We've got six for you here. Despite the widespread cynicism, we all need a reality check. It's the one holiday of the year in which it becomes socially acceptable, welcome even, to gift another person in your life with fun, colorful sex toys explicitly designed to make everyone feel good.
In our experience, these stores are staffed by respectful, attentive individuals who demonstrate considerable knowledge and enthusiasm about the products they recommend.
But also know when to leave you alone when you need it. We think. Welcoming displays of kink, bondage essentials, curated sexual wellness and lubrication supplements, and nicely hung outfits for getting down and dirty are all markedly much more tasteful and sunny here, making you feel good about going in and walking out with your head high. Los Angeles, CA The Stockroom always helps us to push things up a notch. Starting with the greeting from a very comfortable-looking mannequin in a gimp suit into a space that looks like Urban Outfitters in an alternate kink universe.
Beyond that is a touching story of a local Occidental student who wanted to tie up and discipline an eager partner without breaking their budget, eventually turning him into a leather-maker extraordinaire.
That was 36 years ago. Especially if your idea of fun is being tethered to that St. West Hollywood, CA Hitting the Hustler shop on the Walk of Fame kind of feels like the adult version of visiting the Disney Store in Times Square, with your resistance to overreaching corporate merchandising ever weakening to a weird sense of gratitude for being beckoned into the big brand porn party in the first place.
