They say it’s for cupcake lovers — but I’ll just go ahead and say it’s for lovers, period: this sunday here in San Francisco my very close friend Ariel Waldman is the buttercream-alicious driving force behind Cupcake Camp, at Citizen Space from 2-6 pm. Tonight she told me they’re going to have way more cupcakes…
Month: May 2008
Beers with me, the interview
Photo by Justin Juul for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. Recently I drank beer in Dolores Park with the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and they interviewed me — it was a really great time and the weather was perfect. The interview came out terrific and surprising; they asked me about my early writing career, my…
Congratulations, Mom!
Along with Cyndi Lauper and Charo, my [adopted] mom — Theresa Sparks — has been named Grand Marshal of the San Francisco Pride parade 2008! Yay! Last year I rode in the car with her, but this year’s going to rock!
Pretty girl Friday with Mark Rutherford
My column about San Francisco’s sex work clients was the #2 read item of the day on the Chronicle’s website, got conservatives’ knickers in a twist, and got a lot of praise. But the best compliment I got was from local photographer Mark Rutherford who said, “Must say I’m glad you have a voice in…
The stickiest links of the week
Image Devil Girl with Angel Wings by friend Demetrius Gonzalez. As the week comes to a close, I’ve been sweating out a book deadline: Best Women’s Erotica 2009 to be precise. I received hundreds, literally hundreds of stories as hopefuls, I can only pick around 20, and the submissions are *incredible*. So I really have…
Tristan Taormino’s guide to open relationships
Image by Cyan Del Mar. In this week’s SF Chronicle column, I interview Tristan Taormino about her new book Opening Up, and the resulting piece Open Relationships, Demystified is quite revealing. I’m really a n00b about open relationships and tend to be monogamous-yet-always-questioning, so my queries are not from a place of experience — or…
Now do as you’re told and buy the Mistress a birthday present
I love, love, love San Francisco’s Mistress Morgana. No discipline is needed for that statement (though from her it is always desired). I’ve been reminded that her birthday is coming up sometime near the weekend, and today she expressed her birthday wish: marriage for all. So if you want to buy her a birthday present,…
Always consider the right-leaning, fallacious source
Image by gecko.juice. I’ve been attacked, criticized, parodied and trolled quite a bit over the past year. Every time, I remember my close friend Lori‘s advice, from her mom: always consider the source. Which is why considering a recent blog post attack on sex work in San Francisco by Ben Wachs from the SF Weekly…
Slate’s girls night at the firing range
Image by Helmut Newton. The video embedded below was on the front page of Slate yesterday and now it’s impossible to find — luckily I coped the embed code for Girls’ Night Out At The Firing Range because it’s really an enjoyable video. Host and writer Samantha Henig is a gun n00b who goes to…
How to blow up your genitals
Apparently, it is as easy as dropping a lit match on your bits after you have slathered them in silicone based lube. Reader Patrick sends me the links to Ask Garnet’s short and firey lit-match-to-lube experiment. Don’t worry, in the video the lube is a safe distance from any dangly parts. “Burning Man” indeed. However,…