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[kumimonster]

I went to Florida for several days in August.
I was lecturing at FetishCon and also manning the complaint booth.

2010 august 02 - SJC to LAS to TPA

Flew out of San Jose airport which was nice since I got to take more time to look at the changes there.







Spent the first night in clearwater and the rest of the days in Tampa at the swimming pool when i didn't have to work. when i wasn't there, i was probably eating.

2010 august 04 - Tampa

(from Gary’s phone)

2010 august 05 - Tampa

jewel marceau and jean saying hello




lorenzo and anastasia pierce celebrating their wedding the following week

2010 august 06 - Ybor City




went out for dinner with gary (rev b dangerous - kendra was working), diana knight, jim and julie (from bondage cafe) anda couple of other friends too. yum.
 

2010 august 07 - Tampa


kendra and gary


genesis, mike, vesta at my booth


early night for me at the pool. i had to wake up early...
 

2010 august 08 - Tarpon Springs
So Mike lent me his car so I could drive up north an hour to Tarpon Springs. I hooked up with Narcosis Scuba to go out with their boat on a dive trip. the water was like 80+ degrees!
unfortunately, the boat had issues so instead of diving, we had to turn back and the trip was canceled. I really wanted to go the next day but that night was also the final fetishcon party. And also, other things ended up making me miss the following day - and no, it wasn't anything related to alcohol or hangovers!

They were really nice though, and if i get back to Tampa, I'll ring them up again (Narcosis)

Comments

[uke.livejournal.com]

Ha! I went to Tarpon Springs HS.

[kumimonster.livejournal.com]

hah!! did you know it's a total fetish capital now?
hahahhaha

[uke.livejournal.com]

No way! Tampa? Or Tarpon Springs specifically? My family lived in Tampa (on Davis Island) and then moved out to Palm Harbor. The whole area seemed ultra-boring when I was growing up.

[kumimonster.livejournal.com]

lol. j/k for both

tho fetishcon does take place in tampa.
neither is really a mecca for fetish!
heh.

tarpon seemed nice when i go there, at least the part really close to the water.
i guess the diving is supposed to be really nice - but i didn't get to since the boat went kaput.

[uke.livejournal.com]

I haven't been back in ages. The beaches were beautiful and the water was warm. And in TS you can get a kickass souvlaki.

Oh, and if you ever go back: don't miss Bern's Steak House in Tampa. I've seriously considered going back just to eat there.

[deviant-gent.livejournal.com]

I had no idea Communism could be so... rawr.