Powerful Women in Bedford, NY

I've been very amused at the news coverage of this story:
Dominatrix with Tony Westchester Estate Caught in Web (NY Daily News)
Genteel Enclave Puzzles Over Reports of a Dominatrix (NY Times)

As the story goes, the neighbors noticed some unusual traffic at a very swanky house in this upscale suburb, and then the police caught the owner in a sting operation when she agreed to provide an unspecified "dominatrix-style act" for $120.

My first thought when reading this story was "hee hee, I wonder if it's Martha Stewart!" (She has a home in Bedford.) Then I read this caption accompanying the NY Times article in the print edition: "A web site advertised 'female superiority, proper training and etiquette' ..." and I thought "oh my God, it IS Martha Stewart!"

Photos from MSNBC.com and 1010wins.com

Of course it really wasn't... the perp was one Sandra Chemero, who had only been renting the house for a few months. And I'm sure Martha Stewart would have charged more than $120 for any kind of unspecified act you could think of!

Oh well, it's a fun story but it still hasn't provided me with much material for my long-planned article about the costs of prostitution... funny how I just don't have many day to day experiences to blog about in that regard... except for that time I met a dominatrix myself...