#a231 :: Playboy Club ashtray

enlargeThis gem glinted out at me from the cluttered shelves of an antiques mall in nether San Bernardino County, cialis 40mg and the $1.95 price tag sent it home with me.

Back when the Playboy Club was truly the capital of hedonism – and not just another seedy Hollywood venue – back before the bunny head, this was the logo for American lust: A cartoon nude with black stockings and opera gloves, dangling a key to the kingdom of wet dreams, her lipsticked sneer a promise of certain delights.

Go on. Stub out your cigarettes on her midriff, was the unsubtle semiotic code. She’s there to be used.

But oh, so tasteful.

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