Romance Sex: Fun and games
Kissing Jessica Stein A lonely single woman tired of being set up with unappealing and even unavailable men answers a newspaper ad and ends up in a lesbian relationship.Where: Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas and Greater Union Marion.My verdict: A romantic comedy with a twist that turns out to be a fresh, clever, witty and touching look at dating, romance, sex, friendship and taking risks.JESSICA Stein is not alone.Many women approaching the dreaded 30s have been subjected to the...
Romance Sex: Romance, Sex, Marriage Through A Jeweler's Loupe
Bill Schifrin knows more about romance, sex and marriage than just about anyone else in New York City. Trim, white-haired and dapper at 73, he's now retired. But for 43 years, he sold wedding rings for a living. "I never sold any kind of ring other than wedding rings," Schifrin told me, gesturing toward the expansive showcase of wedding bands inside the National Jewelers Exchange on West 47th Street. Once owned by Schifrin, the counter is now the domain of...
Romance Sex: NETWORKS COULD CLEAN UP WITH PALM BEACH SOAP
The wizards of TV land are missing the yacht by not basing a soap opera in the Palm Beaches. Hmmm, what could we call it? We have all the elements -- romance, sex, murder, mayhem, charity, scandal, marital infidelity, intrigue, big business and big bucks.But chairman Gale Brophy brought in Susan Lucci (the sinister Erica Kane of All My Children), plus Ivana and the Maharajah of Jaipur as special guests for the Red Cross Polo Luncheon at Palm Beach Polo and Country Club with one main goal....
Romance Sex: Choppy 'Rescue' worth finishing
Everybody loves the underdog, and the hero in Suzanne Robinson's "The Rescue" (Bantam Books, $5.99) does pull on a reader's sympathy strings. This relatively chaste historical romance (sex is minimal, and descriptions are not detailed) is the story of Sir Lucas Hawthorne, aka Nightshade, a notorious thief on the seamy underside of 1860s London.Nightshade has bought his way out of the slums and is living the genteel life, complete with a...
Romance Sex: What's love got to do with it?
Romance, anyone? This week's USA WEEKEND looks at what 15,000 of the magazine's readers had to say about love, marriage, divorce, romance, sex and all that. What did you say? 58 percent want their mate to be more romantic. More? 55 percent of respondents under 18 say love conquers all. ...