Letters to the Editor
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what a bore!
There's a whole subgenre of articles involving a journalist who tries something "wacky" (like riding a bike to work every day, eating food grown within a 50-mile radius of home, etc.), makes self-deprecating remarks about his or her failures to achieve the goal, then with a happy sigh returns to the previous lifestyle.
This story fits the pattern exactly--yawn. Most of my own acquaintances are more interesting than Sloane Crosley, who I can only assume has a family contact in the publishing industry.
Also, Salon made the unusual choice of posting the writer's photograph alongside this story. I have no idea what the regular Salon writers look like (beyond their caricatures), but as soon as a New England girl in pearls writes a sex story--bam! There she is. Really classy way to attract ad revenue, Salon!