DIY popsicle mold, $9.99 at Amazon Earlier this week we published a letter from a reader who loves playing with ice in bed…but hates the way it freezes her fingers. She asked for a solution, and you guys came through! “One word — popsicle. Put a few sticks in the ice cube tray. And prepare [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 1, 2009
photo by Kyle_May Dear Em & Lo, We’ve had exceptionally hot weather for the last few days and my boyfriend and I thought this was the perfect time to get some ice cubes from the freezer for a bit of kink. I absolutely adored the chilling touch of the melting ice, it was an absolute [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 21, 2009
photo by nyki_m The blindfolds that come free with a transatlantic Virgin flight (oh, really, you shouldn’t have, Richard Branson) are sometimes printed with the phrase “forty winks” — and we think we know what kind of winks they’re talking about. Who hasn’t stuffed a complimentary blindfold into their carry-on and thought, “Ooh, I should [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 7, 2009
photo by rileyroxx This past Wednesday we published a thank you letter from a reader who [patting ourselves firmly on the back] benefited from our advice concerning his open relationship. Well, we know that we’re not solely responsible for the success story, so we asked Zac to elaborate on how he was able to banish [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 5, 2009
About 18 months ago we answered a reader’s plea for advice about her open relationship (on our dearly departed blog, DailyBedpost). And then just this week we heard from the reader’s boyfriend, Zac, who told us that the advice totally worked! We’re suckers for a success story, especially when it’s one of our own, so [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 4, 2009
photo by linh.ngân We know that a helpful answer to this question goes deeper than a multiple-choice poll, so we encourage you to cast your vote and then leave your advice/war stories/encouragement for Maybe Baby in the comments section below. Dear Em & Lo, I hope you can help me and my wife with our [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 29, 2009
photo by hashmil Our contributor, who wishes to remain anonymous, has a confession to make: My boyfriend and I used to fuck like bunnies. And I don’t mean we were cute and cuddly in bed — I mean, we did it like they do on the Discovery Channel. We couldn’t keep our dirty little paws [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 6, 2009
The Other Side of Desire is in bookstores now We’ve read — or at least skimmed — hundreds of books about sex in our ten years in the biz, and our shelves are stacked with tomes on everything from gays in the military to the science of seduction. Some educate us, some make us laugh, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 17, 2009
photo by Mistral938 This “curiously strong mint” with sexy ad tag lines (“Pleasure in pain”; “These mints have not yet been rated”; “Shrinkage may occur”; “Dental Damn!”) was the subject of a widely circulated 1997 email extolling the mints’ powers as an oral sex aid. (Hmmmm, we wonder who originally sent that email? Could it [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 25, 2009
photo by jswieringa Here’s a quick science lesson for you: Scented and colored candles often contain plasticizers, which make them burn much hotter, i.e., way too hot for your sweetie’s fleshy parts. Black candles and beeswax candles burn the hottest of all. (Besides, what are you doing with black candles anyway? That’s so Trenchcoat Brigade.) [...]
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
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