Monthly Archives: November 2010

Meet Our Affiliates: Snails are Good…

Snails Are Good for the Environment, Too is a collection of the poems, stories, and musings of writer, Sondra Morin.
And our favorite bookstore, Women and Children First, is now carrying her chapbook. What a small world this is!
You can find Inviting the Expanse on the poetry shelf at the feminist book store in Andersonville. [...]

Giving Back this Holiday Season

At Early to Bed we are committed to being a positive part of our community. Throughout the year we make donations of raffle prizes, auction items, and money when we can to local and national organizations that promote and support women’s & LGBT health and the sexual well-being of all folks. This holiday season [...]

Holiday Food Drive!

EXTENDED THOUGH JANUARY 2nd!
This holiday season Early to Bed is helping to collect food for the Greater Chicago Food Depository and if you help out, we’ll give you a little something extra too!
Just bring at least one item from the list below of the most needed items to our shop anytime before December 24th and [...]

You are asking: What goes well with the SpareParts Harness?

I spend a good part of my days here at Early to Bed headquarters (i.e. my pink office in the back room of the shop) answeringg folks questions about sex toys via email and phone. The most common questions that I get are about Harnesses and Dildos and what goes well with what. And a [...]

Peaches Christ Superstar!

Peaches is coming to the Portage theater to perform Peaches Christ Superstar, a one-woman-show version of everyone’s favorite musical!
Peaches says, “To perform Jesus Christ Superstar as a one-woman-song is a crazy enterprise. Very demanding and very difficult. When I was sixteen I often sang the whole musical to myself all alone in my room. It [...]

Thanksgiving Weekend Savings!

PLEASE NOTE!We are closed Thanksgiving day but open as usual on Friday, Saturday and Sunday!

We’re blushing…

I am thrilled (and honestly shocked) to say that Early to Bed has been nominated for an AVN award! We are nominated in the Best Boutique Store (East) category .. and happen to be the only shop in Chicago to make the list.
AVN (Adult Video News) is largest and most mainstream industry publication and this [...]

What team are you batting for?

Its often frustrating to be a queer woman when you don’t stereotypically look like one. Back when I had most of my head shaved I got sooo much more attention than I do now. Since I’ve grown my hair out, its been more than once that I have half-jokingly wished for a shirt [...]

When a toy tester is unsure, then so am I

We started our Toy Tester program a few months ago to basically help me make decisions about what to carry at Early to Bed. Some things I just KNOW we need and some things end up in the discard pile before I even open the box. And then there are things that I just can’t [...]

Meet Our Affiliates: Elodie on Love

Elodie is a feminist writer who blogs about sex, love, and toys. She also includes lots of pictures of her cats, which make great size comparisons for her toys. This always reminds me of how much my own cat loves to get into my sex toy suitcase and play. Pussies do love their vibes.