Valentine’s Day is about two weeks away and it’s all about romance and love. 

Let’s face it, this is a woman’s holiday – we expect beautiful cards, flowers and sentimental thoughts. And, of course, women spend hours looking for the perfect card for the men in our lives. It’s usually long and wordy and truly shows how much we adore him.

Reality check: those are the cards we like to receive. Men are just as happy to get a cute card with a double entendre or a sweet card with less than 20 words. I’ve pulled together some examples below.

First, let’s tackle the cute cards:

I love you in the morning,

I love you in the afternoon

 & I love you every night.

So how about it…

Let’s make love tonight.

 (Yes, I wrote this for my husband.)

OR

In every great relationship,

the man is usually on top.

(Usually, I say, “the woman is on top,” but if you’re giving it to a man, let’s make him feel good. Remember, it is Valentine’s Day.)

Now for the sweet card: 

You are a wonderful husband.

I am so lucky to have you in my life.

I love you.

Short, sweet and simple.

Now that we have that down, let’s talk about a gift for him for Valentine’s Day. Oh, come on…you know! Take out the corset, put on the hose and high heels, chill the champagne and create a night of passion.

My girlfriend (a professional artist) actually spent an entire day decorating her bedroom with red and white netting and tons of hearts – it was gorgeous! Her husband was delighted to say the least. I assure you, she was wearing UndercoverWear and had lots of lotions & potions to compliment the romantic décor. (I know, I sold them to her. The story stops there because I’ve been sworn to secrecy. After all, I’m an Undercover Agent.)

What am I doing this year? Well, there’ll be no decorating of our bedroom, that’s for sure – I’m not that talented. Plus, we’re attending an event on Valentine’s Night, so our celebration will be over the weekend… I’m already planning my ideas.  

By the way, not sure if I’ve told you this story…I once appeared on the Montel Williams show on Valentine’s day. I took the shuttle from Boston to New York in the morning and arrived back around 7 in the evening. There was no expectation on my part of celebrating Valentine’s Day that year.  However, when I got off our private elevator, I was led along a path through my bedroom and into the bathroom where my husband had a hot bubble bath waiting for me.

He had prepared champagne, caviar and an incredible dinner. Of course, I was dessert. This was one of the most memorable Valentine’s Days of my life!

Next week, I’ll share some of my best Valentine stories and my worst.

How about sharing some of yours????

The Perfect Valentine's Gift for Him

Valentine’s Day is about two weeks away and it’s all about romance and love. 

Let’s face it, this is a woman’s holiday – we expect beautiful cards, flowers and sentimental thoughts. And, of course, women spend hours looking for the perfect card for the men in our lives. It’s usually long and wordy and truly shows how much we adore him.

Reality check: those are the cards we like to receive. Men are just as happy to get a cute card with a double entendre or a sweet card with less than 20 words. I’ve pulled together some examples below.

First, let’s tackle the cute cards:

I love you in the morning,

I love you in the afternoon

 & I love you every night.

So how about it…

Let’s make love tonight.

 (Yes, I wrote this for my husband.)

OR

In every great relationship,

the man is usually on top.

(Usually, I say, “the woman is on top,” but if you’re giving it to a man, let’s make him feel good. Remember, it is Valentine’s Day.)

Now for the sweet card: 

You are a wonderful husband.

I am so lucky to have you in my life.

I love you.

Short, sweet and simple.

Now that we have that down, let’s talk about a gift for him for Valentine’s Day. Oh, come on…you know! Take out the corset, put on the hose and high heels, chill the champagne and create a night of passion.

My girlfriend (a professional artist) actually spent an entire day decorating her bedroom with red and white netting and tons of hearts – it was gorgeous! Her husband was delighted to say the least. I assure you, she was wearing UndercoverWear and had lots of lotions & potions to compliment the romantic décor. (I know, I sold them to her. The story stops there because I’ve been sworn to secrecy. After all, I’m an Undercover Agent.)

What am I doing this year? Well, there’ll be no decorating of our bedroom, that’s for sure – I’m not that talented. Plus, we’re attending an event on Valentine’s Night, so our celebration will be over the weekend… I’m already planning my ideas.  

By the way, not sure if I’ve told you this story…I once appeared on the Montel Williams show on Valentine’s day. I took the shuttle from Boston to New York in the morning and arrived back around 7 in the evening. There was no expectation on my part of celebrating Valentine’s Day that year.  However, when I got off our private elevator, I was led along a path through my bedroom and into the bathroom where my husband had a hot bubble bath waiting for me.

He had prepared champagne, caviar and an incredible dinner. Of course, I was dessert. This was one of the most memorable Valentine’s Days of my life!

Next week, I’ll share some of my best Valentine stories and my worst.

How about sharing some of yours????

Kahala's Most Wanted...A New Year's First!

Every year, my husband and I throw a New Year’s Eve Party. This year’s theme was “An Evening in Paris.” It was great! (If I do say so myself.)

It was French inspiration everywhere you turned…from the valet attendants, to the wait servers. There were drag queens greeting guests outside as very high-class prostitutes and our photographer had a drop dead gorgeous assistant in UndercoverWear’s Hot Samba Nights – our male guests are still talking about her (or should I say wagging their tongues?) That wasn’t all…we had a French Burlesque Show, a caricature artist, jazz musicians, a French chef and of course, wild music in the disco. Formidable!

However, something happened that evening that has never ever happened at any of our parties – and a lot has happened over the years. We’ve had people fall down stairs, we’ve inadvertently invited both the wife and the girlfriend of a guest, we’ve discovered sleeping guests the next morning in a bedroom and so much more.

But for the first time ever, we had “party crashers.”

We always greet our guests at our front door. When these two chicks arrived, I turned to my husband and said, “I don’t know them.” He assured me that someone must have brought them. But seriously, no one brings extra guests to our parties unless they ask. For a few moments, however, I gave them the benefit of the doubt.

I then asked my assistant Taryn to get their names. Of course, she was successful. I watched “Allison and Rachel” chat with our guests and eat our escargot. Now, I was getting annoyed.

I approached them with my sweetest smile and said, “So ladies, who do you know here?” One answered, “Oh the lady in the living room.” I responded, “And what might her name be?” Without skipping a beat, she said, “Rosalee.” 

Of course, I responded not quite so pleasantly, “There is no Rosalee here. You crashed our party, how rude.”

They started in with a series of excuses about living on Diamond Head, having just come back from Sri Lanka and oh yes, one “had too much to drink.” Like I really cared.     (They were still holding their champagne glasses the whole time!)

So I continued, “Again, I can’t believe you would be so rude.”

“Well OK, we’ll leave,” the drunk one conceded. Well that’s a thought!

Then, she thought she’d make one last request, “Can I just have one more glass of champagne before we leave?” 

Hello?????  I took the glass out of her hand and said, “No, I really don’ t think so. Time to leave. Happy New Year!”

The audacity!

I’d forgotten about the incident until we got our pictures back this week from our photographer. Guess what? Yep, as clear as day: 

   KAHALA’S MOST 

 WANTED

SEEN CRASHING PARTIES

NOT DRESSED TO KILL

$2012

I really think I’ll get Hawaii 5-0 on the case!

The Little Red Sachet

UndercoverWear recently featured an adorable little red satin  “corselet” sachet.

It’s scented and typically used to keep you bra, panty or lingerie drawer “fresh.”

In one of my UCW Tiffany’s training pieces, I suggested it also be used as a means of communication between couples. So, if you’re planning a special night of romance, you can simply put the sachet on the pillow and he’ll know tonight is his lucky night. 

Well, you can’t believe the controversy I raised…comments like, “Is she serious” and “That’s Stupid.” My personal favorite, “Why can’t we just say, ‘we’re having sex tonight’?”

I guess I’ve watched too many Doris Day movies. What ever happened to mystery or playfulness, with a subtle hint of “coming attractions” (pardon the pun)?

How do couples expect to keep romance alive and well, I wonder. Based on the reactions, I think there are some young relationships already on romantic life support.

You know, sex is sex. It can only be done so many ways. If you’ve ever watched an X-rated movie, after the first few minutes it’s all the same. How many times can we watch Body Heat or Like Water for Chocolate or even, Officer and a Gentleman?  (I’m getting turned on just thinking about it.)

OK, so maybe my sachet is “trite,” but after the comments I received, I put my idea to the test with my husband. We had been watching football all day and our Patriots won! After all the games, I placed the little red sachet on our bed. When my husband went upstairs, he looked at the bed a smiled.

He said, “Does that mean what I think it means?” (He knows me well.) I said, “Yes Dear.”   

In no time at all, champagne was chilled, the music was on, my husband was showered and looking very handsome.

What started as a little sachet on the pillow turned into – well, let’s just say it was quite a victory celebration! And today, well, the black sachet is on the bed. 

Need I say more?

Countdown to Valentine's Day

As everyone knows, Valentine’s Day is about a month away. And for the next 30 days, men and women will be thinking about love and romance.  This couples’ holiday is the most celebrated event each year – yes, even more than birthdays or anniversaries. For ONE night (out of 365), couples are invited to get romantic.

Don’t you think there’s something wrong with that? 

Let’s start with you, ladies…

Imagine you’re going out with girlfriends for a really nice lunch. I’m confident you’ll “fluff and buff” and spend time deciding which outfit to wear down to the best-looking shoes.  At the same time, if you’re in a relationship, I want to you think about what you wear to bed at night. I’m going to bet you spend much more time trying to look good for your girlfriends, than you do each night for your husband or boyfriend.

Of course, this is AFTER he’s become your man...it was much different before you sealed the deal! Back then, you actually really spent time being loving, feminine and downright sexy.

It really boggles my mind when I hear younger women talking about their “romance attire.” They can’t see themselves wearing a corset and high heels in the bedroom. The thought of greeting a man at the door in a sexy little frilly apron and nothing else sounds silly to these girls. I’ve even heard them say, “that’s anti-woman.”

Are you serious?

I know. I’m just a “little old lady” who believed in “barefoot and pregnant,” made porridge and served my man. Every word out of my mouth was, “Yes dear.”  

Yeah, right.  If you believe that, you’ve obviously never met me!

For all you doubters, let me refresh your memory on my crusade to get women ahead in this world AND help them feel sexy all at the same time…

I started UndercoverWear at the height of the Women’s Movement – women were burning their bras and wearing men’s three-piece suits. Femininity was OUT and equality with men was IN!

Helen Gurley Brown, Cosmopolitan Mag editor wrote a ridiculous book, “Having it All.” She said women should get up every morning, look gorgeous, make breakfast, run off to work where she  should do more than her male colleagues, THEN come home to make dinner, be sexy and  be ready to make love “on demand.” 

Well, during a heated conversation at a New York luncheon, where I was seated with Ms. Gurley Brown, I called her out on her unrealistic expectations of women. I said her plan was “impossible to achieve”…I was never invited back to lunch.

Then, there was the debate with Gloria Steinem (then editor of Ms. Magazine) about her perception that there is no difference between men and women. I suggested she take a course in anatomy and said that while I do believe in equality (same job, same pay), I do NOT believe we are the same! When men can have babies, we will then be one and the same. I told her, “I will compete with any man in the boardroom, but my bedroom must never become a ‘bored’ room.”

Let’s not forget, ladies, Savvy Magazine made a list of the most-successful businesswomen, but they dedicated five pages (not just a listing) to UndercoverWear and me!

Sure, I’m just a fluffy little bowl of whipped cream whose only desire is to make my husband happy. Not exactly. I am a woman who can honestly answer “yes” to the question, “Have you ever used whipped cream for anything other than dessert?”  

I just don’t understand why this younger generation wears mini skirts and fabulous stilettos to the clubs to catch a guy, but thinks a t-shirt and baggy pants is okay once she has him.

If women really believe men have changed that much in what they like to see their women wearing, then take another look! Maxim, Playboy and Penthouse are still some of the best selling men’s magazines and we all know what those girls are wearing. If you ask 100 heterosexual men to describe what his fantasy woman would be wearing, it ain’t gonna be flannel pjs and big fat fluffy slippers.

So, between now and Valentine’s Day, you’re going to get the romance “wrath of Tiffany.” I will hopefully help a generation of women who struggle with balancing careers, motherhood, femininity, sexiness and relationships (yes, including romance, sensuality, and fantasy). Boy I’ve got my work cut out for me.

I may not be an expert, but I’ve been doing something right for a while now. I’ve done all of the above for a long time and I’ve enjoyed every role I’ve CHOSEN to play.

Well, obviously I’m on a roll. I’d love to hear your comments or answer your questions. We’ve got a lot to talk about. 

UnderConstruction UndercoverWear

While I love reading Facebook comments from current and past Agents about UndercoverWear’s impact on their lives, I rarely talk about UndercoverWear here. As someone who raised UndercoverWear from infancy, I’m continually humbled by the letters of thanks, tales of opportunity and of course, congratulations. I guess God put me on this earth to help others – thankfully, I was given lingerie sales as my vehicle, rather than performing brain surgery. (For those of you familiar with my lack of coordination, help me out here in saying, “thank God!”)

However today, I’m sooooooo excited about UndercoverWear that I’m about ready to explode! (Or, maybe it’s all the Holiday nibbling I’ve been doing.) But seriously, UndercoverWear will be 35 years young in April. Yes, I started when I was 9…well, maybe 7. Anyway, we’ve always been ahead of the curve – even through our several “reinventions.”

Let’s see, we introduced aromatherapies well before any else; then, it was onto a great ride with fashion; followed by an entry into the fascinating world of Bedroom Magic®. So, what’s our next adventure?

Hold on tightly…UndercoverWear is once again “under construction.” Gently put ladies, UndercoverWear’s getting a well deserved “face lift” – wish it were I!

Let’s look at it this way…the party plan business doesn't age in real years. Rather, party planning years are more like dog years – I’d say it’s a 2:1 ratio, which means UndercoverWear is turning 70! It’s about time we had a major facelift!

Consider this – UndercoverWear’s not selling hammers and nails to men. How hard can that be? A hammer is a hammer and a nail is a nail and that hasn’t changed much in 35 years. (Frankly, neither have the men who use these things!) When building a table, he’s always going to need hammers and nails.

Now, think about the way women have changed in those same 35 years. When I created UndercoverWear, 95% of Agents and Hostesses were “stay at home moms.” I could call any day of the week – except Sunday – and reach someone on my first try.

Back then, “That Girl” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” inspired me. Both TV shows celebrated attractive, confident single gals achieving success in the workplace.

Today, in a world of female TV icons like Ellen, Oprah and Suze Orman, women are leading the boardroom meetings, running the finances, calling the shots and even opting out of the whole motherhood thing. And I’d say, we’re sexier than ever!

It’s amazing where we’ve come as women...Based on our experience at UndercoverWear, “We know what women want.” So, in the next few weeks we’ll launch the NEW UndercoverWear!

I’m sure you’ll recognize her, but let me assure you, she won’t just look “well rested.” Oh no, she’s going look a whole lot younger and fresher.

OMG – UndercoverWear is going to look much younger than I will…I think I’ll call a plastic surgeon for a consult!!!!