Grey Hounds

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Erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey has heated up business at West Hollywood sex shop Pleasure Chest (and, no doubt, at other sex shops around the country). According to Adult Video News, Pleasure Chest is taking advantage of the interest with "'Fifty Shades of Pleasure,' a workshop that lets customers revisit the hottest activities from the books and explore ideas on how to incorporate them into their bedroom adventures." The first one kicks off May 8th. [Mediabistro]