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Love & Sex Guide

How do you find Love in a cold climate? Go for one steamy night only? Or warm up with porn? Do you get it on online? Or get in with a group? NOW's ninth annual Love & Sex Guide goes at it from all angles.

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Love & Sex

Putting out on the first date – should you or shouldn’t you? The conventional wisdom is that you’re better off taking it slow if you’re hoping the chemistry might translate into something serious.

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Love & Sex

You walk past the sign on Queen West with the Purple Rain font. Eagerly waiting underneath it is a lineup of bronzed, pneumatic hedonists. Admit it, you’re just a little curious about what goes on at Wicked, the on-premise swingers club that had the chutzpah to move the Lifestyle out of Mississauga and plunk it down in the middle of an area lousy with hipster clubs, art galleries and cafés.

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Love & Sex

You might have noticed that there’s more porn out there than you could watch in a lifetime – even if that were all you did.

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Paramour chef Laura Malin works the stove.
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Restaurant Review

As girly as a bouffant on a poodle, Paramour – the latest Ossington boîte from the LeVack Block’s Adam Baguley and Amber Honor Elson – wears its heart on its sleeve.

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Style Notes

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Restaurant Review

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Take 5

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Love & Sex

While many people have a second job, I doubt it involves assuming an alter ego to watch others having sex. My name is Sir Randy, and I review gay porn sites. When I say I’m hard at work, hopefully I mean it.

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Love & Sex

Online dating is like relationship eugenics.

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Love & Sex

On any night of the week in Manhattan, women are like rabid wolves, thirsty for blood – and other bodily fluids – from the moment the clock strikes midnight until about 5 am.

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Events

As February 14 looms, NOW surveys sexy and romantic events

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Snuggle up close at Harbord Room.
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Restaurant Review

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WEDNESDAY | MAY | 16 | 2012
Seduction

Toronto the cold
Whoever said meeting people is easy didn't live in this city. It's cold, and it's not just the temperature. So why is Toronto such a harsh place to be single?
Labour of lust
Finding a good porn site is hard work
Sex by the numbers
Where to go for good group sex
One night, still standing
Can anything good come from a one-night stand? A lot of times, yes.
Can you be an ethical porn user?
Sex flicks are like your chicken: you need to know where they come from
Finding Mr. Right's website
Meeting people online is fine, but don't call it romantic
Take 5: Love note
We have a serious heart-on for this fivesome of locally made and eco-friendly valentines.
Style Notes
The week's love and sex-themed news, views and sales
Store of the Week
If you're out of your element shopping for bras and panties in a lingerie shop like Tryst, heed co-owner Shana Tilbrook's advice.
Beauty Tip
Lush Love soap and Ex Factor bath bomb
We Want
OhMiBod Freestyle vibrator
Valentine's Planner
As February 14 looms, NOW surveys sexy and romantic events