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• Address 94 Rivington St. (Orchard & Ludlow Sts.) New York, NY
• Hours M-Sa: noon-10pm; Su: noon-7pm
• Phone 212-375-1701
• Website http://www.babeland.com
• Second Location:
  
  43 Mercer St. (Broome & Grand Sts.)
  212.966.2120
  M-Sa: noon-9pm; Su: noon-7pm
  
  My friend and I were standing at the counter of this small erotic boutique (the Lower East Side branch), when, armed with a Fukuoko vibrator on her finger (only $25), she put her arm around me, and motioned toward my crotch. "We could be standing at a bar anywhere and I could be doing you and nobody would know." The young, multi-pierced woman at the counter laughed a hearty laugh. Her reaction pretty much sums up the spirit at Toys. This shop is all about fun, pleasure, and fantasy.
  
  Unlike most sex emporiums, Toys is fairly discreet, and exploring here is a sheer delight. We pored over the erotic anthologies and sex instruction manuals, as well as the lesbian, fetish, and general sex magazines, not to mention the extensive catalog of erotic videos. Craving a more sensual experience, we spotted a small feather duster laced with "Honey Dust" ($22 from Kama Sutra) and brushed it across our throats. The powder contains real honey, and after trading a few nibbles, we agreed it was delicious. Massage oils, soaps, bath pearls, and perfumes in various scents and flavors are in abundance, just begging to make the trek home with you.
  
  Just about every sex toy imaginable is available at Toys, along with all the attachments that in many cases can make the difference between your partner uttering a resolute "no" and a resounding "yes." The requisite Hitachi vibrator is here, of course, available alone or with various heads, nubs, ticklers, and dildos. Speaking of dildos, Toys has the largest selection in town, in both senses of the word. Pick your pleasure: a three-inch purple cock or a 10-inch cyberskin penis with "balls." (Cyberskin is a silicone polymer that simulates human skin in warmth, friction, and flexibility.) Harnesses are in great supply as well, and customers are free to try them on in the store's "fitting room".
  
  S&M gear includes a riding crop or two, several varieties of floggers, a spreader bar, canes, leather masks, cuffs, collars, and clamps. As with any sex emporium, there are condoms-in every type, size, and color-and the most excellent dental dams imaginable. The old days of cut condoms and Saran wrap are gone. These incredible latex rectangles of "skin" are so thin that, with a little lube on the underside, you'll never know it's not her.
  
  If you missed out on Sex Ed in high school and college, never fear: Babeland University can help you make up those lost credits. The shop offers some scintillating, sizzling workshops such as S&M Skills, Heavy Petting, and Meet & Greet with Betty Dodson. Although students don't get to practice what they're taught during class, the presenters are extremely knowledgeable and highly entertaining, making the workshops a great value (about $30). The classes-which are usually held on the second Sunday of each month at 8pm-can be very crowded and usually sell out early, so make sure you reserve a slot well in advance.
  
  Originally a Seattle-based shop conceived as a comfortable, friendly place for lesbians to shop, New York's Toys in Babeland caters to both genders and all orientations. The atmosphere created by co-founder Claire Cavanaugh and manager Dana Clark is so warm and cozy that even the most separatist of dykes will feel right at home shopping next to a hetero guy looking for the right dildo for his girlfriend to fuck him up the ass.

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Anthony My girlfriend is always dragging me in there to look at the toys. I can't deny, she doesn't have to try very hard. This place is amazing!

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