Playgirl December 1992

FEATURES
58 WHERE DO YOU GO WHEN YOU COME
Readers describe their private journeys to magical places not found on any map. Is an orgasm your ticket to Paradise? By Gwen Lehmann
68 ROMANCING THE NERD
Men we love...sort of. A tribute to Hollywood's chunksters, toothpicks and teddy-bears by Jenny Bauer
72 IN PRAISE OF MACHO MEN
Preferring a tough-as-nails type to a "sensitive man" might not be politically correct—but who worries about politics when they're having great sex?... By Susan Crain Bakos
PICTORIALS
20 GREAT EXPECTATIONS: Leading off this month's required reading, Discovery Paul Anthony Crewe invites you to burn the midnight oil
38 OTHELLO REBORN Portrait of love in black and white
48 SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT
Mama mia! Centerfold Michael Zirpoli is sure one luscious meatball!
62 SHIVER ME TIMBERS
When we met up with rugged Tanju Sion, inquiring minds just had to know, "Is that an axe you're holdin' honey, or are you just glad to see us?"
76 OPEN ALL NIGHT
Pilot of the airways, Jordan Gerler heads our top ten playlist: He's number one with a bullet!
FASHION
28 IN CLUB LAND
How to do the "Night Thing" and knock 'em dead in their tracks
FICTION
82 EMPTY SPACES Old love dies hard
DEPARTMENTS
6 THE EDITOR'S PAGE What's up with this issue
7 LETTERS Here's what you thought
8, 9, 10 CULTURE CLUB Happening people, places, events and things
11 CARTOON
13 THE WOMEN'S ROOM Driving? Me? Crazy!
When the "Heartbeat of America" brings on cardiac arrest.... by Nina Malkin
15 THE MEN'S ROOM It's In His Kiss More than just a prelude to "sticking it in"? By Michael Konik
16 HOUSE OF CARDS What the Tarot has to say by J'Delle
19 QUICKIES Late-breaking health and fitness news by Judy Cole
26 TRENDWATCH Fun stuff to give and to get by Mary Schafer
27 QUIZ Sexual Facts and "Phallusies" by Sherry Suib Cohen k
34 SEX TALK Intimate issues and answers by Dr. Theresa Crenshaw
36 WOMEN NOW News From the Trenches by Candida Royalle
44 READERS' FANTASY FORUM Romance can happen in the most unexpected places
66 LOVESCOPES What's in your stars? By Robin MacNaughton
74 REAL MEN Does your man have what it takes? Mark Lento, Kevin Schmidt, and Thomas Blevin
106 COMING UP