Summer Lovin' - Ways to Turn Up The Heat in Your Love Life

Summer is in full swing and if you looking for ways to turn up the heat in your love life, you’re in the right place.  Whoopie Queen Cyndy Bragg just celebrated her 13th wedding anniversary and she’s here to give tips on how to keep things steamy, even if you're wilting in the heat.   

1.     LIGHT THE FIRES

Start with the drink of the summer - the Moscow Mule.  I add jalapeno to the recipe,  which has aphrodisiac qualities to sizzle things up. 

Moscow Mules for Four:

300 ml Vodka
100 ml Lime Juice (Key West Lime Juice or 3 limes)

750 ml Ginger Beer

2 slices of jalapeno

Research shows that the key to keep FIRES BURNING in a relationship is to be PLAYFUL and ADVENTUROUS.  I call this keeping your own desires lit within.  There is more insight at the current issue of Psychology Today.  Most of the article suggests that shared responsibilities of house and home keeps the relationship simmering.   Men who vacuum, get more action.  It's what long time married gals call Porn for Women.

 

DATE IDEAS FOR A SUMMER GLOW:

•  Visit the DC monuments at night.

•  Go dancing under the lights at Glen Echo's big band bashes every Saturday.

•  Redbook Magazine recommends listening to erotica on a road trip.  Kiss Your Ear.

2.     GET FRESH

Would you want to date yourself?   I have a friend who says, “The best way to be adored is to be adorable.”  Freshen up things with your partner – flirt, write notes on the mirror, text a sexy something-something, send flowers IN AN ICE CUBE.  Edible flowers are available at Whole Foods. 

 FRESH DATE IDEAS: 

·      Go to a museum and count the nudes, i.e. Baltimore Museum of Art, Or book a Find The Nudes Scavenger Hunt in several cities - http://www.watsonadventures.com/public/event/the-naked-at-the-art-museum-scavenger-hunt-4/ 

·      Marathon House of Cards or Scandal and meet at POV, the bar at The W Hotel overlooking the White House.

·  Take iced coffee and bagels for breakfast at the National Zoo.  It opens at 6am, which is when the animals are frisky.  Woo hoo!

3.  SMOLDER IT UP AT HOME
People are so busy these days with work & family that time for connecting gets lost.  The last thing ya want to do if you're exhausted at the end of the day is to get-it-on.  Why wait until the end of the day?

           DATE IDEAS: 

·      Book a “Bedroom Date," i.e., have a nooner.

·      Create Lover’s Lane in your driveway – makeout in your car.

·      Put a blanket down in your backyard, surrounded with Glow Jars, and watch the fireflies attract their mates.  

GLOW JARS HOW-TO:  Glow Jars are like having a beautiful, giant firefly bootie. 

1. Break a glow stick & shake it.  (Don't use glitter, it clumps up the goo.)

2. Cut off top & pour goo into Mason jar and screw on lid. 

3. Shake it but don't break it, took ya mama nine months to make it. Whoop POW!