Deborah Picker

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Behind the Velvet Rope

After carefully dissecting a burrito, Sandra Tsing Loh sets down her plastic fork, wipes her mouth, then states matter-of-factly: "I'd be the first to say, I've provided many experiences of unsatisfactory sex for other people." This admission might seem more apt to surface within the confines of a psychoanalyst's office......

Leisure alternatives for those who covet the indirect ray

Your friends are heading to the beach - again. Rows of far too trim, tanned bodies in skimpy suits line the shore, chiseled men bang volleyballs into the sand, in-line skaters whisk by, and street performers croon in a language that - though you've traveled the world - even you......