RANDY ELROD

Sensuality | Curiosity | Intimacy | Freedom
Taste the body. Feed the mind. Bare the soul. Free the spirit.

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Fair warning: This isn’t a place for the prudish. Here we dive deep and uncensored into sensuality, curiosity, intimacy and freedom—and the courage it takes to live authentically. If you’re looking for safe, sanitized perspectives and art, you’ll find richer hunting grounds elsewhere. But if you’re hungry for real talk about what it means to be human—body, mind, soul, and spirit—pull up a chair.

My Latest Posts

  • Unknown, Unknowing

    Harriet Beecher Stowe in Paris, 1853. Me in Barcelona, now. “At last I have come into a dreamland,” she wrote. “I am released from care. I am unknown, unknowing.” Harriet Beecher Stowe was in her early forties that summer, the most famous author in America. Uncle Tom’s Cabin had sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Everywhere she…

  • The Golden Horseshoe Shoved Up My Ass

    Years ago, a Type A (to the 1000th power) friend who spent his career as a futures trader in the pit of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange stopped in the middle of a crowded mall and screamed at the top of his lungs, “Elrod, you’ve got a golden horseshoe shoved up your ass!” Shoppers stopped and…

  • Men, What Is Your Most Effective Sex Fantasy?

    The Silence I just read an article in The Atlantic about Gillian Anderson’s new book, More, a collection of women’s sexual fantasies. One line especially piqued my interest. Men, it said, tend to hold back their fantasies because telling them feels too vulnerable. I believe it. I have lived it. Men talk about sex constantly: locker rooms, bars,…

  • The Greatest Meal of My Life (An Evening at Three-Michelin-Star Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy)

    I have been fortunate to dine at many of the world’s greatest restaurants, but this past Tuesday was the quintessential culinary experience of my life. My expectations were sky-high, and yet Chef Enrico Crippa and his team somehow exceeded them. Oh, what a night. The Setting I booked a limo to transport us to and…

  • Four Days in Piemonte, Italy (A Food & Wine Tour In Barolo Country)

    I just woke up in Barcelona after sleeping for 13 straight hours. Totally exhausted but blissfully happy with a treasure chest of forever memories. Let’s just say we did not get much sleep during the last four days; there was so much to enjoy in the Piemonte region of Italy. It was a perfect way…

  • No Boys Allowed

    At last I have come into my Neverland. I am released from care. I am unknown, unlearning. I can redeem my lost childhood. Time no longer owns me; the minutes have become moments as I vow to see everything possible now that I am home. Dec. 7, 2023 (First day in Barcelona, from my journal)…