BDSM, Bud and Bluegrass

Last Sunday, I woke from the treehouse I'd slept in and made my way to the world's largest BDSM/Leather Festival, the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco. The streets crawled with deviants and perverts; it was a wondrous sight.











There were all sorts of displays of debauchery: public floggings and bondage suspensions. Straight, queer, couples and groups... nothing was taboo. Sadists, Masochists, Exhibitionists, Slaves and Masters... Freak Pride!





















Naked Twister, ButtPlugZilla and the Kink.com booth were highlights.















I made a new friend too, under the best circumstances:



From SF, I went north and camped on the beach beneath the stars for a night. Owls flew by and the hills were teeming with deer. Waves crashed on the shore as I feel asleep. In the morning, I took some friends to the airport, then headed north for Humboldt County, The Marijuana capital of the world to camp out and hangout with friends for the week.



I came back to SF for the weekend to Check out the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, a three day seven stage free music festival in Golden Gate Park. While in the city I caught a bit of Love Parade, a huge rave that overtakes downtown SF for one day a year. I partied hard with friends in the Sac and the Bay... tearing up long nights with serious inebriation.

It was truly a week of hedonism; just how I like it.