Boston: Social Event of the Season!
Ms. Margo
The social event of the season is happening again in Boston! The Fetish
Fair Fleamarket weekend is *the* major weekend for the BDSM, fetish, and
piercing communities throughout New England. Far from "old boots and cheap
leather", expect to find the very best in bondage gear, fetishwear,
piercing suppliers, and related items all at very affordable prices.
Post-Flea parties, socials, and clubs always are a ball.
Below are the particulars. Hope to see you there!
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- FETISH FAIR FLEAMARKET #7 IS HERE! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
WHAT: Fetish Fair Fleamarket #7
WHEN: Saturday, July 27th
Noon - 5:30 PM
HOW MUCH: Admission $2, suggested donation
WHERE: Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama
539 Tremont Street, Boston
Accessible by Orange Line T (Back Bay)
or Green Line T (Copley), or Tremont #43 street bus.
(Directions below.)
WHO: Open to all genders and orientations.
You must be 18 years old to enter.
Admission benefits the NLA (National Leather
Association: New England)
Corporate Sponsor: Circlet Press, Inc.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Web: http://www.circlet.com/pub/u/ctan/fff7.html
E-Mail: ff...@circlet.com
Phone: Cecilia Tan, (617) 864-0492
The rumors are true, the seventh FFF will be July 27th, Noon-5:30 PM at
the Cyclorama in Boston. Tell your friends! Bring your kinky neighbors!
Did the snow keep you away from the December FFF? There will be no snow on
July 27th!
The Fetish Fair Fleamarket is the largest fetish/leather event in New
England and might even be the largest of its kind. Come join dozens and
dozens of vendors for an afternoon of browsing, shopping, and socializing
with leatherfolk, fetish fans, and SM players of all persuasions.
The move from uptight hotels to a more friendly environment has encouraged
us to add some new features to the fun, like the S&M Carnival Midway, with
SM-themed games of chance and such. Vendors are coming from as far away as
Chicago and Washington, DC. Attendees can expect to find for sale whips
and floggers, corsets, leather restraints, PVC fetish clothing, art,
books, magazines, jewelry, piercing jewelry, chain mail, safe sex
supplies, and more.
Admission is $2 for the general public, free for NLA members and members
of NLA affiliate groups or other leather activist organizations. (My
apologies for the mix-up at the door last year. My door people will be
informed better this year! Members of TES, GMSMA, Boston Ducks, Female
Trouble, Dreizhen, Riders M.C., and others need only show club ID or
colors at the door to enter.)
Only those 18 years of age and up admitted! Our fundraising beneficiary
group this year will be the Houghtons, the New York couple who have had
their children taken away from them because of the couple's consensual sm
activities.
Details will be forthcoming about post-flea social events, parties and so
on. The best place to find out about what's going on, though, is of course
at the flea itself. So get your but down there to:
Directions to the BCA Cyclorama:
*From Route 93 Southbound:
Take Exit #17, East Berkeley Street. Turn right onto East Berkeley, go to
the fifth set of lights, and make a left onto Tremont Street. BCA will be
on your right.
*From Route 93 Northbound:
Take Exit #17, East Berkeley Street. Turn left onto East Berkeley, go to
the fifth set of lights, and make a left onto Tremont Street. BCA will be
on your right.
*From the Mass Pike Eastbound:
Exit at Copley Square. Take Right onto Dartmouth Street, then left onto
Tremont Street. BCA is one block down on the left.
*By T:
Take the Orange Line to Back Bay or the Green Line to Copley. Walk south
on Dartmouth Street or Clarendon Street to Tremont Street. Make a left on
Tremont. BCA is at #539, you'll see the glass dome of the Cyclorama.
*Parking:
The BCA has "limited" on-site parking for $7 per day. There is metered
parking on the street, and other parking garages 2-3 blocks away.
*Accomidations for out of towners:
We recommend two local hotels as inexpensive places to stay. Five short
blocks from the BCA is the gay-owned Chandler Inn (corner of Berkeley and
Chandler Streets) which offers a rate of $89 single/$99 double. Call (617)
482-3450 for more info. Near to the Ramrod and other probably party
locations in the Fenway is the Howard Johnsons at 1271 Boylston Street,
who has rates from $98 single at (617) 267-8300. There are also lots of
nicer hotels in Copley Square. We do NOT recommend that you stay at the
"57 Park Plaza Hotel", (which is also a Howard Johnsons and *not* the same
as the *Boston* Park Plaza). This is one of the hotels that would not rent
function space to our event because we were "inappropriate for a 'family
hotel" like theirs. Let's not spend our inappropriate money there, then!
--
ma...@shore.net
Please don't send wanna's as I'm very happy with the men that I have.
***
...but does he have a fez?
Phil Miller
ma...@shore.net (Ms. Margo) wrote:
>The social event of the season is happening again in Boston! The Fetish
>Fair Fleamarket weekend is *the* major weekend for the BDSM, fetish, and
>piercing communities throughout New England. Far from "old boots and cheap
(major snip)
Hey Fet and Leather Fans.
Is it now time for round two in our continuing dialogue of what's an
appropriate posts!
But at least this group is selling piercing jewelry too.
S.M.S.
Phil Miller (p...@atl.mindspring.com) wrote:
: Hey Fet and Leather Fans.
:
: Is it now time for round two in our continuing dialogue of what's an
: appropriate posts!
Well, since our very own Ardvark is going to be piercing there, I think it
was a *very* appropriate post.
YMMV.
Phil Miller
ma...@shore.net (Ms. Margo) wrote:
>The social event of the season is happening again in Boston! The Fetish
>Fair Fleamarket weekend is *the* major weekend for the BDSM, fetish, and
X-No-Archive: Yes
(major cut)
Mani Lani wrote: (inadvertant deletion - somehow the post and three
other, including my original got zapped from when my computer locked
while I was responding and had rebooted to my ISP and RAB)
But nonetheless, my response to Ms. Margo's e-mail and to Lani,
besides "ladies, lighten up..." is below
At 12:28 PM 7/23/96 -0400, you wrote:
>In rec.arts.bodyart you wrote:
>
>> Is it now time for round two in our continuing dialogue of what's an
>> appropriate posts!
>>
>> But at least this group is selling piercing jewelry too.
>
>Well, given that:
>
>1) It's an announcement for a non-profit event and not a commercial ad.
>
>2) Piercing will be done at the event and piercing jewelry and supplies
> will be sold there.
>
>3) The Boston RABbit Munch is organized as part of the event.
>
>I don't exactly see why you have your knickers in a twist. What exactly
>is it that you object to?
> Very truly yours,
> Ms. Margo
>--
Actually, I don't have my knickers in a twist at all and there's
nothing in the ad I find objectionable.
If you read my earlier posting for the first Fet event, you'll see
that mine was quite supportive of the post. I even tried to inject
some dry humor calling the most unfortunate vicious written verbal
bantering a "tit for tat exchange."
I was somewhat amused that this posting appearing after last week's
dialogue. Was merely tried to stimulate some conversation here too.
I am a free speech advocate. Don't see anything wrong with this type
of posting, although I'm personally not into the leather/bondage
scene. But I am committed to bodymod with about 40% ink coverage and
six active piercings.
Sorry if you were offended. I hope you have a great event.
Sincerely,
Phil