The Sex Issue 2013
The 2013 Sex Survey; Alena Luthor’s Burlesque; Sexy Recipes From Local Chefs
Cover Story
XXXtra, XXXtra: The 2013 Sex Survey
We already knew some Vermonters were kinky — when we last conducted this survey, in 2011, more than a third of our respondents copped to having sex with vegetables. Local ones, we presume. But early last month, we learned that denizens of the Green Mountain State are doin’ it right, too: In a study by…
Burlesque Dancers Bare (Almost) Everything in Burlington’s Green Mountain Cabaret
“Any virgins in the audience tonight?” Up went my hand. Glancing around, I was relieved to see that I wasn’t alone: A smattering of giggling patrons at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts were ’fessing up, too. No, we weren’t a bunch of stunted, sex-starved theatergoers. But we were first-timers about to take in the…
Herbal Hotties: Botanicals That Boost Sexiness
Chalk it up to aging, hormones or just stress: Eros sometimes takes a vacation. While Big Pharma offers a temporary fix for men — Viagra — finding a long-term remedy for waning desire has proved more elusive. So the libidinally challenged sometimes follow a well-worn path, looking to traditional herbs, roots, teas and infusions to…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again When Khalil Bailey, 27, tried but failed to buy a pair of new limited-edition Nike sneakers five days before their official release, police in Middletown, Pa., said he broke into the shoe store and stole four pairs of the shoes. A store manager noticed the shoes were missing but couldn’t find evidence…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1993, Frenchman Emile Leray was on a solo trip through the Sahara Desert. In the middle of nowhere, his car suffered a major breakdown. It was unfixable. But he didn’t panic. Instead, he used a few basic tools he had on hand to dismantle the vehicle and convert its parts…
Do Vermont Video Stores Still Rent Adult Movies?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask…
An Interview With They Might Be Giants’ John Linnell
When Seven Days chatted with They Might Be Giants’ cofounder John Linnell in early February, it was prior to the release of the band’s latest and 16th album, Nanobots. It was also prior to the ensuing press junket in which journalists from outlets large and small would all ask basically a variation on the same…
Art Review: Gregg Blasdel at BCA Center
Burlington artist Gregg Blasdel grew up in Belle Plaine, Kan. — near Wichita, he explains, referencing a more recognizable geographical point. Similarly, his enigmatic sculptural installation, “Bounty,” registers proximity and distance at once, marking time and place, the familiar and unfamiliar. Visitors to “Bounty,” located in the fourth-floor exhibition space of the BCA Center, encounter…
Sexy Sermons: A 19th-century Vermonter Preached “Free Love”
Some Vermonters of a certain age — i.e., those who remember the ’60s as more than grainy images of the Vietnam War set to Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth” — recall when Vermont meant “free love.” Back then, young people were drawn to the Green Mountain State by the temptations of communal living and…
Vermont Chefs Share Their Sexiest Recipes
What gets you hot in the kitchen? Neurologist Alan Hirsch of the Chicago-based Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation decided to find out. His 1995 study revealed that penile blood flow could be increased by the smell of foodstuffs ranging from a mixture of black licorice and cola to plain old cheese pizza. Women…
Letters to the Editor
Sollberger Is a Keeper [Seven Days video journalist] Eva Sollberger is a classic! She is an elegant young lady! Don’t let her get away! Todd Carey Groton All About Eva I receive Seven Days online and ever since Eva Sollberger’s Stuck in Vermont video series started, I’ve been a fan. Now that she’s finally been…
12 Reasons to Love Vermont’s FIRST Robotics Tournament
On Saturday, hundreds of techie teens converged on the University of Vermont’s Dudley H. Davis Center for the FIRST Vermont Tech Challenge, a daylong high school robotics competition. Think science fair on steroids. FIRST is a New Hampshire-based nonprofit founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen; the acronym stands for For Inspiration and Recognition of…
