Secrets of the City

A blogger responds to men who stare at her: I know you’re looking at my butt, and I don’t find it flattering. You are the reason I want to wear nothing but extremely baggy sweatpants and sweatshirts, like I did in high school, for that reason. I also don’t think it is an effective way to hit on me. If you think by looking me up and down and winking or licking your lips I’m going to go weak in the knees and instantly fall in love with you, you are extremely mistaken.

What are some of the worst failed seductions you’ve experienced in the Twin Cities?

Wondering how your neighbors are doing, romantically speaking? I just glanced at I Just Made Love, which allows people to check in when they’ve completed, er, coitus; looks like the University of Minnesota is where most of the action has been in the last hour. Rah rah rah for Ski-U-Mah!

Metroblogging rounds up several stories about local prositution. There is the tale of the “nice guys” sex ring, for instance:

They call themselves “The Minnesota Nice Guys,” a group of at least 30 older, well-to-do men who police say share a common love of expensive prostitutes. Their alleged pimp is a former assistant Hennepin County attorney once responsible for locking up the justice system’s most unstable criminals and protecting its youngest victims.

MPR takes a look at local writer Heather McElhatton’s book Jennifer Johnson is Sick of Being Single; what are some of your worst dating experiences in the Twin Cities?

From the Strib: Online classifieds site Craigslist said Wednesday it will drop its controversial “erotic services” category in response to law enforcers who said the ads were a front for prostitution.

WCCO runs a story on a local church that is helping men overcome an addiction to porn by having them dress up like soldiers. Nothing in the preceding sentence makes any sense to me — it’s like a random assemblage of nouns connected by verbs — but maybe you can make sense of it. Is it news? Or is it a long promotional piece for a right wing religious group’s puritanical agenda.

Tomorrow is the first day of spring, traditionally a time in Minnesota when everyone who got together to merge body heat for the coming winter finally calls it quits. Anyone else notice this historical seasonal break-up trend? And where are all the singles heading for new meat? (This Citypages blog post http://blogs.citypages.com/food/2009/03/surly_makes_cra.php hints at some food-related locales).

I’m going to occasionally revive the Night Shift, my evening offering of the more ribald side of the Twin Cities. Help me out with a few suggestions. What is naughty locally?

Since October 31, the City Pages has featured a mildly NSFW column by a 26-year-old blogger on the subject of sex in the Twin Cities, called “The Wet Spot”. So what’s it like being young, dumb, and full of sexy fun? Well, you will never have been to a drag show, you are amused by Craigslist, you think erotic cakes are funny, and you go to Sex World and like to talk about strippers.

According to On Point News, a former restaurant manager at the Hilton Minneapolis has filed a lawsuit claiming that she “was fired after she opened the door to a banquet room at the Hilton [and] discovered an orgy involving Hilton upper management.” The aforementioned orgy allegedly occurred “on top of a table.” According to the complaint, the plaintiff was told by the hotel’s “beverage manager” that “she would be fired, and he would be sure of it.” Will the defendants deny the orgy, or only the illegal retaliation? And will they do us all a favor and claim that, regardless what happened, the banquet tables have been cleaned and sterilized?