In this particular column, though, I am ‘catching you up’ as it were on my doings. I am sure, like you, I found there is just so much cleaning out a closet/jigsaw puzzle-making/baking I can stand (actually since I work from home doing this writing thing, my work situation didn’t change all that much in the time of COVID). But I did get into something new and what I am about to tell you about is as much about porn stars, juicy sex-positive happenings, and kink as it is about me, so I feel somewhat justified (somewhat) telling you all about my new podcast, Licking Non-Vanilla.

Giving with the lights, cookies, the Menorah candles, gift exchanging (and returning) and celebrating the Nguzo Saba, being your faithful servant in all things naughty (and a little nice) I figured I could give forth on some adult gift ideas. So grab a spiced nog, spin your dreidel put the last touches on your tree and …below are some ideas for what to give your lover/friend/spouse or just friend-with-benefits for this 2018 holidaze season.

Vivid Cabaret New York Valentine’s Week celebration. From the 14th to 17th Vivid (@61 W 37th Street) is celebrating Valentine’s Week, and I received the pic you see here of a couple of the Vivid ladies showing off in some of heir Valentine frockery.
“Valentine’s is so much fun,” cooed Vivid Cabaret NYC girl Bianca when she told me about anticiating new week. “I dress sexy every day. And for Valentine’s Week I’m putting together really hot, tiny little red and pink outfits.”

Vivid Cabaret NYC is the sister club to the world famous Rick’s Cabaret NYC, and the new Hoops Cabaret and Sports Bar, both @ West 33rd between Fifth Avenue and Broadway. If you want to make it the red hottest Valentine you have ever had, hit all 3 clubs next week.

The thing about Rick’s Cabaret New York is that no matter the season they are constantly upping the ante on just what a gentlemen’s club can offer; these Hawaiin Luau parties are just another in a long line of the creativity the club is constantly displaying…right along with their beautiful women and great food. You really owe it to yourself-men and women alike-to free up your next week and get on down to Rick’s Cabaret New York, conveniently located in the heart of Manhattan across from the Empire State Building and just one block away from Madison Square Garden@50 West 33rd Street.

A magazine/webportal like EDP knows well about what gentleman clubs are happening….and what one’s are not. Having served the adult night club industry for two decades, the reviewers who work for EDP have seen strip clubs come and go and have been reporting on the growth of the gentleman cabaret business these past twenty years. To be sure, maintaining a club like Vivid Cabaret NYC or its sister club, the world famous Rick’s Cabaret NYC, not a mere four blocks from Vivid Cabaret New York is no easy feat, especially in a city like New York. But the nominated club located at 1 W 37th St has been teaming with anybody who is anyone in the year and a half it has been open.

So you say you know of some real cool spots in Manhattan…or have heard tell of a few you’re going to get your ass over to this summer. In my travels for ShortandSweet and specifically this THE SEX FILES column, I have found myself in a few cool places (in this city and abroad), whether I catch a salacious off-Broadway play, check-out a kink convention, interview a upcoming porn star in the lobby of a cool hotel (yes, the job of bringing you consistent updates is so very taxing…wink!) so you can trust I have seen a few things. So when I tell you that the rooftop at Vivid’s Gentleman’s Cabaret is a spot not to be beat, take it on good authority you need to see this one-of-a-kind-location.