Rex and his friends in the Nokomis ukulele club were jamming at the Venice Beach pavilion in February, on the coldest day of the year. He was about to give up and go home. An Arctic cold front was moving through the state; the wind off the Gulf had picked up; rain was likely soon, and most folks were packing up and leaving. ONE MONTH EARLIER After five years of college, Sue was finally setting her own standards and formin...

Sally finally stepped out of her lawyer's office as a divorced, single woman in her twenties, free of her now-ex-husband, Peter, the control freak. She wanted a complete 180-degree turnaround from her conservative religious upbringing, her pathetic husband Peter, and his boring little town. Her plan: Change her hair to short and sassy, Buy some sexy, tighter-fitting clothes, Buy that sexy red convertible, Get an apartment...

I was so excited for my first day of the job that I sat in the parking lot drinking coffee for an hour, waiting for my new boss, Rosey, to open the shop. My husband Tom agreed to let me work here last week, and I'd been anxious for days now. I copied what Rosey wore on my first visit: a sheer black see-through shirt with no bra, a tight black miniskirt, and black hose, garter belt and heels. I loved the way my tits looked...

I had to leave school at 16 to help my mom out with bills after my dad abandoned us. My Uncle Bob gave me a job at his nursery, delivering plants, laying sod, and installing landscaping in new homes. Hard work, but an honest day's work, and I was young and fit. My mom remarried to a real estate investor after she divorced my dad, who had landed in prison for DUI vehicular manslaughter. They flipped houses together and wer...

Here I go again, pulling into the parking lot at the 14th Street Adult Bookstore and Arcade. My husband Tom dared me to come here alone last September to rent a porn video. He knows that I'm easily embarrassed when talking to others about my sex life. Doing this is his way of training me to have a more open mind about all things sexual, since my upbringing was so Puritanical. He has led the way in my sexual journey, teach...

Whenever you walk down into the natural springs of Florida, you can feel a change in the air. The air feels a little cooler, you can breathe better, and you can relax. Negative-ion-changed air is the scientific explanation. The woo-woo term is ley line vortex vibes. The water is chilly and crystal clear at 74 degrees, invigorating you on a hot summer day. What I'm trying to say is it's a feel-good place: you can take your...