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Novelty Use Only? Know Your Dildo
David Bergeron is a carpenter. Naturally, a friend asked him to make her a dildo. And naturally, he did.She liked it so much that David started his wooden dildo business a year ago. I met him and his unique pleasure sticks at The Everything To Do With Sex Show in Toronto last weekend.
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Dimitri the Lover Exposes Himself
Luckily, the notorious pick up artist and host of Toronto Real Men meetings has exposed both himself and his questionable tactics in a new documentary The Great Intoxication (at 11m30s in).
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LELO: The Lexus of Vibes
Walking around the Everything to Do With Sex Show last weekend, I passed the usual selection of sex toys -- "Pocket Rocket sale! $9.99 today only!" and variations of the Rabbit for $30. But on the shelves of Come As You Are is a new breed of pleasure that would fit right at home as props in a truck limo or connected to an iPod.
Vibrators are getting more high-end and boy, are they purdy.
My biggest problem with many wireless vibes is that the intensity isn't there. They die off too quickly and/or feel like a gentle buzz rather than a racing heartbeat. That all changed the moment I met Lelo on Saturday.
No, it's the name of some Hawaiian chick getting spanked in the Dungeon Room but rather the Swedish company behind new fancy sex toys.
According to their Web site, the models come "with a distinct design philosophy," drawing inspiration from the fashion and beauty industries. The design is simple and sophisticated.
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Bi-Bash Celebrates International Diversity
This might have flown right under the radar, but yesterday was the ninth-annual Celebrate Bisexuality Day!And what better way to show Toronto's colours than the Bi-Bash, in its third year, where several hundred boys and girls who love boys and girls crammed Goodhandy's on Church St. last night to watch an off-beat variety show.
"There's growing to be more and more but you can really can't find something bisexual-specific," organizer Cheryl Dobinson of the Toronto Bisexual Network said last night. "There's a bit of this and that."
This year, the three-hour variety show featured fab burlesque troupes, Cinnamon Hearts, Jon Pressick and WikiD, bringing brrrrains together with brawn with their zombie burlesque act.
The setlist also included musical performances by MEA, Tomboyfriend, and Snoovy, spoken word artists Annanda DeSilva and Susan Tarshis and hula hoop dancing by Circus Alchemy.
"Does bisexuality day mean that anyone who is bisexual gets a free drink?" lead singer Ryan Kamstra joked.
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Webdreams Season Opener Shakes Up the Ossington
The Toronto community of Web porn squeezed into the Ossington Thursday night.They were there to celebrate the launch of the upcoming third season of Webdreams, a docu-drama on Showcase's Fridays Without Borders.
Now, I know what you're thinking -- porn party! This must be what it's like at the Playboy mansion! I was actually slightly disappointed that the launch wasn't more salacious. There was no pole dancing, no naughty bar scenes, not even a glimpse of a double-ended dildo. It was a packed bar with people hanging out.
I had attended the premiere of season one in Montreal a few years ago when I was working for 2Much, and recall a wild time. People were making out everywhere, classic bathroom lines of coke were being snorted. I guess, everything you'd expect the nature of such a party to be.
But at the same time, I thought, why shouldn't porn stars blend in with the crowd in a professional atmosphere? They're regular folks, right?
Toronto-based fetish queen Maxine X and her husband Scott Rhodes agree.
"We're like the horny couple next door," Maxine laughs. "I'm just an exhibitionist and a fun wife."
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Harbord Sale Spices Up Street
Who doesn't love a good sidewalk sale, especially on a hot summer day?Well, it may not be just the smog making things sticky on Harbord St. between Bathurst St. and Spadina Ave. this afternoon - the local sex shop gurus at Good For Her are teaching free mini workshops, feeding tasty treats, promoting free giveaways and performing what they say will be "a saucy reading."
Added bonus: 20 per cent off all vibrators and up to 75% off on selected clearance items.
Also, stores located on the south side of Harbord on the strip - including the Toronto Women's Bookstore, WonderWorks, Divine Scents Spa, The Curl Ambassadors, Wild Thing Cafe and Jode's Jewels - will have their own sales going on.
Who knows - maybe you'll end up just getting off on the money you saved.
Schedule:
12 p.m.: Free Oral Sex mini-workshop
2 p.m.: Aural Pleasure: Readings by J.Q. Maceus and Meaghan Strimas
3 p.m.: Good For Her teams up with Toronto Women's Bookstore to present a Free Kissing mini-workshop at the bookstore
4:30 p.m.: Free G-Spots mini-workshop
