The Wonderful Thing About Tigers

Friday, February 19th, 2010

“The wonderful thing about tiggers
Is tiggers are wonderful things!
Their tops are made out of rubber
Their bottoms are made out of springs!”

Today, Tiger Woods released a statement apologizing for his marital infidelity. The statement essentially tells the public and the press that he made a mistake, asks that the media leave him and his family alone, and insists that there was no violence in his marriage. I’m not exactly sure why Tiger’s actions are of such interest to me. I can appreciate his talents as a golfer, but I think the juice for me is not watching the train-wreck, but speculating about the challenge of rebuilding his image.

I like to think that I am a critical thinker. I think it’s fair to say that being cynical comes naturally to me. Unlike many ladies in “the biz”, my cynicism has a strong genetic base, but that’s another issue for another topic… Suffice it to say, I had my bullshit detector highly tuned for Tiger’s atonement. I watched it twice, and I have to say that I liked it. He confirmed that he had affairs. Check. He admitted he cheated. Check. He said that he played by different rules because his fame led him to believe that conventional rules need not apply. Check ++. He said that the details of what is to become of his marital life with Elin are personal, and finally, he was not available for questions. Smart.

I feel that Tiger’s real image “rehab” began with the February 2010 issue of Vanity Fair, featuring an Annie Leibovitz pictorial. Leibovitz commented: “Tiger is an intensely competitive athlete—and quite serious about his sport. I wanted to reveal that in these photos. And to show his incredible focus and dedication.” Um..yeah. I definitely saw focus and dedication; the kind I’d like to run my tongue all over. Let’s face it, golf duds tell the tale of “Dad” and are designed to homogenize even the hottest bod into the most suburban form. In contrast to the polite clapping, there is no room for a screaming boner in golf. Golf pants are carefully designed for the spectator to think only about the putt, NOT the putz. Leibovitz definitely got me, and the rest of the world thinking about what simmers under the khakis, but more importantly, reminded us that being a great golfer is not Tiger’s only asset and is probably not the only thing on his mind! For the first time, I saw Tiger as a sexual being, and it was then that my feelings about all of this shifted. I no longer saw him as a smarmy celeb, I saw him as hungry and raw and HUMAN…and THAT, I understand.

Prior to his troubles, Tiger has always been seen as a model of what an athlete and a man should aspire to. His newly revealed indiscretions do not detract from his accomplishments in life and on the golf course. They do not negate the obstacles he has overcome. The public now knows that Tiger Woods is not impervious to temptations…even stupid ones, and now must realize, by Tiger’s own admission that being famous opens ALL doors, not just ones leading in promising directions. We can no longer project onto Tiger something that he is not. He admitted his actions, and if you are reading this, you know how he could have greatly lessened his liability. I imagine he does too. At least I hope so. So, Tiger… if you are the real deal as integrity goes, I hope this works out for you. I’m not a big fan of sex addiction treatment, as I think it is misused as a blameless “quick fix”, but I do believe that taking a minute for introspection is a good idea for Tiger right about now. I also believe in second (which are VERY different from third) chances. Will he be “cured” of his “disease”? Only if you believe that sanitizing the layer of “personal shame” that contains the jargon will magically solve the deeper issues. Clearly he will need a cure of some sort to “cure” his image in the eyes of prospective sponsors. I think a good scrubbing won’t cut it, nor will time.

Tiger made some really dumb mistakes. He profited from the media, but now wants them to leave him and his family alone. It’s not going to happen. He can’t have it both ways, so he will need to pick an image he can live with (this time) and embrace it. If he wants to be a playboy, then the media can chase him, follow the divorce, and promptly lose interest in his estranged family. But if he truly loves Elin, his children, and the life he once knew, he’s going to have to be golden and the media will make sure of it. He can’t simultaneously plant his statement smack dab in the middle of an Accenture sponsored event, and then ask for privacy. Perhaps Tiger needs to understand how the world works before he can get a grip on his own life. He who lives by the sword is also doomed by it. It would be nice to see Tiger rebound with some sort of image in tact. The question is: now that we’ve seen his fervid form in a whole new way, will Tiger be willing to climb back into the rubber and springs? It should be interesting.

EVERYBODY MUST GET MILESTONED

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

This week I received notice of a new review on TER (www.theeroticreview.com). TER is the website that has become the de-facto marketplace for providers to promote themselves, and for hobbyists to share their impressions of the services provided.

It is not the new review itself that holds great significance, but rather, it’s place in my history as a provider: My 100th review! Reaching a milestone calls for at least a moment of retrospection, so I clicked down memory lane for a few minutes this morning, fondly recalling some of the very special times that have been chronicled by the writers.

The idea of reviews was, I think, originated by guys who wanted to avoid rip-offs and mediocre services, ala’ Consumer Reports, but it seems to me that, in my case at least, the oeuvre contained in those 100 stories represents some very different intentions by those 100 authors. It most certainly documents some things about me.

Clearly, some of the gentlemen were simply pleased and excited at their experience, and wanted others to know about it. In that sense, some of the authors were engaging in a form of well-deserved cyber-chest-pounding about a highly-enjoyable experience (often for both of us!) For others, however, the writing took a more poetic and romantic tone, and for others still, it was almost like a very sincere, very intimate thank you note to me.

I don’t know that I ever expected to do this work long enough to gather 100 reviews, but I am proud of what they represent: an established record of making people feel so good that they wanted to write about it. The author of #100 was kind enough to point out that, if one runs a search on TER for providers with 100+ reviews (there are 366 such ladies), and sorts the results in performance-score order, I AM RANKED 11TH IN THE WORLD

I’m not sure if there will be another 100—I’ve always promised myself to do this work ONLY as long as I still love doing it—but I do know that quality follows passion. A big THANK YOU to the 100 gentlemen who appreciated that, and took the time to write the reviews.

It’s January 1, 2010, your life called: It wants it’s mojo back!

Friday, January 1st, 2010

It’s 2010 and I think we have suffered enough, don’t you? 2009 was largely a fear-based year. There is no doubt that we were reacting to bad things happening around us, but sober up, people! We need not immerse ourselves in this, nor continue to define our current culture by it! Bad things HAPPEN! I think much of the “shock” of the last couple of years was due to our feelings of entitlement. I believe that (other than the occasional stroke of good luck) the things we have that mean the most to us are not just handed over: What matters most in our lives is usually attained through commitment, determination, and sacrifice! This applies to our health, our relationships, our children, our businesses and pretty much all aspects of our lives. How we want to live our next decade hinges on US! We have no entitlement to anything, and happiness is guaranteed to no one. Think about how fast the last decade went. Think about those with whom you ushered in Y2K? Who is no longer with you? This next ten years may be all you get!!! How you live it is up to you…

Think positive thoughts. Revisit what made you really, truly happy in your past and do more of that! It’s 2010! YOU HAVE PERMISSION to leave all things negative behind so you no longer need to dwell on them. Take a moment or two to remember what excites you and what you love. RE-WRITE WHAT WILL DEFINE YOU IN THIS DECADE. Dwell on those things instead and you WILL bring them into your life!

I look forward to hearing how this all turns out. :-)

FINALLY, SOMETHING YOU DO BETTER THAN TIGER!!

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

I think my favorite Tiger joke is the one about changing his name to “Cheetah”. So simple and witty, and now we discover, so unlike the man, himself! We are all compelled to ask, what was this big cat thinking?? This went on for how long, and with how many? What was it, 14 at last count? Tiger was still (and rightfully so) voted the athlete of the decade by Associated Press member editors….a distant second to Lance Armstrong. In light of his accomplishments, should we leave Tiger alone or hold his spikes even closer to the fire? Even without his loss of sponsorships and money wasted in futile attempts at silencing one or two partners in crime, Tiger Woods is going to redefine the term, “paying for it”! If only he had…

The latest “sources” are reporting that Woods’ yacht, “Privacy” (prophetic, no?), has left port from North Palm Beach and is headed for the Bahamas after being stocked with supplies from Costco. What sort of supplies??? Are we talking the Doomsday-ready buckets of freeze-dried food (enough to last until Elin forgives and forgets?) Supersized jugs of Kirkland hooch to drown his sorrows? Or maybe he just got the Costco customary 85 roll-pack of toilet paper, XL sleeves of red cups, 1000 capsule bottles of Ibuprofen, 2 miles of paper towels, cheese platter, Road-show garlic foccaccia-bread, a navy hoodie, and an unceremoniously drop-shipped walk-in cooler full of discontinued Tiger-ade .

Why the journey? The devil hooker-bitch in me is rooting for a balls-out, crash-and-burn yacht party with what will turn out to be his yet undisclosed smashing cast of A-list gals, and I will (in this daydream) be recruited to sun and fun alongside the amateurs. The less frequently heard from, judgmental puritan on my opposite shoulder is voting for a quiet, contemplative voyage involving self-flagellation, a Dr. Phil box set, and a collared, breathable, pastel pink hair shirt. While Tiger is out to sea, I’m sure Elin’s divorce lawyer will find new and quantitative meaning in Dr. Phil’s irritating buzz-phrase, “Earn your way out”.

The armchair attorney in me wonders if all the sponsors pulling out will mitigate the $$$$$$$$$$$$$ blow of what is to come, or if perhaps Elin’s attorney will make the ultimate nut-slicing argument for net worth being what Tiger’s endorsements would have earned before he became Cheetah, as opposed to what they are worth now! But what I REALLY wonder is, why he did it in the first place? I mean, not to be ugly, but the parade of mediocrity of his indiscretions was astounding, both in the quality and the execution!! I’m sure they are all very nice women..blah, blah, blah, but C’MON!!! Surely the billionaire-athlete of the damn decade could have scored himself a nice, discreet, intelligent, PROFESSIONAL (or 14) who did not need handholding texts, or promises of travel and / or eternal bliss, or lies about his home-life to sustain the relationship. He could have even had one (or two, or three) in every port, dressed appropriately in public and even more appropriately in the bedroom. Think of it…lovely, supremely talented, ladies… all to his liking, arriving red-hot, and departing down a drama-free, cold trail once he’s wheels-up and on to the next one. Not this oooey-gooey mess of midwestern housewife toilet-reading fodder. At least he would have been given credit for keeping it clean.

He could have had it all… if only he had known what you know!

Silly Tiger, trysts are for kids! Do what real men do: GET A PRO!

My Favorite YouTube video by one of my ATFs!

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Popsicle out of thin air

Crazy About ‘Mad Men’

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

I’m a huge fan of “Mad Men”, a sexy, smoky drama about a Madison Avenue advertising agency set in the 1960s. I’ve watched the first two seasons and am only two episodes into the third (so no spoiling!) If you haven’t seen it, and you are of the “Baby Boom” era, or perhaps even younger, you really should check it out. [Sunday nights on AMC.] The dialogue is smart and the characters are stunningly attractive. They do all the things you may have done or remember your parents doing and they do them with stylish seduction and no apologies. They embrace their adult standing and enjoy the freedom to drink at work, smoke with the doctor, and screw their secretaries. They are in charge of the world and not vice versa.

I yearn for those days even though I was not yet born. I craved them before the creation of “Mad Men” simply from being regaled by such stories by my enchanting, older gentlemen-friends. Although a person’s looks may change, the sexual being doesn’t fade and it was always easy for me to picture these men as they were in that era, drawing deeply on a Lucky Strike while nursing a Gimlet or Old Fashioned. It’s sexy to me that the gender roles were so well defined. The women were coy and proper, yet so gently obvious in their picturesque seduction. Their simmering sexuality raged behind the façade and I LOVE THAT!

To me, the fashion of that era was a direct reflection of the culture upon which Mad Men is based. The male wardrobe exuded masculinity and outward conservatism, revealing none of the opposite attitudes it belied. The main character, Don Draper, is both a hero (literally, from the war, and figuratively in the ad world) and a cad…often simultaneously. His intuition about people and his lust for life are tools that make him great but also allow him to get away with whatever lusts he chooses to indulge.

Many of the women wore their newly-found, post-war liberation on their sleeves (and necklines.) The most obvious example is a character named Joan Holloway, a classic femme fatale. As the agency’s office manager, she finds a way to coolly rule the roost with the ladies while commanding both respect and lust from the men.

I recently found inspiration in a pair of patent leather, pigeon-blood-colored stiletto pumps at Bloomingdales. Very early-60’s. That same week, I hired a talented seamstress to customize some dresses so that they better-hug my curves and display my soft cleavage (properly and in a ladylike manner, of course.) In these clothes, my silhouette has gentle movement, yet I still feel I belong any place I care to go. And I feel like I could walk into that office on Mad Men and fit right in. I’ve also invested in cashmere, and I was turned on by red lipstick and lusciously silky “Stocking Girl” stockings long ago.

A man who knows me well described me as Don Draper dipped in Joan Holloway. In my mind, that’s quite a compliment!

I Didn’t Write This, but I Love It!

Friday, October 16th, 2009

The Huffington Post
Carl Honore
(Author, In Praise of Slowness)
Posted: October 15, 2009 08:39 AM

In Praise Of Slow Sex

The other day a buddy of mine was making love to his new girlfriend when her iPhone beeped with an incoming text message. Like any guy, he hoped she would ignore the alert - or even fail to notice it altogether.

The opposite happened. The woman opened her eyes, grabbed the phone from the bedside table and read the message. She then typed out a short reply.

“To be fair, she apologized and suggested we go back to the sex,” says my crestfallen friend. “But it was kind of a mood-killer.”

Two conclusions can be drawn from an anecdote like this. The first is that my friend maybe needs to brush up on his sexual technique. The second is that his girlfriend’s behavior reveals something alarming about the way we live nowadays.

In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We have forgotten how to slow down.

Not surprisingly, this fast-forward culture is taking a toll on everything from our diet and health to our work and the environment. It’s ruining our sex lives, too.

There is certainly a lot of fast sex around these days. Just look at the tsunami of pornography washing over the Internet.

Even when we stop watching and start doing, we struggle to give sex our full attention. Surveys suggest that a fifth of us now interrupt lovemaking to read an email, take a call or fire off a tweet. Even Paris Hilton, that great cultural icon du jour, reached for the cell in her notorious sex video.

Like everything else, sex has become a commodity, something to be consumed and made more efficient. Lifestyle magazines are stuffed with advice on how to reach orgasm more quickly, more often. Busy couples sit down with their planners to schedule nooky as they might a meeting with a financial advisor or a visit to the dentist.

The result is a grim paradox: at a time when our culture is marinated in sexual messages, many of us are having less sex. Millions of people - mainly men, but women, too - now choose fast and easy porn over the real thing.

And when we do have sex, it’s often not very satisfying. Just ask the millions of women now being diagnosed with low libido. True to the quick-fix culture, the pharmaceutical industry insists that a Viagra-style pill is the best cure for this affliction. But speeding up genital blood flow is a red herring. The real problem is not that women are ill or flawed. It is that living in fast-forward is a recipe for bad sex.

Don’t get me wrong. Speed and sex can be happy bedfellows. Sometimes a swift roll in the hay is just the ticket. Trust me, I like a quickie as much as the next person.

But if sex is always fast, then we do miss out. Slowing down between the sheets can deepen the emotional, psychological, even spiritual power of sex. It also gives the body - especially the female body - the time it needs to warm up.

Slow Sex is not rocket science - anyone can do it. Start by slowing down outside the bedroom. Trim your schedule so you have the time and energy for those little exchanges that stoke desire throughout the day - flirting, touching, stolen glances, conversation and whispered fantasies, small favors and gifts. After that kind of foreplay, even a quickie will deliver more bang for your buck.

Make the bedroom a Slow haven: no phones, no orgasm quotas, no deadlines; just two people in the moment together, going with the flow. Slip into a relaxed, sensual rhythm with massage, stroking, eye contact, breathing in unison, maybe even blindfolds. That may sound a bit cheesy, but, as the Pointer Sisters observed, it’s the lover with a slow hand who makes the earth move.

Slow Sex is catching on. A few years ago, we all sniggered when the pop star Sting talked of romping Tantric-style for hours on end, but now couples all over the world are flocking to workshops to learn the lost art of unhurried lovemaking. Anecdotal evidence suggests that recession-hit lovers, no longer able to afford so many nights on the town, are staying home and making more time for intimacy. Slow Sex coaches are springing up and Italy even has an official Slow Sex movement.

All of this is part of a broader Slow revolution. Everywhere, people are discovering that doing things more slowly often means doing them better and enjoying them more. It means living life instead of rushing through it.

You can apply this to everything from food to parenting to work. But sex is a nice place to start.

As Mae West famously quipped: “Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.”

Thanks Treasures Las Vegas (and the perfect partner in crime) for one of the best experiences ever!

Friday, September 25th, 2009

When people go over and above to offer a good time to others, particularly in a category of service where mediocrity is often “good enough”, I think they deserve some hearty recognition for their efforts. Given the recent conversations in Las Vegas regarding poor treatment of female clients at other clubs, and the money we all have wasted in the past, I wanted to mention the great time we had at Treasures.

Since being snubbed by the gals at Sapphire and subsequently embarrassed for bringing my guests there, I have been on the lookout for a great club with a super attitude towards guys AND gals! My savvy suitor enjoyed Treasures in the past, so after several sublime flights of premium tequila and a little pre-game necking we made our way there.

We had a GREAT cocktail waitress (Nicole..I think) who not only kept our blood alcohol at approximately four times the legal limit, she hooked us up with all the lovely ladies we both could handle! The girls danced for us both together, individually (as we watched each other enjoy), and side by side for the maximum “fantasy o’ flesh”!

4 sexy people crammed into a love-seat? LET’S DO IT!

No over-choreographed, insipid, pseudo-sexy routines either! Just a lot of hot grinding, luscious bodies, and “stimulating” conversation. Even up-selling was kept to a minimum. : )

The complementary limo ride home wasn’t bad either… but a lady never tells..

(still tingling as I write this and it’s FRIDAY already)

I highly recommend giving this place your business if you plan on attending a club as a couple. These girls work hard to TURN YOU ON and their attitude was incredible. Definitely one of my favorite nights ever!

Keeping Score.. Why I like TER’s new “scores for VIP only” policy and why I’m worth every “10″

Friday, September 11th, 2009

The Erotic Review ( www.theeroticreview.com ) or “TER” is without a doubt the best and most comprehensive search tool that is available to gentleman in the US and recently, much like the ladies they report on, they decided to stop giving away the goodies for free. Yup, TER’s “Appearance”, “Performance”, search functions, and other products are VIP only! This is a change from “The juicy Details” and a few other searches only being VIP. Now, before everybody starts speculating, I am NOT being paid or getting any perks from TER for writing this. I just really believe in their product. Like other prophylactics, if used correctly, TER CAN protect the user from unpleasant situations. The annual membership is $240, but there are monthly plans for just $20 for those who only crave company occasionally.

Like any other change, some controversy follows. The shrill objections should be taken into consideration for what they are, mostly guys who are bargain shoppers looking for back channel intel, deeply discounted, or free sessions in exchange for writing reviews with great scores. Some were simply from people who felt they knew how to work the old system well enough that they didn’t need to join. In my opinion, the men who won’t pay $20 for one month to save being ripped off to the tune of $500 on up just don’t get it!

Sometimes there’s a little sport to having a lot of mystery. Some guys just like risky scenarios and get off on the thrill of it all to the extent that disasterous experiences are just part of the fun. Nobody really “plans” these preternatural trysts, but they certainly give the more adventurous types something to crow about. The “fun” includes the dream girl in the picture being secretly replaced by a woman who bears a vague resemblance to your grandmother, run-ins with pimps or vicious dogs, children at the “incall”, a dirty mattress on the floor of the boudoir, being driven to a storage shed for the encounter, and the famous cash and dash or up-sell. If hellish hobbying isn’t for you, then please do your homework because the aforementioned circumstances, are true stories from gentleman whom I have personally known.

I think that overall, the new policy will create more savvy readers who can read between the lines and are willing to do so! Frankly, those are the best company because they want what they want and they are willing to take the time and spend the money BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE BEDROOM to get it.

There are a few other “review” sites out there that have some scores posted for girls, but they are far from representative in the statistical sense and do not contain nearly the amount of information that TER gathers from its members. TER has moderated boards so that people can’t get too inflammatory and every so often, there is something cool to learn from the discussions. TER ’s discussion boards have not been without their problems, but in the day, and I truly hope that day returns, there was some pretty damn good writing from men and women who had something interesting to say and a safe place to say it. It’s not like many people can discuss this world with their usual circle so it’s good to have a place… If the intellect of the gentleman that I meet regularly is any indication of TER’s paid membership as a whole, there are many more brilliant minds out there than not! The site isn’t perfect and suffers from some abuses, but overall, it’s the best gig going.

So here are some tips that (I feel) will increase the value of TER and save you from evil carnal dupery:

1. Use the search functions and search for girls with 25 or more reviews. This eliminates most of the shill reviews because there are only so many shills out there and pretty soon, things do get more real.

2. Curve the results. Throw out the occasional greats and the occasional unfortunates and see what’s left.

3. READ BETWEEN THE LINES. Just because a gal has all 10’s she may not be what you want. We get our performance scores for different reasons. For example: I feel that my 9’s and 10’s (and only one 8 and nothing less in FIVE YEARS) are not so much for PSE activity as they are for believability. I literally LOVE what I do and all the stuff that comes with it and my serious nympho ways fuel my performance. I love “it” like your college girlfriend loved it and I have that kind of energy. If you want to feel that way again, I am your girl! If you like to please, I am your girl! I am your 10! If you want a hard core PSE, complete with cussing and spitting and hands around the throat, and discharging into a gal’s eyes, you will need to continue your search because there are girls who really do get off on that and earn their 10’s because of it. So pay your admission, read all about it and then search for the exact kind of experience you want!

4. Look at the “Appearance” scores then look at the pictures then look at the appearance scores then roll the dice anyway. There is a lot of ground to be covered between 8 (super hot) and 10 (once in a lifetime)! Do not base your decision solely on those because you will be dissapointed. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and people get both more and less attractive the longer you spend with them. Most of us are not trained models. We do pics for marketing and those of us who want repeat business try to keep it as real as possible. My favorite pictures of myself are ones where the photographer “gets” me, not ones where I look like something I’m not. BTW, I have some really great new ones coming soon!!!!

5. Don’t feel the need to give a really cute, but really low scoring girl a chance unless you want a really poor performance with a cute girl. Not sure why everyone keeps missing this one.

6. Look at other reviewers reviews and don’t be afraid to contact them by PM if you want to ask something specific. As I mentioned, we are all different and guy who had a great time will not be hesitant to talk about it or make other recommendations. Once you are screened, feel free to ask questions of me too.

7. Keep in mind that we (the girls and guys) are all very different people with different likes and dislikes, but one common goal here. The variety and / or the relationships are what makes it fun! Do your homework, but still buckle up for the surprises.. you will be expanding your horizons and your skills.

Finally, I am proud to report that I have 10 PAGES of consistently high reviews with average scores of 8.21 on appearance and 9.25 on performance which, among girls with just 25 or more reviews, makes me one of the 60 top scoring gals in the nation. : ) Pair me with a highly qualified girlfriend and it’s 10-10 all the way! Your very own ” best in the country” experience! Don’t take my word for it, read the reviews for yourself!

I will sign off with a quote from Maya Angelou. I’m pretty sure she wasn’t making a direct reference to TER when she said this, but it is fitting!

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Enjoy !

She’s So Tweet!!

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Would you like to follow me on Twitter? I’m not a compulsive Tweetstress but it is a fun way to keep track of what I’m doing and see some of the cool things that have previously been for my eyes only. IMPORTANT: I will only approve those for whom I have some frame of reference, so please send me an e mail advising me of your handle on Twitter, TER, or if I know you, a brief note to say hello, and let’s join the 21st century together!