Photo by Alternative Photography via Flickr When I first sat down to write about BDSM for newbies, I figured that I'd wind up with some sort of simple list; you know, 1. Handcuffs. 2. Dog collar. 3. Light smack across the face. But how naive I was! BDSM, which is a complex acronym that stands for bo...

Photo courtesy of Joanna Angel Remember when you were a kid, and you dug through your dad's Playboys? Yeah...me too. Anyway, maybe you wished that the girls were a little more interesting. You know, a little less Barbie, a little more Joan Jett. Well...if so, Joanna Angel is your lady. Since startin...

Photo by JaseMan/Flickr We've all done some crazy things in the name of health, a better bod or a spiritual cleanse. Today, LAist's writers and editors confess our most questionable decisions; some successful, some not so much. Some downright dangerous. But we do it for you, readers, so read on... "...

Photo by christopher barson/Flickr Perhaps you wake up every morning, get out of bed and immediately kick over a dirty cereal bowl. Or maybe certain areas of your life constantly feel like the intersection between the 101 and the 405; a permanent clusterfuck. Whatever the reason, feng shui (fung shw...

Jackie Warner is one of the most well-recognized trainers and fitness professionals in the country. Her hit reality show on Bravo, "Work Out," has made her famous amongst fitness buffs and those who are fascinated by her lifestyle. Her workout DVD is a runaway hit, and she's got a new show, a book, ...

'Tis the season, fellow Americans, to make sweet, sweet love. According to McClatchy, more people are doing the horizontal mambo around the holidays than at any other time of the year. More condoms are sold, and on the flip side, more babies are made. But don't worry about sin or anything. If this i...

Jamie Sneider is, for all intents and purposes, a nice Jewish girl. She grew up Reform Jewish outside of Boston, went to NYU, and lived in New York for years working as a writer and performer before moving to L.A. Once here, Jamie decided to combine her love for all things nice and all things Jewish...

Photo by Ben30 via Flickr Health and fitness: it's a gift category upon which one must tread delicately. Give the wrong person a piece of fitness equipment and you risk wreaking havoc upon a fragile self-esteem, or simply having your gift received with the silent treatment and a single, lonesome tea...

Today's L.A. Times has an article about a new bar in Silver Lake that's - guess what? No, go ahead and guess, you're going to be so surprised - ironic!! Isn't that awesome?? I love it! The bar is called Stinkers, and according to the Times it's got a picture of Burt Reynolds in the ladies room, a "c...

Photo by paper or plastic? via Flickr Kudos to the LA Times for this article! While a lot of folks like to think of women's sexual pleasure as something elusive and unpredictable, they've taken a crack at examining some of the variation in women's anatomy that might lead to different sexual experien...