A weekend at the bars...

This was a stay-in-town weekend. The weekend kicked off with Loren and me going to the Eagle for his first event as Mr. Golden Leather 2009, Daddy Meat. Dancing go-go daddies, a cigar boy, definitely a busy night for those looking for fun at the Eagle. It was fun seeing him working the title, and me just being there chattin' and socializin'. Although, I did work the door for an hour and a half.

I have to say, as a sidenote, that I really don't like working door at bar events. It's not so bad when it's a cover, although even then sometimes people hassle you. I just am amazed, when you ask for a donation, and people will sort of sniff at you and walk on by. The Eagle is particularly tricky, cause it's not normally a cover, so people aren't used to getting told to pay to enter, rather than being asked to make a contribution. Just one of those things. I keep a smile on my face and keep the energy up.

A good crowd showed up, but was shaken loose a litle early by the DJ announcing repeatedly that parking enforcement was towing cars to start getting things set up for Sunset Junction.

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Saturday, we managed to sneak in a matinee showing of District 9. I quite enjoyed it. My impression was that it was conceived of as a mashup of Kafka's Metamorphosis set against a documentary peek at apartheid in South Africa using the common element of aliens to tie the two together. Quite well executed, it left me curious to see what they'll do with a sequel. And there'll almost certainly be a sequel.

Saturday night was my monthly event at the Bullet Bar in Norht Hollywood, HAWT GEAR. My goal is to bring back the classic leather bar, with a modern slant. Heavy push on fetish gear, encouraging play in the bar, dark atmosphere, hot porn on the vid, steamy music over the speakers. Michael and Dan at the Bullet have been amazing in supporting the event. I had started it out on a Thursday, because I didn't want to interfere with the regular weekend crowd. After the first month, Michael suggested that he'd be open to moving it to a Saturday if I wanted to do that.

Last night, the crowd was simply amazing. Seriously seriously hot! I can't help but feel like it was exactly the sort of night I was working to put together. Guys from the Bondage Club, Avatar, Band of Brothers, the B&B uniform club, the B&Ts uniform club. Guys from as far as Ventura and Orange County came out. Even a guy visiting from Albuquerque came out in a rubber catsuit—schwing! And gear, gear, gear! Rubber, leather, uniforms, skin gear, even an auto racing pilot suit. Bondage, paddling, chest punching - guys were playing here and there in the bar all evening.

If you came out for it, thank you for being hot and coming out. If you didn't—you missed a helluva fun bar night, and I'll hope to see you next month.

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Last thought for the evening. A guilty admission. After bar nights and dungeon parties, I, more often than not, stop at Yum Yum donuts with Loren on the way home for a cinnamon roll. That'll have to stop if I don't get back to the gym fast!