If you're planning to head out to Pride this weekend — scratch that. When you head out to Pride this weekend to revel in the biggest LGBTQ celebration in the Carolinas, look out for Pillow Talk host / CL contributor Joanne Spataro. She'll be emceeing with drag diva Roxy C. Moorecox. Here's Spataro's latest episode of her Web show featuring Roxy and a guest appearance from Clay Smith. (Uh, that would be Roxy's alter ego.)

Joanne Spataro is the host of Pillow Talk with Joanne, a local Web series that takes the most fabulous people of Charlotte to bed. She offers the readers of Bangtown some sage, yet speedy, advice on love, dating and more. This week's tip is on keeping it real.

Joanne Spataro is the host of Pillow Talk with Joanne, a local Web series that takes the most fabulous people of Charlotte to bed. She offers the readers of Bangtown some sage, yet speedy, advice on love, dating and more. This week's tip is on flirting.

Joanne Spataro is the host of Pillow Talk with Joanne, a local Web series that takes the most fabulous people of Charlotte to bed. She offers the readers of Bangtown some sage, yet speedy, advice on love, dating and more. This week's tip is on looking overanxious.

Spataro is currently one of five finalists for the Queen City Soup grant presented by Project Art Aid. The grant is $2,000 and will be matched by The Knight Foundation. An audience vote will determine the winner at the presentation on June 22 at 4 p.m. Tickets ($10 each) are available at www.projectartaid.org.

Joanne Spataro is the host of Pillow Talk with Joanne, a local Web series that takes the most fabulous people of Charlotte to bed. She offers the readers of Bangtown some sage, yet speedy, advice on love, dating and more. This week's tip is on breaking up.

Have a problem and want some advice? Contact Joanne via her website, email or on Twitter.

Spataro is currently one of five finalists for the Queen City Soup grant presented by Project Art Aid. The grant is $2,000 and will be matched by The Knight Foundation. An audience vote will determine the winner at the presentation on June 22 at 4 p.m. Tickets ($10 each) are available at www.projectartaid.org.

An orgasm a day keeps the mental health doctors away, or so it would seem from Nicole Daedone's theory on Orgasmic Meditation. In the below TEDx talk we recently discovered, Daedone discusses how she discovered Orgasmic Meditation and why she thinks the practice is as beneficial to a person's well-being as any other form of meditation or exercise. In its most basic form, Orgasmic Meditation involves a partner stroking the upper left quadrant of the woman's clitoris lightly for around 15 minutes. In essence, the practice focuses on the importance of connecting through orgasm.

Nicole Daedone is the founder of the OneTaste Movement and the author of Slow Sex: The Art and Craft of the Female Orgasm. Discover more about Daedone at NicoleDaedone.com.

To read more of Shawn Alff's writing, visit CL's sister paper in Tampa. You can also reach him on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, or email him here.

(Editor's Note: This blog post first appeared on Dear Such and So - Keyboard Venting.)

In a world inundated with online profiles and carpal tunnel-inducing text addiction, real connections are tragically rare. Let’s keep it real: The Notebook is sugary bullshit, and Nicholas Sparks is kind of an asshole for peddling it. That is why when I saw this narrative on TLC last night, I knew I had to share this example of unrefined and authentic love to the masses here in Charlotte.

In honor of Valentine’s Day: The modern-day fairy tale of 28-year-old Nathaniel and the sexual and emotional love of his life, Chase — his 1998 Chevy Monte Carlo.

Nathaniel met Chase roughly five years ago on a resale lot, and it was love at first sight. He said that Chase’s fire-red hood, with its “sexy and sleek lines," is what initially attracted him. Since that fateful day in the used car lot, Nathaniel and Chase have been hot and heavy, having unabashed make-out sessions in parking lots all over town. “We always have such a good time together,” Nathaniel sings.

Nathaniel spoils Chase with thoughtful gifts (accessories for his steering wheel and top of the line tune-ups) and slow sponge baths at the do-it-yourself car wash. Chivalry isn’t dead! They have regular date nights, most of which end in the throes of sexual passion.

I know the logistics of sex with a Chevy may seem tricky, but Nathaniel explains that it’s quite simple. “It involves a lot of rubbing up against him and then there is some masturbation.”

Oh, so not that tricky then. Dry humping is pretty much as fundamental as it gets. Perhaps we should all take a cue from Nathaniel and Chase to forego the The Reddoor and just keep it simple.

Moral of this tale: Although it may seem all the way dead, romance is alive and well, even in the most unexpected places. As you go about your Valentine’s Day, think of this touching story and give as much love away as possible. To your friends, your co-workers, your motor vehicle, your lamps, your iPod, your cell phone, your vacuum cleaner, and your significant other, whomever or whatever that may be. No judgment here.

Disclaimer: This is not an endorsement for dry humping in public. Get a room first.

*This story was found on TLC’s series My Strange Addiction, which airs Sunday nights.

Megan Henshall is a project coordinator by day, favorite child, rollerskating enthusiast, blogger, and lover of all things social and under appreciated. For more writing/ramblings/rants visit www.dearsuchandso-keyboardventing.blogspot.com.

You can be a sexy dancer too. The next time you're hanging out at the EpiCentre, dance. But don't do that same old two-step and booty pop — do what they're doing in this video: