Men, women, singles and couples of all ages eschewed nervousness and came up with all kinds of answers. Melvoin-Berg conducts the tours monthly through the Discovery Center discoverycenter. The tour kicked off in front of the River East Hard Rock Cafe, where I stepped on a bus with 15 other people who apparently shared my desire to get a look at sex in the Windy City.
The dungeon we visited was the lair of Miss Jaded, a well-mannered professional who killed my perception that all dominatrixes are evil and wear leather corsets.
She has business cards and makes a living in the pro-domme business from her client work, modeling and running a Web site. During her question and answer session, I learned that her clientele includes people from all walks of life with fetishes that can be satisfied without her removing a strip of clothing or performing any overtly sexual acts. Melvoin-Berg โ a gentle-looking fellow until he rolls up his sleeves to reveal tattooed forearms and opens his mouth to explain his fetish for clowns, rubber chicken spankings and large women older than 40 โ educated us during the journey through the city.
He spoke about sordid affairs and bacchanalia involving former Chicago aldermen and government officials who would make former New York Gov.
Eliot Spitzer blush. Melvoin-Berg, who also works as a professional psychic, said he started conducting these tours because they combine two things he loves: sex and being a tour guide. One of his goals for the evening was to teach us how to increase the intensity of our orgasms.
