morning and I’ll be spending quite a bit of time going through it. So don’t call, don’t write. Don’t tweet. My life will be all about opening mail.

Car Song – I Want To Know What Love Is by Mariah Carey (Foreigner cover) “Can’t stop now, I’ve traveled so far to change this lonely life….”

Mar24

From Inside a Fitting Room

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You might have heard me shrieking earlier.    

And not because my friend and I were seated in what seemed like a lover’s corner table at lunch today.

(Hello, oddness to the fourth power. I’m not canoodling with her even if she got insulted when I told her I wouldn’t. *smirk*)

We ate the biggest lunch ever followed by some ridiculous dessert (and I even ate some of the dessert off her plate. I totally need to have some shame.).

 

That’s my amazing panna cotta which was not good enough for said friend even after I told her they smuggled the vanilla bean in from Madagascar. She’s a snob and wouldn’t even try it. The nerve.

That’s my amazing panna cotta which was not good enough for said friend even after I told her they smuggled the vanilla bean in from Madagascar. She’s a snob and wouldn’t even try it. The nerve.

Afterwards, I’m not sure what possessed us to head over to a few Madison Avenue stores to shop for evening wear and then to a department store to bikini shop.


I mean, I have LA coming up at the end of the week and she’s got Florida a few days after so yes we were in need of a swimsuit of some kind but oh heavens.

What’s worse than living in the land of delusion?

Not having the mirrors that are supposed to be deceiving and make you size skinny when you aren’t.

The mirrors in these fitting rooms made you size hefty when you really aren’t.

I can’t even say how unflattering the bikinis looked on me. I just can’t even share. I stood there horrified with my clothes off.


After being horrified at how I looked in what I thought were some cute bikinis (yes, I stayed far away from the sexy bikinis and the itsy bitsy bikinis because they are just not me.) I got dressed and stayed in my dressing room waiting for my friend to finish trying on a dozen or so of the styles she chose to bring into the fitting room.

See I look better in the fitting room with my clothes on.

I can promise you one thing, before I go inside a fitting room and take my clothes off again, I am going to look for a list of stores with misleading mirrors.

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