Profilic sex writer and all-around erotic person Violet Blue was in town for Hump 2! We'll let The Stranger use her positive comments to toot their own horn -- they're so good at it!

We were more interested to see her overall positive impression of Seattle's sex-positive scene. Turns out that, despite our lame-ass strip clubs, Seattle has enough forward-thinking erotic happenings going on to impress someone who makes a living thinking about sex and sex-related things. (Note: The links that follow? jJust assume they're not safe for work.)

So Seattle -- thank you. Thank you for all of this and more:

* The Stranger: Dan Savage and infamous Savage Love, Mistress Matisse, Lippy Imp.

* Jane's Guide -- Jane Duvall's site with a terrific Seattle sex events section.

* Lots of people make porn in Seattle.

* But there's more porn made here, as in sex machines and teledildonics -- The Thrillhammer is here.

* So is House of Gord.

* They make hot gay porn here, too -- thank you Daddyoohhh! Productions.

* Sex bloggers that blow my mind: Figleaf, Mistress Matisse, Twisted Monk, and there are many more.

* A big sexual cornerstone on the web is here: Sexuality.org (Society for Human Sexuality).

* Seatle is the home of New Horizons, legendary swinger's club.

* At the heart of the matter: the Wet Spot.

* Babeland started here.

* The Lusty Lady is here.

* I'm only skimming the surface of Seatle's scene -- check out this amazing Seattle sex guide.

* You can find buttloads of Tantra here -- Body Electric is the most famous.

* There are bathouses for the gayboys (like this one), and at least one dyke bar.

* Holy shit, the Seattle Erotic Art Festival is famous, we post about it on Fleshbot every year.

* Must mention at least two great erotic artists from Seattle: Francisco Guererro and Krysztof Nemeth.