Well I popped my LUEY virginity yesterday, and have to say it was my best birthday weekend outing ever :D
For those not familiar; the weekend following Fat Tuesday is dubbed ‘Let Us Entertain You’ Weekend. It originated in 73′ as a Mardi Gras thank you afterparty by the gay leather motorcycle club, the Texas Riders. Several years later the Houston Council of Clubs added the ‘Show of Shows’ on Sunday afternoon and has since become a four day social networking/ get together for like-minded folk; Leather, BDSM, bear, GLBT, and what have you.
I will not deny that I could have been more actively social but I reveled in being able to take it all in, meet a few online friends in the flesh and walk about in public holding onto my hubby’s leash. It was our first attempt at mingling with the local lifestyle community since last March. I’m not sure where all the lost time went, family issues, work, self-reflection.. it didn’t help that we didn’t enjoy our last few outings either so we were definitely hesitant at first. We’re very glad we decided to go anyway.
It turns out that the last minute t-shirt I decided to wear came in handy too! I was asked to stand in front of the unlock-able restroom twice at the Ripcord and when I folded my arms waiting it was pointed out to me I was a cop :D On the front my shirt read “Undercover cop – looking for a big bust” with a shield with a chic in the middle. I’ve never been so camera unshy when they snapped a few of it and hopefully will link a few of the photos when they’re up. For now I am ashamed to say we only took one and that’s when hubby and Tinman won their Jägermeister t-shirts :)
All in all, awesome weekend. Really looking forward to next year. Though I do hope to see more people our age but that’s a different rant all together.
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