Sexy time!

People look at free weeklies for - maybe - three or four reasons, none of which are "let's read some great writing and cutting-edge reportage." One reason they do is titillation; the ads are generally racier than what you'd find in a daily.

Gambit, though it pales in comparison to the flat-out pornography found in weeklies in New York and Los Angeles, is no exception, and I feel compelled to compliment the ad department for several comely babes that made their way into the January 23, 2007 edition.

o Page 14: That's one sweet, blonde Yoga babe enticing me into Salvation Body on Magazine Street. Sitting Indian-style - sorry, I'm old school - she leans slightly to her right, toned arms above her head, a portrait of Eastern serenity and Western hotness.

Still, I'm not gonna' do Yoga, nor "hind," "marika," "fila," "be present," "prana," and "blue fish."

o Page 15: It looks like they've got the right priorities at "Priorities," an "activewear" retailer in the Riverbend. One of those is putting a hot babe in their ad; this week's maiden is a tank-topped brunette who, like her rival on page 14, has her hands above her head, though she's really not leaning much. A hint of buck teeth gives her a girl-next-door quality most find fetching.

o Back page: A smoldering ad from American Apparel goes full-page hot with a topless Babe-alonian in thermal long johns and oversized clown sunglasses lying prone on a Kirschman's sofa.

All in all, those babes make up for the rather tawdry ads for chat lines, massage parlors, and escort services in the back. Those need work!