From cuddle parties to puppy play

Our second annual nod to Valentine’s Day gets down to business

We like to think that every issue of CityBeat titillates our reader's interest, but we hope that our second-ever "Sex Issue" stimulates a different cat of your curiosity.

Wednesday, February 8,2012
Sex Issue

Raise the woof!

Greetings from La Mesa, puppy-play capital of the world

By Enrique Limon

“Come over to the back shed—I’ll show you where the magic happens,” Moats instructs. I’m led to a space the size of a single-car garage filled floor to ceiling with his collection of prototype masks, some 200 strong, as well as tools used to make them

Wednesday, February 8,2012
Sex Issue

A sexy soundtrack for music lovers

Get hot and bothered to this modern playlist

By Peter Holslin

Music nerds like to impress people with their vast knowledge of obscure sounds, but the art of makin’ love requires a distinctly randy soundtrack.

Wednesday, February 8,2012
Sex Issue

Pleasures & Treasures reaches climax

San Diego sex shop owner says business has never been better

By Kinsee Morlan

Despite the rise in online shopping and the overall economic malaise, the sex-shop business has never been better.

Wednesday, February 8,2012
Sex Issue

Unemployed and risky

When the economy tanks, so does safe sex

By Alex Zaragoza, Dave Maass

Jane’s sex life fits with trends researchers have documented while studying the consequences of long-term unemployment.

Wednesday, February 8,2012
Sex Issue

Getting touchy-feely at the cuddle party

Serial snugglers hug it out

By Alex Zaragoza

This isn’t a sex party—no nudity and no sexual acts. But that doesn’t mean there’s no sexual charge in the room. Perhaps that’s why my palms are sweaty and I keep shuddering. What a prude.

Wednesday, February 8,2012
Sex Issue

Sex surrogate fights for ‘orgasmic freedom’

Mare Simone’s hands-on approach to solving sexual frustrations

By Kinsee Morlan

A day at work can mean Skyping with a 36-year-old virgin who has problems getting an erection, or heading into a bedroom with a couple whose sex life is lukewarm.

Wednesday, February 9,2011
Sex Issue

Ask a Savage Mexican

Sex advice from a sexpert hybrid

By Enrique Limon

Wednesday, February 9,2011
Sex Issue

Riley Steele magnolia

An Escondido girl talks about making a sudden splash in porn and piranhas

By Dave Maass

Wednesday, February 9,2011
Sex Issue

How to score with a hipster girl

A quick list of pickup techniques

By Seth Combs