Gee Thanks, GIGI 2.

When LELO sends you an email asking if they can ship you their new g-spot vibrator to test, you don't say, "Oh, thanks very much, but traditionally I haven't had much luck with g-spot vibrators, so I'll pass." You just say yes. And also thank you. Anything else would be like getting a cooler of caviar shipped to you and deciding it's not really for you. So, when LELO asked if we'd like to try the GIGI 2, there was no discussion. The answer was yes. And thank you.

As I've just intimated, I have a pretty picky vagina when it comes to sex toys. But if anyone's going to convince me that a g-spot vibrator is for me, it's going to be LELO. 

Almost Twins

I think we all remember how much I loved the LELO Ina. In case you need a memory refresher, I called it the best vibrator ever invented, insisted that you go buy it and even included a David Bowie GIF to convince you. I regret to inform you of some devastating news: the Ina 2 is just not as good.

What I've discovered in the blessed task of reviewing sex toys, is that it's truly a game of inches. In the Ina 2's case, it was an inch in the wrong direction. 

Jimmyjane Casts A Magic Spell On Our Fingertips.

I've had a pretty big crush on Jimmyjane's sex toys for a while now... from afar. For some reason, we'd never met in person before. When Eden Fantasys said they were sending us a Jimmyjane Form 3, I nearly jumped up and down. But once the Form 3 actually arrived, I'll confess to looking at it like a puppy looks at the dot from a laser pointer -- I knew I wanted it, but I just wasn't sure what to do with it.

I have great news. I figured it out. And holy shit, it is way better than a laser pointer.

Expert Guide to Pegging.

Guys. Someone made a film about pegging.

AND it's not a femdom, D/s, sissy-boy thing. It's just a film that shows pegging as a part of everyday sex acts. And a fun, fresh approach to fooling around. AS IT SHOULD BE.

Sure, bring those other elements to it if you must, but ultimately, pegging isn't and shouldn't be some odd fetish that we all need to be ashamed about.

You probably already own dildos. Or your partner does, if you don't. Maybe you don't have a strap-on, but you probably tried putting one of those dildos in your butt. Amiright? And it probably felt AWESOME.

Here's why: IT FEELS AWESOME.

(Please use this link to find our very well documented history of pegging.)

Leopard Print.

Our good friends at Eden Fantasys send us sex toys to review from time to time. Recently, we switched things up a bit and had them send us some sexy lingerie instead. We have mixed reviews.

As I'm pretty sure you guys are aware, I'm not much of a lingerie girl. I'd like to be. I really would. There are few barriers.

And Now, a Word from Our Readers.

Just yesterday, our lovely Twitter friend Chris Madsen (@chris_madsen) posted a few thoughts on us and our blog/videos/photos over on his sweet-ass Tumblr, Story-Lab.


The entry, entitled "Nouveau-Porn Violet+Rye," is just about the nicest collection of words strung together about us that we've ever seen. And while we most certainly have our fans out there, this is definitely a level of flattery we never imagined would come from starting our little blog just over a year ago.

Here's a sample:

"A couple of months ago I went on a twitter triad about “why pornography was so low brow?!”. With what we now have on Vimeo - in terms of cinematography, artistic expression and just overall HD quality - I could not get my head around why most porn these days still looks cheap, cheesy and dumbed down. Well along popped Uncommon Appetites Violet+Rye into my twitter stream, a married couple in their twenties living in NYC, exploring and exposing their sex lives for the world on their blog, tumblr and twitter. Violet and Rye are not pro-pornographers, in the sense they don’t do this as professionals, they make what we call amateur porn - although I would say that what Violet+Rye produces are far away from the grainy, shaken, dark bedroom rump videos we’re use to seeing in the amateur porn category on tube sites."

A little more? Why not?

"I once tried to figure out what the difference was between an erotic photographer/filmmaker and a pornographer(?). What I came up with was, that the erotic artist does not produce something that doesn’t turn them on, while the pornographer will produce anything, as long as there is a profit to be made (of course within the boundaries of what’s legal). When watching porn made by a pornographer, you can often get the feeling that the performers aren’t turned on by the action happening, that not even the producers are turned on – you do not get that vibe from Uncommon Appetites – it’s porn that makes you feel good."

How about that??? Go ahead, read more. We know you want to.