The Setai Fifth Avenue

Written by Her on March 28, 2012 in Hotels

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This is a five start hotel and you can feel that as soon as you walk through the doors. There are doormen and the people working the check in desk offer premier customer service. The doormen will arrange a car for your day out or will grab a cab if you prefer.

The hotel has 157 guest rooms and 57 apartment suites ranging from 450 square feet to 2000. There are also several different layouts to choose from. You can relax in the first floor bar or head to the full service salon or spa.

Other amenities include:

Duxiana King Size Beds
Down Comforters and Pillows
Custom Built Closet and In-Room Safe
Refreshment Center
Nespresso Coffee Maker
Glass Enclosed Floor to Ceiling Rain Shower
Bathroom Amenities by Lorenzo Villoresi Firenze for Botega
Majestic Mirror / Television in Bathroom
LCD Television with Cable Access
HBO, MTV, CNN, Sports and Foreign Channels
Audio and Video iPod Dock
DVD Player and Library Available
Data / Fax Connections
Twice Daily Maid Service
Full Turn-Down Service
Newspaper Delivery

Prices start at $795 and go well above $2000 depending on what you are looking for. You pay a lot, but you can also expect a lot.

When we walked in, we had just gotten off our plane and had our first crazy taxi cab experience. We were both dressed casually and I immediately felt embarrassed because not only was everyone who worked their dressed to the T, so were the guests. It seemed like there were many business men and women but almost everyone was wearing a suit. They do have a huge focus on business meetings though so that does not surprise me. They have private conference rooms and upscale meeting areas but we also saw a lot of meetings happening in the restaurant or in the bar area.

We did have a hard time getting an appointment for a couple’s massage at a time that worked for us but that was not fault of theirs. They seemed pretty booked.

This was one of the coolest rooms I have ever stayed in, coming in second to our room at Vdara in Las Vegas. The fridge was stocked with sparking and still water as well as a variety of sodas. My favorite thing about this hotel? SNACK TIME. Everyday at 4 they would bring you a snack. We had cookies, small fruit pastries, homemade pretzels and chocolates delivered to our door. They also turn down the bed every night around 7 PM. They lay your slippers out, clean the room for the second time of the day, put relaxing jazz music on the TV and leave a cookie on the bed. We were so spoiled for the week we were here.

The hotel is in a fantastic area and we were really close to some of the most popular attractions in NYC. We were able to walk to almost everything we wanted to see there.

I love love love this hotel. I don’t think another hotel in NYC could have topped this one.

Batter batter, swing! (kind of)

Written by Her on March 21, 2012 in Blog

If you will remember the couple that we met at the Penthouse Executive Club in this post, well there is more to that story. I went to the restroom when they came to sit at the bar and when I got back, my man goes, “that chick totally checked you out.” You can’t imagine how exciting that was for me. I was always horrible at dating and picking up on signs but for it to be a woman, that is an even bigger compliment. So I scooted over a seat and introduced myself. Her boyfriend, my new friend my man and I all talked for a while at the bar. I’ll skip to the good part. We will call the girl from the bar Lucy..well Lucy and I were talking when the two dancers approached us and asked if we wanted a dance. I looked at Lucy and suggested her and her man join us. She agreed so the dancers walked us over to an area to give us the dance. They were both so nice and super hot. After the dance was over, my dancer asked me if I wanted to go to a private room. I had been hearing about these rooms for the whole trip and had yet to experience one. I told her to ask my man since he was the one with a wallet and he agreed it would be fun.Then I asked our new found friends to join us. NEVER could I have imagined what was going to happen next. (Let me clarify that we paid for the ROOM not the girls that were in there. They came on their own free will.)

We were in the room ordering drinks and then I look over and one of the dancers had undressed Lucy. Her man was loving it. Lucy got to try on one of the girl’s lingerie too. Then they came to me. Another woman has never seen me naked other than my mother. But I didn’t think twice. Before I knew it, I was also undressed and being rubbed all over by 4 sets of hands. It felt amazing. The dancers told Lucy and I to kiss and I could feel how much I was turning my man on. I went to sit in his lap and one of the dancers played with my boobs and rubbed my pussy. I was kissing my man and the other dancer started joining us in the kiss.

Before I knew it, our time in the room was over and the dancers and other couple were asking to come to our hotel. I started getting nervous because I knew how far this could potentially go but I was excited at the same time. We told the other couple to meet us outside so we could ditch the dancers (for reasons I wont post here so as not to get them in trouble.) We grabbed a taxi back to the hotel and ordered a bottle of wine as soon as we got there. The guys had a good time talking while Lucy and I hit it off as well. The ending of this story is not as sweet and it did not go as far as we wanted. I was playing with Lucy’s hair or something as she laid on her boyfriend’s shoulder. All of a sudden she sat up, and puked red wine all over the side of the couch and floor in the hotel living room. I am always sympathetic for people who are sick and I had a newfound friendship with this girl so I pulled her hair back with my ponytail and rubbed her back as she continued vomiting. They both apologized and her boyfriend kept telling me thank you for being so kind. We walked them out so they could catch a cab and we promised to text each other later since we had exchanged numbers earlier in the night.

After they left, we went to the bedroom and made love in a very passionate way. We were both turned on to the max.

I felt bad because the only attention the men really got was from the girls they came with but at the same time, I think he was having as much fun watching as I was participating. So while it wasn’t quite soft swapping since he didn’t really get any action, I am still going to count it as my first time swinging because I had never been that intimate with a woman before and my heart was definitely in the right place. This experience showed me that I was ready for the next step and it brought my lover and I closer to each other.

After this experience and talking to a few readers that wanted to connect on SDC, I have renewed my account and look forward to the new friends we will make there!

REVIEW: Penthouse Executive Club NYC

Written by Her on March 21, 2012 in Strip clubs

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603 West 45th Street New York, NY 10036

This was the night I was super excited about! We had heard so many good things about the Penthouse Executive Club (Yes THAT Penthouse) and really wanted to check it out but the only night we had left was a Sunday. I didn’t care, I figured I could get a good enough feel for it even if it was slow.

I was so excited when we walked in because it felt clean…I know that sounds weird but there was not smoking inside and it makes a huge difference. That is one thing I really liked about all the clubs we visited in NYC. There was also a clean, clearly marked women’s restroom right next to the men’s. We paid 20 dollars a piece for cover and as soon as we walked in, we started laughing. We were the only ones in the club. We sat at the bar and I chatted it up with the bartender. (Super hot.) No one was dancing on stage but all of the girls were at the bar sitting and having drinks or coffee so I actually got to have conversations with several of them. They didn’t however, ask us if we wanted a dance or anything. It was more friendly conversation than anything. They all told us how much they hated working Sundays. They also told us how uncomfortable couples made them. They said men won’t tip as much or are afraid to ask for a dance for fear of making their woman mad. I told then that was too bad because that made it so much harder for us to get a dance. Other than that though, I thought this place had a lot of couples appeal. Especially since we hit it off with another couple that felt the same way we did about going to the club. The tables were comfortable and intimate and it wasn’t so loud you couldn’t talk to each other. Once the dancers saw how open we were, as a couple, the continuously talked to us.

We sat at the bar for a while and then the girls finally started working the stage. There was probably only one of guy and another couple (finally) at that point. I started walking up to tip the girls who were dancing so they would all come and talk to us at the bar. After a while (and many, many shots..thanks hot bartender!) the other couple ended up at the bar with us. Now we were getting approached for dances. There is much more to this story…check out my post here, but I will say, we had an amazing time and got much more than expected. I really liked the layout of this club and I wish we had a club similar to this near home. The girls were super hot even for a Sunday night. There were private rooms and a steak house on the upper level. I read that you could get a dance right at your table there. We didn’t eat there so don’t take my word for it but this club and restaurant has great reviews on Yelp. I HIGHLY recommend this club and we will visit it again when we hit NYC up next time.

REVIEW: Flashdancers NYC

Written by Her on March 19, 2012 in Strip clubs

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1674 Broadway STE 1 New York, NY 10019

This was the first club we visited in NYC. We had seen in on over half of the taxi cabs driving around and had also been referred by followers and friends. We went on a Friday night so the place was PACKED. We were still able to get a table since we got there around 9:30 but by 10:30 or 11, there was a wait at the door.

We paid 20 dollars a piece for cover which wasn’t too bad, we had no drink minimum and they asked if we wanted to sit in the VIP section which was the first time we have been asked at the door. We were seated right next to the stage that had 2 poles with 3 girls constantly dancing on it. It was kind of in a T-shape so they would be dancing in a line then take turns going to the end of the T and dancing between tables. The girls were all dressed in skimpy dresses instead of heading on the stage already in lingerie. The place was crawling with dancers and any single guy there had one hit him up for a dance every 2 minutes.

The service here was horrible. At first, our girl was good and then she disappeared. When she sat us, she put a card on the table with her name on it. We were seated right under an AC vent so it blew off the table and neither of us saw it. After about an hour needing drinks and no one checking on us, another waitress came over and asked how we were doing. We told her we needed another round of drinks. At that time, I went to use the restroom..and I’ll explain my experience with that later. When I got back, my man explained to me that he was asked several times for a dance (we had not been approached at all when I was at the table) so he bought me one. We walked over to a private are. The girl was not interested in giving me a dance but I was still rubbing on her thighs and ass a little as she told me I could. I wasn’t comfortable after my experience in the restroom so I wasn’t really that into the dance either. Regardless, I like getting dances and tried to be into it. I prefer to get them as a couple. After the dance was over, she said “I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy yourself.” WHAT THE FUCK? I just said, “Actually I did, sorry it didn’t come across that way.” But she just walked off. Lap dance, FAIL. Usually the girls are nice and like talking to me but this one…not so much.

When I got back to the table, my man explained that the first waitress saw the second waiting on us and came and got all mad at him. They got into a foreign language yelling match and the second one said to him, “Why the fuck didn’t you tell me you had another waitress?” He explained that she hadn’t been over in over an hour and think the people who work there should take care of their customers. AKA-we didn’t think it was a big deal that someone else brought us drinks. She told him he fucked up and should have had the card on the table. He explained that it blew off and we didn’t notice it. All I am saying is that I am glad he handled it and I wasn’t there because I was already so pissed off about my bathroom and dance experience that I was ready to get sassy with someone.

OK, whew. So pros:

*Tons of girls

*Cover was not too high

*No drink minimum

*Seating right next to the stage

*We were asked about VIP

Cons: Here is goes..

*The girls just really didn’t get into their stage dances. I am used to them getting down on the stage and putting their ass in the air. I want to see what you are working with. Make me want to walk to the stage and put money in your panties…you know?

*We were seated close to the stage but on an aisle and almost everyone who walked by hit my feet. It became very annoying after about the third person.

*The service sucked and the dancers were rude.

*As a couple, we had NO attention what so ever. I saw other couples in here and it seemed like the same thing was happening to them.

OK, now for my bathroom experience. No one probably cares about this but as a woman who frequents clubs now, I wish they would spend a little time and give us a decent restroom to use too. I asked a waitress where the women’s restroom was. She pointed me in the direction of the door that said Ladies. I open the door and there are stairs with the dancers sitting all along them. I turn to go out because I assume I am in the dressing room and a dancer behinds me tells me I can use the restroom. So, I had to walk up the stairs and push my way through all of the girls changing and putting on their makeup while being stared at the entire time. It was so awkward. When I am done, I come out of the stall and look for the sink to wash my hands. Yeah..no. If there was one, it was covered in makeup with no way for me to get to it. I was again being stared at so I just walked out of there as soon as I could.

In conclusion, we did not particularly enjoy ourselves here. With all of the clubs in NYC, I don’t even think I would be willing to give it another chance. On Yelp, I can tell others had a much better time so I will not discourage you from going. I just prefer to go to a more laid back club and I feel like I could never really get comfortable here. It wasn’t a great atmosphere for couples either and it was so loud we could hardly talk to each other.

Heading home

Written by Her on March 14, 2012 in Blog

I am sad to say we are flying home today. We had an amazing time in NYC! You guys were so great at recommending places for us to check out and I really appreciate that!

While I am sad to leave, I cannot WAIT to get home so I can share our experiences with all of you! It will be a busy couple of days as I settle back into the swing of things so be patient with me.

Thanks again for all of your support and ideas and I hope you will enjoy reading about our time here in the Big Apple.

XOXOxo