SIDE SALAD - Everything crunchy is good.

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

I'm always floored when someone takes the time to write me after tiptoeing through the Salad. When they then want to link to it on their blog, I'm even more astonished.

The variety of my blog friends is even more remarkable. I've met a fashion/celebrity photographer, an Air Force spouse and mother of a Marine who is pregnant again at 40, a book fiend from Seattle with a wicked wit and a systems administrator who lives in the area.

Those linking to me include a right-wing news aggregator, a Capricorn from Belgium and a gay libertarian.

So imagine my surprise when I got this e-mail:

Hi Jeff,

I was browsing through blogs when I came across Side Salad, and I think its fabulous! That inflatable globe would take up most the space in my apartment.

I have my own little blog I've been writing at for a year A New York Escorts Confessions. Maybe you could check it out, and if you think it's equally fabulous, we could do a link exchange. Let me know what you think :-)

So I checked it out and found some tasty writing there. I'm not in the habit of cruising escort or sex blogs - lord knows I couldn't write one without giggling madly - but I know good writing when I see it. Like what used to exist at Pornblography [It's no use linking. Carly is long gone]. I like to think I can appreciate someone who could write for an adult movie magazine and use press kit sex toys as pen and pencil holders.

Alexa's site is a fun read, if you can put your prejudices and preconceptions aside. For me, it was a fascinating glimpse into a life that is very foreign from my own. Kind of like the guy who blogs from Antarctica. Only with less alcohol and more sex. Sometimes.

There is no parsing or diluting of the topic at Alexa's. It's mostly full-contact sex talk all the time. Don't click on the link if you're easily offended by such things.

So anyway, I agreed to reciprocate the linkage with her if she answered a couple questions. She heartily accepted.

Q: You have only 10 words; Describe what your site's about.

A: Smart, sexy, sophisticated escort writing about sex, life, and everything in-between. (okay 11 words :-)

Q: How did you get into your line of work?

A: Too long to print here, but I wrote a post about it here.

Q: What's the biggest no-no for a client? What do you absolutely hate for them to do?

A: Asking for something I have previously stated I wouldn't do. Having too much to drink when we go out.

Q: Boxers or briefs?

A: Boxer briefs!

Q: What's the biggest misconception people have about your line of work?

A: The biggest thing I have found is that most people tend to think of escorts as being unintelligent.

Q: What's your stance on the designated hitter?

A: Being a Yankee girl, I'm for it. Could you imagine Randy Johnson at bat?

Ah. I should have known she'd refer to the Big Unit.

Posted by Jeff at October 6, 2005 07:02 AM