Metro Weekly

All posts tagged "leather rack"

  • Out of the Box: Bite the Fruit’s Russwin Francisco

    Eight years ago, Russwin Francisco was faced with reinventing a legendary D.C. leather store. In the process, he created a new, lasting icon: Bite the...

  • Leather and Feathers

    It was a fixture in the D.C. gay community for 40 years, but on Oct. 31 The Leather Rack quietly closed. On Nov. 1, it...

  • Selling Porn

    It's all just a click away on the Internet, but local stores selling adult videos say they're not too worried. After all, the visuals might...

  • Return on Investment

    While so many single people meet St. Valentine's Day with a collective yawn, there are likely quite a few couples who feel similarly. With the...

  • Play Time

    ''This is a real boy beater.'' Patti Brown hoists a large wooden plank. The short end has been molded to comfortably fit the contours of...