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The First Wednesday Of Every Month

The first Wednesday of every month is when the Leather Community in Los Angeles really comes "Out of the Closet," at least the heterosexual part of the community. I really like going to this event. I tell myself, "I'm only going to talk to people about my business," but deep inside I, like many of the other people there, am going with the hope of meeting someone fun, interesting, a new play partner, a new friend.

So, at 6:00 PM, I stop working and dress carefully for the occasion. This social is at a public place, The Sportsman Lodge Hotel, and there will be "non scene" people there, so dress for me always has to be a mixture of sexy, SM/Leather, that will pass in public at a cocktail party.

I like to arrive early between 7:00 and 7:30 when the crowd has not fully arrived yet. Usually there are 100 to 200 people at the peak of the social. This way I can eat before the real crowd arrives and spend the rest of my time "cruising."

The food served by the Hotel is good, especially if you don't mind tomato sauce. Usually there is some kind of macaroni dish, bagel pizzas, and sometimes some mouthwatering little Chinese dumplings with soy sauce. Beer and mixed drinks are sold at the outdoor bar manned by hotel staff and soft drinks are available either at the bar or the vending machines. The drinks are reasonably priced and optional which really makes this a good "free" event for everyone.

Once I have eaten, it's time to find out who's here. In the winter months this is a little harder to do because the hotel sets up a very large clear plastic tent to ward off the cooler weather and possible rain. So, half the crowd is inside the tent eating and staying warm while the other half is outside smoking, and talking.

In the warmer months everyone is gathered around the huge swimming pool, and it sometimes gets so crowded that you really have to watch your step so as not to end up in the pool. Don't worry, this just adds to the fun, and I've met some really interesting people by just grabbing an arm with the excuse that I was afraid of losing my balance in these high heels and did not want to end up in the pool. Being a single, submissive female, this is a great time to act all helpless, and "in need." Male Dom's just love to be needed, as much as submissive males do, so this works as an ice breaker to a conversation.

No one stays in one place for very long, so if your looking for someone it may take some time before you run into them, not that you won't meet a lot of interesting people on the way. People are all here to meet new people, see old friends, and generally have a time when they can talk to each other without having to necessarily be "in role."

Come with me for a quick stroll through the crowd, and I will give you an idea of what you can find here. We are just passing a young couple in deep discussion. They have been talking for a while now "online," and this is their first face to face meeting. Looks like they really do have something to talk about so let's leave their negotiations to them.

What were that group of people talking about? A T.E.N.S. unit? A Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator, "T.E.N.S." for short. One of them just got a new unit and was talking about how wonderful it felt to have certain muscles electrically contracted and relaxed with the unit. If you want to know more, just go up to them and ask your questions. They will be glad to talk to you.

This couple is talking about their current cases that are being tried in the courts. Yes, they are both lawyers. That group of women are comparing baby pictures. The blonde just had a child and is proudly showing off the first, of many, pictures.

Oh, there's an interesting man. If you say "hi" to him he will tell you all about how he picered his own scrotum at the age of 10 with a screwdriver and has been looking for a woman to do that for him again ever since.

Here's a nice couple, he makes collars, cuffs, and whips, she's a social worker, and that couple over there, yes, the one's who look almost like a stereotypical Midwestern farmer and his wife, wait until you see them at a play party.

That man walking with the aid of a walker is a well known erotic photographer, and the woman in the wheelchair is submissive to that guy dressed in the black leather trenchcoat. The three women with that short stocky man are all submissives of his. Yes, that woman is leading a man around by a leash.

There are men here in three piece business suits, women dressed for the office, couples in full leather, and both men and women dressed in casual wear including T-shirts. This is a real cross-section of America. All at the same place, at the same time, all exploring their own sexuality and confirming, as I am, that were all really "just like everyone else." As we look at this crowd and listen to them talk, we will hear anything and everything discussed. This maybe an "SM social" but all I can say is, for a community, it's a darn good one.

Later as I drive home one, it always crosses my mind that I didn't really find "that certain someone." But this thought is always quickly crowded out by the memories of all the people with whom I have just had a real connection. The sharing of the good times, such as a new baby in the family, with the comforting hug from a friend I haven't seen in a while. I may be alone, but with this community here as my extended family, I will never really be alone. This will do. Yes, this will do.

CCInc. Sponsors this social the first Wednesday of every month at the Sportsman Lodge Hotel 12825 Ventura Blvd. Studio City, CA The people described in this article are not real, but are composites of many of the people you will find at any one of these monthly socials.

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