The above comment was awesome. That was useful advice (concentrating on the destination for lunch, picnic, etc.). Genius.
Get her a Trek Pure or Electra townie. Coolest girl bikes in the world. She'll love it.
You can also secretly disconnect the cable to the TV (literally, in the back of the TV) but don't fully remove it. Just enough to make it so the picture is crap.
TV is a disease.