Here we go --- Again

[Virginia]

Two girls, going to Charlotte, NC, for two nights and three days and you would think we were moving there permanently - well, at least Virginia. So far I have at least five pair of shoes packed, five or six outfits, enough "unmentionables" for a couple of weeks and I can't even think about make-up and jewelery!!

We are hopefully going to get together with two other ladies from this forum and we are gonna "rock and roll!"

Someone of us - if any of us survive this adventure into, as Capt. Kirk once said with a wave of his hand, "out there!!!!" - someone will hopefully post at least some of what transpired!!!

This is gonna be sooooooooooo much fun!!!!! Wish you all could be with us! Well, at least those who "Ain't Scart!" I are scared a bit but the thrill of the adventure is pulling me to it, plus we have already bought our tickets!!

Wish us luck and we will tell what we can next week!

Virginia

[DonnaT]

Y'all have fun now, hear!?

[Absaroka]

Hope you two enjoy yourselves.

Absaroka

[Sylvia H]

Go for it!!

Sylvia H

[Carla L]

I so wish I could be involved with others in this group as you are doing. I trust people here for some reason.

I hope you have a wonderful time.

[Danette]

Hi Virginia,
Sounds like it going to be a fun trip . I wish I could go with you and try out my new camera.

Have Fun,
Danette

[KathyB]

I can tell everyone Virginia and SilverLady's company and friendship last night was wonderful and the Thai food at Bangkok Ocha was excellent. One note: if you ask for their three-star (out of a possible five stars) spicy hot seasoning, be prepared for some serious heat.

[Virginia]

Me thinks that Kathy, may still be in shock! Just keep it on the road, Kathy.

Well, yes, SL and I drove to CLT in about 3 1/2 hours, called K and J and when they got to the room we visited for a few minutes then went out to eat as Kathy mentioned. It was good food and GREAT company!!!

Then it was Saturday!! SL and I slept in - well until the fire alarm in the hotel went off about noon . I was not dressed and had no intention of going anywhere. Well having been in the same situation on three other occasions that I remember when I use to travel ---- a lot! ---- I was not the least bit concerned, but that is another story. Anyway we fended off three attempts to get us to leave the room , hell it was 92+ degrees outside, I had nothing (drab mode) to wear! Everything was on in our room - Water, A/C - so we just went about getting ready to go out. The fire equipment (at least two trucks we saw) finally left about two hours later. Found out from a staff person at the hotel that someone had tried to hang some clothes from the wall mounted sprinkler in their room, it broke off and flooded their room and one of the meeting rooms on the first floor.

So what's a girl to do????????? When the going get tough, the tough go shopping . I found the most beautiful Liz Claiborne cover coat, like a lab coat. It is gorgeous and is so versatile in how it can be worn. Goodwill - $4.00.

Evening, Saturday evening - Purgatory! I wore a black mini skirt, black tee with a black bolero jacket, black patterned hose, 3" heels, dark liner and eye shadow, red lip stick, red nail and the coup de gras a pair of tiger ears. I had some fangs but they made my mouth look weird, so I scraped them. Jaye may have some pictures to post of us once she gets them from the photographer (Marlock or Warlock?). It was so loud in the place it was hard to tell, but only "company designated" people were allowed to have cameras.

What was it like, well for me I guess, about what I expected, a lot of exhibitionist, people dressed in S&M garb, several girls allowed themselves to be tied up, suspended from chains hung from the I-beam in the ceiling and swung around the place - NO, neither SL nor I nor Jaye wanted any part of it, but I think Kathy may have been considering it!

They had stations, booths where you could be a beatee or beator and they used things from feathers to leather cat-o-nine tails and some of the beatees really got red, no blood, but very red! Then they had a "hot wax" bed, but the one that kinda sent SL over the edge was the needles! A girl had eight of them inserted into her mid-back, four on either side of her spine, horizontally opposite each other, the blunt ends had "eyelets" in them, and she had four more vertical in her lower back - some blood but not a lot, then they took twine, I guess, and like "laced" them all together.
Yes, well it did hurt for a bit, but I am getting use to it as long as SL does not pull on the laces yet! JUST KIDDING - I can hardly stand the pain of putting on my false nails!!!! Needles laced together in your back!? Forget that!!!!

I don't know exactly what Jaye, Kathy or even SL thought about it. OH, the weirdest thing I guess I saw was, gheesh, how do I describe it?? It was a guy wearing a ???leather?? dog head??? The focus being on the snout part. He had a booth selling S&M and bondage stuff and he was wearing it with a studded collar, it was just too weird -- to me!

Of course, there were several "exhibitionists" who, well, use your imagination, but when you cram 300 pounds of female into a "see-thru" body stocking - yeah, its from Star Trek when they beam the two humpback whales on board and Scotty, says, "Captain, thar be whales here!" and no, I refuse to go to the wood shed for that observation!!!!

Oh, there was the obligatory faux sex act on stage and some idiotic tee-shirts and a few actual space costumes - only one Darth Vader that I saw.

Over all, everyone was just as nice as they could be, however there were at least three that I saw, not that I was looking, but three guys, in street clothes, by themselves just kinda "cruising" the place - now, they were scary. One, had this (girl's intuition, if you will) a very unsettling look about him!!!! Shall I say like an "axe murder?" Not part of the show just a "weird-o" that was there!

Anyway, now SL and I can honestly say, "been there done that" in case anyone ever asks. Would I recommend it, well, it you are not too put off by freaky things and understand that people come in all shapes, desires and expressions of self! I'd say go for it!!!

Love,
Virginia

[SilverLady(SO)]

What can I say, but that I had an absolutely wonderful time this weekend! I thoroughly enjoyed finally meeting Kathy and Jaye, the food and service at the Thai restaurant was excellent, and we had a wonderful time getting to know each other; we were the last patrons to leave the restaurant, but they didn't rush us, either. Purgatory . . . well, despite my squeamishness at seeing needles actually inserted into someone's back, and then laced together, I am glad that we went!

Just a slight clarification, though, to our fire-alarm incident. Shortly after the alarm went off, they did cut the power so we had no A/C or phone service. We took our showers in the dark, and it wasn't exactly easy for either of us to apply our makeup without proper lighting, but we managed. It was starting to get a bit 'muggy' in the room without the A/C, so we did our best to hurry things along.

Like Virginia, I thought that either the work crew short-circuited something (the hotel was in the process of being remodeled, even while still being open for business) or someone had done something incredibly stupid and not life-threatening (as was the case), so I wasn't overly concerned . . . and I don't recommend that anyone ignore the fire alarm, either. In our defense, though, our room was on the top (6th) floor and overlooked the front of the hotel so we could see what was, or wasn't, happening. We made an educated guess that if it were a *real* emergency, then none of the staff and guests would have been hanging around just outside the main entrance to the hotel without a care in the world, calmly smoking their cigarettes, drinking bottled water, and chatting with each other . . . they would have been running away from the building or, at the very least, nowhere near the building and out of harm's way. There would also have been more than just 2 fire trucks on the scene, the crews would have been hooking hoses up to the fire hydrants, etc., and that didn't happen.

We were going to call Kathy and Jaye so we could get together for some shopping at Goodwill, but the phone lines weren't working (no electricity) and no cell phone, so we couldn't call them. Well, what does a girl do when the going gets tough? We go shopping anyway!! We went to the Goodwill store that Kathy showed us the night before, and I ended up buying 3 skirts and 7 tops - and I only went through 1/3 of the racks. We didn't stay there too long, though, because we had not eaten anything yet, and both of us were starting to get a headache from lack of food and caffeine, so a quick stop at MickyD's was in order before heading back to the hotel.

We made arrangements to meet Jaye at Purgatory, then took a nap to rest up for the evening's activities. We enjoyed people-watching, and spent time talking with one girl who is very active with the local support group for GLBT teens and, well, yes, I was doing more PR for the Forum. We left Purgatory after a couple of hours, though - the smoke and loud noise was starting to be a bit much for us, but Jaye stayed til ??????? She's such a party animal!!

Again, we had a great time, and we really enjoyed our visit with Kathy and Jaye.

Love ya!!

- SL

[Sylvia H]

I am very glad to hear both of you had such a good time!!!!!


xoxo
Sylvia

[Lisa(SO)]

Another great weekend. I do hope that your adventures give someone else the courage to go out and explore.