"Everywhere I look in San Francisco I find hot lesbian sex," says Madison Young, our Huell Howser of vagitarian culture. But it is a city of contrasts.

"San Francisco is known as a hotbed of lesbian and gay culture," Young says. But lest you think Journey's City by the Bay is heterogenous, "it's also a city of lust, love, and random sexual encounters that lead to explosive orgasms."

No doubt this tidbit will help San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom in his bid to be California's next governor.

Young's first stop is Dolores Park, known as a "Dyke Park" and a perfect spot to show off one's monkey bar skills and read Rilke (probably ironically, dead white male and all, but he gets a pass because of the "Maria").

A helpful travelogue for tourists more interested in a Lombard Street of the Heart, "Lesbian Life" weaves its way through lesbian garages, coffee shops, and tattoo parlors, often connecting each scene with a character from the previous one.

And if residents sometimes complain of that 49-sq. mile thumb of land feeling claustrophobic, they can get some consolation they share the foggy peninsula with old friends like Lorelei Lee, Shawn and Jiz Lee from the Crash Pad, and Dylan Ryan from the Strap-on Motel.

Sadly, Young only appears as the narratrix, not as a perfomer. But have no fear: In addition to the hot lesbian sex going on everywhere in San Francisco, each resident seems to be reading Young's cover story in Spread.

· Madison Young (madisonbound.com)
· Buy "Lesbian Life: Real Sex San Francisco" (lezlovevideo.com)

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The first stop is Catalina Island with a pre-pregnancy Paulina James and a pre-arrest Jack Venice. Reeking of alcohol, they are denied a bike rental. Somehow they are allowed golf carts. They make their way to the west side of the island and engage in some clifftop action against the overcast Pacific sky.

Back in L.A., Casey picks up Devon for a beachside romp. They race like blonde gazelles across the sand, if that's what gazelles do, and if gazelles can be blonde. Then they retreat to a bedroom where they compare tattoos.

"You have such a spankable ass, dude," declares Devon.

Next, it's off to wine country. Parker explains how raisins are made, then declares that she hates raisins.

The blonder the partner, the better the scene. Parker meets Aubrey Addams in Napa and they repair to a hotel room (the initial promise of the outdoor scene with Paulina James fades as each vignette starts outside but ducks for cover pretty quickly; still, the effort is appreciated).

In San Francisco, Parker poses for pictures on a trolley. That she is so adorable and the guys she picks up are so lunky by comparison must appeal to the college audiences Shane's World caters to in the same way that Ron Jeremy is often held up as the hero of the average American male.

Finally home (Parker did not get laid in San Francisco, she says, though Reena Sky did), Parker hooks up with Charles Dera for a scene with real chemistry.

Shane's World tries hard to maintain a reality-based road trip atmosphere in its movies, and the very personable and engaging Parker is able to pull this off where others might not be able to carry the movie. We like that she finally gets what she wants in the end.

- Review by Gram Ponante

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Casey Parker's California Dreamin'
Studio: Shane's World
Director: No clue
Cast: Casey Parker, Devon, Paulina James, Aubrey Addams, Reena Sky

· Shane's World (shanesworld.com)
· Buy "Casey Parker's California Dreamin'" (gamelink.com)

Supporters point out that Fremont, hurting for cash to the point that it has limited its court hours, has better things to do than punishing prosties, but sex worker advocate Carol Leigh takes it a step further: "Starchild, like most San Franciscans, would have little cause or desire to go to Fremont," she said. "I don't meant to put down Fremont, especially in light of the city's financial woes, but Fremont?"

· Bay Area Sex Worker Advocacy Network (bayswan.org)

Ever wish that you could just pack it all in and live out your golden years taking nude photographs of gorgeous women? That's the life for the proprietor of Looknsee Photography, which isn't a studio operation as much as it is the hobby of a semi-retired photographer in Portland, Oregon. While the website has a certain amateurish charm, the photos rise above the level of your typical weekend point-and-click warrior, and it helps that there seems to be an overabundance of beautiful glamour models in Oregon. Best of all there are thousands of free images in the collection, charting several years of Looknsee's, for fun, not profit enterprise. It's exactly what we plan to do with our retirement money, which we're fairly certain is waiting for us under one of the these scratch-off tickets.

· Looknsee Photography (looknseephoto.com, via Imagens)
· Thumbnail stars: Karina & Alana

Previously: Taschen's "New Erotic Photography", Nude Oddities by Jean Pierre Rey, Photos by Guy Le Baube, Cold Russian Hotness by Oleg Kosirev, Je Suis Sophienet: Et Vous?, Thomas Schweizer's Eurobabe Parade