First, I posted a bunch of pics from the Leather Market. Check 'em out quick, because I'll probably take them down soon.

Also have some boring pics of Chicago from Navy Pier if anyone wants to see that stuff.

Friday
Friday night was the night of the big Texas, Canada, and Recon leather parties. All three were kind of a disappointment. Last years parties had more free food, some free beer, and lots of hot guys. This year, the parties were pretty dead. But we hung around the hotel anyway, going from party to party trying to find the action. I was dressed from head to toe in my leather, including chaps and a leather jock (yes, my ass was hanging out!)

It was mostly a beer night, but damn it was expensive. $5 for a bottle of Miller lite. DAMN! Around 2am, the couple I was rooming with wanted to go to bed (and have some private time) so I had to stay down in the lobby and mingle by myself. After wandering around looking for mr right for about a half hour unsuccessfully, I finally stumbled across some guy I had chatted with online. So we went up to his place for a hot encounter. He had the HARDEST cock I've even had the pleasure of sucking. It was like BRICK hard. And BIG. And had a GIANT mushroom head. sigh...

Saturday
Saturday we started off by checking out Navy Pier. I wasn't really into it at first, but ended up having a good time, and got some nice pics from the top of the ferris wheel.

At night we went downtown, wanting to check out Man's Country (a bathhouse). Everyone we talked to told us NOT to go there, because it was a real dive. But, we wanted to see what it was about anyway. Let me give you some good advice... when the locals tell you not to go somewhere, just take their advice! Holy cow, was it sleazy. And the guys were n-a-s-t-y! We only stayed for about 45 minutes, and then got the hell out of there. The rest of the night we spent in the backroom of the Eagle waiting for all the rampant sex to happen that we'd been hearing about.

Well I'll be damned, but it DIDN'T happen. With the exception of a very clogged bathroom (due to some guys jerking off) and the odd blowjob in the corner, the backroom was practically a morgue. So we eventually made our way back to the hotel, and I ended up trolling for cock alone (again).

Didn't have as much luck this time, though. First, I ran into someone from rochester that I've hooked up with. I made a rule that I wasn't going to fuck around with any MN guys down here (since I can do that in MN!) so I passed. Then I ran into someone I tricked around with from minneapolis. We made out a bit at the bar, but still, he's from MN, so I moved on. Then, out of the blue, I ran into someone I had a 1 nighter in Orlando with back in September! (it was really strange, running into all these guys I've fucked before). I was all ready to hop into bed with him (since we only sucked each other off before) but not only did he not remember me, he wasn't interested in doing anything anyway. So I ended up going to bed alone.

Sunday
Sunday we went to the Leather Market, where all those pics were taken. It was a blast, but the pictures sure speak for themselves! Ran into a number of hot porn stars, including Alex Collack, Arpad Miklos, Gus Mattox, Parker Williams, Ray Dragon, Rik Jammer, a couple of Falcon guys (who I didn't recognize), Damon Dogg (from Treasure Island) and finally BUD! (the tattooed guy from Fallen Angel 3. (see, this post is kind of relavent to gay dvds )

Later we went to Steamworks (another bathhouse) and the difference between this one and the other was like night and day. It was actually clean, spacious, and had lots of hot guys all over the place. I ended up making out with this hot little Italian number named Marchello or something like that. Very yummy! I ran into him again as he was leaving, and he asked me where I was from. I told him MN, and he says "Really??? I'm from Apple ValleY!" DAMNIT! A Minnesota guy! ARGH!

We spent the night barhopping, getting back to the hotel around 3. I was still hungry for cock, so I stayed up later cruising the lobby. Since I already blew my "no MN guys" rule, I let myself get mauled by this group of 5 guys from Minneapolis. I just stood in the middle of their circle while they rubbed their hands all over my chest, back, and down my pants. They kept telling me how they were going to take me back to their room for this massive 6-way, but I just laughed and drank my beer. Finally, I just grabbed the cutest one, and dragged him off for a quick blowjob, making it back to my room for sleep around 5am.

Overall, it was a great trip. Not sure if I'd do it again next year. I think I've done pretty much all there is to do there these past 2 years, so I'm not sure what the point would be.

Edited by - joeblow69 on May 31 2005

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