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SEX IN OUR CITY Ways To L13oveLift Your BothLi single and coupled-up Seattleitesf shoulde rejoice—our city offers countless ways to add vim and va-va-voom to relationships, whether you’re just starting or well settled By M. SuSan WilSon and Brangien daviS Bring on the Boudoir Best places to get sexy photos taken Portrait, commercial and fine art photographer Phil Holden—offers the full-on indulgent experience: Two- Christina Mallet of KatrinKa’s secret hour sessions in their Belltown studio include professional says she’s shot women of all sizes, shapes and hair and makeup service, plus sips and snacks. If you’re on a 1professions in her artful boudoir style. Your budget, consider one of their regular Boudoir Weekends, during session—which can take place at her Pioneer which the same sessions run just $295, not including prints. >> Square loft or in any setting you like—includes a pre-shoot Belltown, 66 Bell St.; 206.271.7028; seattleboudoirphotography. discussion of your favorite and least favorite (ahem) assets, com; $450–$500, plus extra for prints as well as a 20-page hardcover book of as many as 40 images And if your partner thinks there’s nothing sexier than watching (from $500). >> Pioneer Square, 321 Third Ave.; 206.329.5139; old Mad Men episodes on disc, indulge in some 1950s role- katrinkas-secret.com playing with old school Pin uPs—the studio that’s been Local wedding and portrait photographer Jenny GG also turning locals into retro sex kittens since 2001. Stylist Trixie Lane offers boudoir sessions—for women, men and couples—at the will doll you up in midcentury modern garb, with a hairdo and location of your choosing. Following the two- to three-hour makeup to match, and photographer Lance Wagner will take session, which includes as many as five wardrobe changes, you’ll your picture in a classic set of your choosing (options include take home a CD of your favorite 15 images. >> 425.830.4421; a tiki room and an Oriental bar). Pin-ups can be done solo, as K K T T jennygg.com; $300/session a couple or as a group, so everyone can get in on the vintage T T I I seattle Boudoir PhotoGraPhy D D —run by Jennifer va-va-voom. >> Lake City, 3737 NE 135th St.; 206.443.5979; E E R R Mobley, owner of West Seattle’s Pinup Salon, and photographer oldschoolpinups.com; starting at $399 C C FEBRUARY 2010 seattle 61 2SEX IN OUR CITY Take IT Off try on burlesque ❥ Shimmy, shake and twirl your tassels at Miss indigo Blue’S acadeMy of BurleSque. different from standard striptease, burlesque is about the art of the reveal, as well as the playfulness of the performance, and the academy’s course offerings cover moves from beginner to beyond. Start with the “Bump & grind dance Class” (beginning March 4; running eight weeks) or the popular “Burlesque 101” (beginning March 8; running six weeks), which includes a weekly private lesson and ends with a student recital where you can show off a routine of your own creation. Also offered is an array of classes on specific fundamentals, such as “Walking in heels” and “Burlesque Makeup.” And fellas, it’s not all about the girls: “Boylesque 101” (beginning UpcominG academy of March 17) specializes in “masculine/ Burlesque other-gendered” representations one-niGhters of the art. >> Capitol HIll, WesT Hall Of Oddfellows BuIldIng, ❥ “A Taste of the Tease,” a one-hour 915 e Pine St.; 206.47.TWIRl [89475]; introductory sampler; aCademyOfBuRlesque.COm ¶ Miss offered February 16 indigo Blue has become a Seattle and February 23 sensation with her performances at ❥ “The Art of the el gaucho’s Pampas room and the Tease,” a two-hour triple door. See for yourself what workshop that all the buzz is about. >> pampas explores some of the skills of burlesque Room, downtown; 2505 FirsT ave.; legends; offered March 206.728.1337; elgauCHO.COm; TRIple 28 and April 11 Door, downtown; 216 union St.; 206.838.4333; TRIpledOOR.neT Do the Hard Work Best way to work on your relationship couples, on five occasions: February 20–21, May 1–2, July 17 –18, September 25–26 and December 4–5 ($725 –$775; sign Even the best relationships can use a tune-up. If up at 206.523.9042 or gottman.com). The workshop aims to yours is in the doldrums—or worse—call Dr. John teach couples how to build affection and connection, and resolve 3 Gottman. An emeritus professor of psychology conflict. Drs. John and Julie will lecture and demonstrate skill sets at the University of Washington (where his through role-play, and individual couples will practice exercises “Love Lab” gained fame) and founder, along one on one, under the supervision of a clinical therapist, if with his wife, Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman, of The Gottman they like. InsTITuTe, Gottman has made a 30-plus-year career out of If money is no object when it comes to love, the Gottmans studying relationships, and has spent the past 13 years teaching also offer small-group, private retreats at their Orcas Island home workshops to couples aiming to keep it real. An accomplished (as many as six couples, over two days; $4,000 per couple, not G author on the topic, he’s written, among other titles, the best including meals, transportation and lodging; March 27–28, May N U O seller The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, and has 8–9, June 19–20, August 21–22, September 11–12), as well as Y counseled more than 8,000 Seattle couples via his workshops. “marathon” private couples therapy, also on Orcas (generally, five Y E L This year, the Gottmans (through the Institute) will offer hours per day for three days). Sign up for retreats and marathons Y A the popular Art & Science of Love, a weekend workshop for at 206.313.0471 or gottmancouplesretreats.com. H 62 seattle FEBRUARY 2010 SEX IN OUR CITY 4 CuT a Rug Learn to dance together if you and your lover want more groove in your moves, check out the century BallrooM classes (around $60/five-week session; $50 –$75/hour for private lessons), an institution on the Seattle dance scene for more than a dozen years. Whether you’re newbies or seasoned dancers, the Century has a class that’s in step with your style. every five weeks, expect a new round of options—from salsa and West Coast swing to tango and two- anniversary dance step. And it’s not just about partner dancing here: the Century recently initiated The Century Ballroom a wildly popular Michael Jackson dance class, in honor of the late king of pop. will celebrate its 13th Also on the roster at the Century, the “queer series” for gay and lesbian couples anniversary—and the first anniversary of its Tin Table and singles (salsa, two-step, waltz and east Coast swing have traditionally been restaurant—with a party on the most popular) as well as twice-monthly queer dances. >> Capitol HIll, 915 February 27. Don’t miss it! e pIne, seCOnd flOOR; 206.324.7263; CenTuRyBallROOm.COm movies SAY WHAT YOU WILL about seattle’s dating scene (given that SEATTLE we are encased in rain-repellant fabrics much of the year, it is a bit of a miracle that anyone ever makes a connection), AS THE Hollywood seems to think it’s the perfect place for romance—or ROMANTIC more specifically, for romantic comedies. The following handful of rom-coms set in seattle are full of unlikely couples and their LEAD attendant antics on the inevitable path to lurve. B.d. say anything singles sleepless in life or love happens N O I [1989] An aspiring [1992] Slackers find seattle something [2009] A florist T C kickboxer (John sex, love and rock ’n’ [1993] A houseboat- like it (Jennifer Aniston) E L [2002] L Cusack) and a roll in the apartments dwelling widower (Tom A news reporter and a therapist (Aaron O C valedictorian (Ione at 19th and Thomas. Hanks) in Seattle and a with a bad dye job Eckhart) flirt among T Skye) defy everyone’s Best reason to watch journalist in Baltimore (Angelina Jolie) and her the Pike Place Market T E G R expectations. Best it again: To mourn (Meg Ryan) meet cute archenemy cameraman stalls (and a “Seattle” N E U V reason to watch it the long lost O.K. via a radio show. Best (Ed Burns) fight and that looks suspiciously O E Y : again: The scene where Hotel and other classic reason to watch it then fall hard. Best like Vancouver, BC). M Y E O Cusack serenades Skye Seattle haunts featured again: To remember reason to watch it Best reason to watch L T T Y with the boom box prominently. Also: The what Ryan’s face used again: Steve Pool it again: Uh, was there A O B H works every time. soundtrack still rules! to look like. makes a cameo. ever a first time? FEBRUARY 2010 seattle 63 timeline SEX IN SEATTLE A look at our sometimes scandalous history 1853: THE FELKER HOUSE 1853: After taking over as manager 1967: The Dorian Society is founded of Felker House—Seattle’s first hotel, as Seattle’s first gay rights organization, at Main Street and First Avenue—Mary and Seattle magazine (unrelated to this Ann Conklin (aka Mother Damnable) one) publishes a cover story on “The diversifies the business, adding a Homosexual in Seattle.” brothel. 1969: Lesbian bar the Silver Slipper S E 1864: THE MERCER GIRLS 1861: John Pinnell builds Seattle’s opens in Pioneer Square.