Visitors to Taipei who happen to enter the D.S. Music Restaurant expecting to find an elegant place to eat, perhaps with a jazz band playing gently in the background, are in for a shock.
Their first hint that something is amiss might be the waitstaff: they are all wearing nurse uniforms. And then these confused visitors would see that the medical theme extends to the restaurant’s decor of wheelchairs and crutches, to the toilets marked with “emergency room” signs and to the drinks served from I.V. bottles.
And from there, things really get out of control.
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London’s self-described “Academy of Sex & Relationships” is like an erotic theme park (without the rides). Find the erogenous zones on an interactive sculpture or try out the spank-o-meter — this place full of exhibits that are interactive and, um, hands on. Visitors can also talk with a sex therapist and learn how to play erotic food games, improve your kissing ability and enhance their flirtation skills. All of which makes Amora the most practical museum we’ve been to . . . or heard of . . . or can imagine.
Visiting tip: Getting into the Amora exhibits can be difficult — they are often closed for updates and tickets must be purchased well in advance. (See their website for the latest). For a touch of the Amora experience check out their lounge, which specializes in aphrodisiac cocktails.
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What really needs to be said? It’s the Museum of Sex. Some of the displays are graphic though most exhibits take a thoughtful look at the sexual revolution and how erotica affects our society. Those who come to the Museum of Sex are more about anthropology than pornography, but surely many a discussion here revolves around making that distinction. And when the exhibit in question is about, say, the world’s first internet controlled sex machine there’s a lot to talk about. Come on Saturday evening when you can wander next door to the Gallery Lounge where the sex theme continues with fruity cocktails and a less than subtle floral décor with emphasis on the reproductive parts.
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Once an illegal massage parlor, hence the name, Happy Endings is now a friendly lounge with a hip singles scene that doesn’t guarantee this spot’s former promises of gratification. Getting in is as easy as showing-up and the downstairs lounge still offers private tiled rooms, which are now filled with banquettes and tables. The crowd is informal and hip and they both dance and mingle to DJs that bring the 70s funk on weekends, but aren’t afraid to mix it with a little 80s pop and modern rock. Take a cab here -– the lounge is hard to find and the neighborhood can be sketchy.
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Somehow we didn’t get to The World Erotic Art Museum when we took that junior high school field trip to Miami. Don’t you make the same mistake the next time you are in the south Florida.
The World Erotic Art Museum is the fascinating creation of erotic art enthusiast Naomi Wilzig who stocked 12,000 square feet in the middle of South Beach with $100 million worth of art from her personal collection. For your perusal are paintings, sculptures and artifacts, both modern and historic. (If you saw A Clockwork Orange and remember the art statues sprinkled through Stanley Kubrick’s film you are already familiar with a few of the works on display here).
What is so interesting about visiting WEAM is that the art itself is erotic, a testament to human lust and sexuality. But the environment the art is displayed in is that of a regular straitlaced museum, like those we did visit on our junior high school field trips. After an hour here the juxtaposition of it was a little unnerving.
Open seven days a week, 11am to midnight. $15 entrance fee.
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See Also: The Academy Of Sex & Relationships | Museum Of Sex
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This is where Freud would go were he to tour northern Iceland. The Icelandic Phallological Museum contains a collection of preserved phallic specimens of every mammal species found in and around this Scandinavian island country including a bear, reindeer and whale as well as a Changeling, Merman and Elf. The variety of shapes and textures of the male members on display is disturbingly mesmerizing. The museum’s curator often personally gives a tour to guests and is rather passionate — maybe a little too passionate — about his exhibits. The museum is located in the town of Húsavíkurbær in a small roadside building (not that size matters). Open from noon to 6pm, mid-May through mid-September.
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