06 SEX ED
A Wild Girl Spells it out for You
08 PORTLAND STRIP CLUBS
A Handy (ahem) Guide to Portland's Hottest Strip Clubs
10 BESTFRIENDS
Mandi and Jenny Get Close
16 PIMP YOUR PAD
From Hovel to Love Nest in Ten Simple Steps
18 10 REASONS SHE WILL SLEEP WITH YOU
Advice to Help You Seal the Deal
22 THE DOPEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR
High Times on the Set of Pineapple Express
28 THE HOTTEST MOVIES YOU'VE NEVER SEEN
Some Hidden Gems in the "Classics" Section have Aphrodisiac Powers
32 THE SECRET WORLD OF GIRLS
Victoria's Not the Only One with a Secret
FROM THE EDITOR
You may have noticed that we've got some talented writers working for this magazine,
many of whom are female. It was important to me as editor to have the female voice
represented in these pages. Because like a lot of you guys, I am clueless regarding
what women think and feel. I know what some women think of me. I have an entire
archive of angry voice messages to prove it. But I'm talking in general terms
here. I take the view that we're all, guys and girls, in this together. At the
most basic level, we all want the same things. We want to be happy, we want our
lives to have meaning, we want to experience pleasure and we want to feel good
about ourselves. By the way, I was going to write "at the end of the day,
we all want the same thing" until I realized that wasn't exactly true. At
the end of the day, men want to relax, watch the game and drink a lot. I'm not
sure what women want at the end of the day. Maybe one of our writers will tell
us. But I digress. The point is, this magazine wasn't launched with the mission
of providing its male readers with tips and strategies for getting a girl (or
two girls) into bed. Our best advice, if that's your primary goal (and there's
nothing wrong with that) is "be a decent guy."An informal survey among
the girls in the office suggests that decency counts for a lot in their opinions
of men. That, and daily showers. You'll find plenty of clues to what "decency"
really means in the pages of this magazine, but we're not going to spell it out
for you, because if you need to have it spelled out, you should probably turn
right to page 34 and read "Don't Be a Douchbag." Curiously enough, just
about every female writer who has approached me about writing for the magazine
has suggested writing a sex advice column. I'm not sure why this is. I suspect
that while they undeniably look forward to hooking up with us, most girls feel
that most guys have room for improvement in the bedroom, or the back seat, or
wherever. They're generally shy about giving direction in the heat of the moment
for fear of sounding a little too experienced. And they're usually too polite
to ask for what they want, even if what they want is for you to "please stop
twisting that so hard!" But when offered a public forum like a magazine column,
girl writers seem eager for the opportunity to offer advice that'll help us clueless
lummoxes get with the program. Thismonth we've got a great writer named Edie Stacks
debuting on page 6. Her first column doesn't offer any advice at all, just insight
into the female animal. But the topic manages to be both eye-opening and arousing.
You'll find lots of useful information scattered through these pages if you take
the time to look for it. It's not our goal to help get you laid; just to make
the experience better for everyone involved. And that includes her. So read this
magazine. The girls will love you for it.
