Sex Tourism / Sex Travel -- Adventures of an Average Joe

Rick’s Cabaret Girls - Vegas

The lovely ladies from Rick’s Cabaret in Las Vegas, chillin’ at the Hard Rock’s cabana lounge

Rick’s Cabaret Opens in Sin City

My favorite gentlemen’s club in NY, Rick’s Cabaret, is about to officially open its Vegas branch. Next week, starting with a huge press party on October 22, Rick’s will host a round of celebrations to kick things off in style. Rick’s has some of the hottest girls north of Rio, so I can’t wait to [...]

America Unzipped: In Search of Sex and Satisfaction

Top-notch (and adorable — I hope she doesn’t find that offensive; I certainly don’t mean it in a chauvinistic way) erotic blogger Tess Madrone riffs and rants (but always engagingly) on new book America Unzipped. Author Brian Alexander “is simply documenting the behaviors and thoughts Americans have about sex. His book ultimately gives the reader [...]

Carnival Calamity: South America’s Biggest Sex Palace Shutting Down?

If anything can dampen the mood for sex tourists at Carnival, it’s this: Help Discoteca, Rio de Janeiro’s hooker central, has been targeted for extinction. This huge nightclub across the street from Copacabana Beach is a magnet for working girls and gringos. I’ve met some of the most extraordinary women there, including one who was [...]

Wet Dreams Come True at Real-Life Fantasy Island

[This is the text--minus a few editorial changes in the magazine version--of my article in the March 2008 Hustler.] You’re sipping a martini at a tiki bar surrounded by palm trees, a blazing orange sun setting in the distance. A pair of stunning Latinas with nothing but towels around their waists are entertaining you. Their caramel-colored [...]

Sex Tourism: Everyone’s a Stud in Rio

[Here's the text of an article I wrote for now-defunct Rockstar Magazine] How would you like to be fucking girls as hot as the ones in this magazine? I’m not offering you a course in self-esteem or a bunch of “surefire” pick-up lines? My solution is more basic: Dive prick-first into the flesh markets of Rio [...]

Sex Tourism: Cheap Thrills in Brazil

[This was my first article on Rio (minus a few editorial changes in the magazine version), originally published in Hustler Magazine in Nov. 2004. Here's the published version, if you prefer.] Forget that giant statue of Jesus welcoming you to Rio de Janeiro. (It’s a wonder the Vatican hasn’t ordered it airlifted to a saintlier [...]

Celibate At Sexpo (But Not By Choice)

[This originally ran Jan. 2005 in Oui Magazine where I was doing a monthly column, "Adventures of an Average Joe." Some of the links might be outdated.] The Christmas season is a strange time for a porn journalist. Everything is a run-up to the Adult Video News convention/awards in Vegas in early January. I call it [...]

Gringos Gone Wild

[This is the text -- minus a few editorial changes in the magazine version -- of my article on sex tourism in Costa Rica in the Summer 2007 issue of Karma Magazine. The published version's here.] “I’m not here for nature hikes or bird-watching,” says Jerry, a 27-year-old architect from Cleveland. “I’m here for one thing [...]

Dork Does Porn Chicks (The Mask)

A few years back, I was in a Manhattan bar where I approached this young, nubile thing in a tight sweater, tried to make conversation. She put her arm around her friend and said, “I’m a lesbian. I don’t talk to guys.” Never mind that I’d seen her swap spit with three guys in [...]