So, Valentine’s Day is upon us once more and if you’re anything like us, you want to celebrate it away from the heart-shaped chocolates, vomit-inducing pink foil balloons and the overpriced, over-booked restaurants where swooning couples recite clichés at one another and try to refrain from arguing on this most romantically pressure-ridden of days. How about starting your night off with something intriguingly erotic and genuinely fun that you’ll both enjoy? Sound good? Welcome to Sated’s Actually Interesting Valentine’s Day Guide.
Super Lyan x Rosie Von Boschan
Pop-Up Lingerie Shop & Nipple Tassel Making Masterclasses
For an alternative (and cheeky) Valentine’s Day date spot, basement bar Super Lyan has partnered with the delightfully debaucherous, boutique lingerie designer, Rosie von Boschan, whose delicate erotic lingerie is inspired by courtesans and enchantresses of bygone eras.
A special menu of tongue-in-cheek cocktails will be available alongside a pop-up lingerie shop and nipple tassel making masterclasses. Those wishing to get hands on (so to speak) will be able to craft their own nipple tassels in a masterclass led by Rosie. The drinks, created by General Manager Maja Jaworska, have been inspired by the senses and arousal:
1 – TASTE – inspired by ingredients that make you taste even better…
Ingredients: Plantation Pineapple, double pineapple, mint stinger
A tongue in cheek take on ingredients that are meant to make you more appealing to your partner.
2 – SMELL – inspired by smells that arouse and attract
Ingredients: Mr Lyan Gin, roasted pumpkin, lavender, lemon
According to a recent scientific study, a combination of pumpkin and lavender aromas is more arousing to men than the classical perfume.
3 – TOUCH – inspired by flavours that make you want to get close
Ingredients: Dewars 12, woodruff honey, applewood smoke, mead
A nod to Saint Valentine as a patron of the bees, the addition of honey, and comforting aromas of hay and woodspice is designed to relax and soothe.
Wednesday 14th February, 5pm – late
Walk-ins available, but for reservations visit: www.superlyan.com
Super Lyan, 155 Hoxton Street, London, N1 6PJ
Nipple Tassel Making Masterclass £15-£20 per person
The London EDITION x Baron & Baroness
Valentine’s Day Readings and Film Screenings
In a celebration of romance, sex and sexuality, The London EDITION has collaborated with erotic journal, Baron & Baroness, offering a series of erotic readings. Tucked away at in the RSVP-only bar Punch Room, guests are invited for cocktails and sassy tales at The Valentine Readings on Valentine’s Eve. Featuring a stellar line up including Gina Birch, Jennifer Binnie, Oriana Fox and Shared Saliva, audience will be treated to passionate and punchy performances whilst sipping on a special Love Punch created for the occasion in the oak-panelled den.
There will also be a screening of a work exploring music, identity and sex at The Paradiso Cinema – a 60-seat cinema at Basement at The London EDITION, created for connoisseurs of the finest films on sex and sexuality. There will be three screenings on Valentine’s Day throughout the evening featuring films include: Boyfriends by Jennifer Chan, Bye Bye Deutschland by Barbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca, I Have Nothing by Sarah Baker, Make Believe by Hannah Diamond, Madonna y el Nino by Trisha Baga and Date with the Devil by No Bra.
The London EDITION has also created two Hendrick’s Orbium cocktail combos, Oestrogen and Testosterone, which comes with Libido #1 and #2 to be enjoyed together, available exclusively at the Lobby Bar of the hotel on 14th of February.
Attendees must be aged 18 or above.
The Valentine Readings
Date: Tuesday 13th February
Time: 18:30 – 20:30
Location: Punch Room, The London EDITION, 10 Berners Street, London W1T 3NP
Tickets: £10 inclusive of a Love Punch cocktail, www.baronmagazine.com
The Paradiso Cinema
Date: Wednesday 14th February
Times: Three one-hour screenings at 19:00, 20:20 and 21:40
Location: Basement at The London EDITION, 10 Berners Street, London W1T 3NP
Tickets: £10 inclusive of an Aphrodisiac cocktail on arrival, www.baronmagazine.com
Bompas & Parr
Anti-Valentine’s Insoles
Kooky, immersive food artists extraordinaire, Bompas & Parr, have taken a step away from their usual jellied delights in order to give the heartbroken the chance to walk all over their exes. The pair are offering the unique opportunity to send in a photo that can be printed on comfortable padded insoles that you can then cut to fit your favourite pair of shoes at £10 a pair.
Simply email a high resolution digital image that you have taken to insoles@bompasandparr.com with your contact details, shoe size and – most crucially – a short description of who broke your heart and the emotional trauma you have experienced, to arrive by the end of February. Their in-house angst team will assess each of the entries and call back successful applicants to collect payment.
Entries will be accepted up until 14th February so get emailing!