Rubberstud of the Week #51

More economic woes

Mr. S Los Angeles Store Closing

April 16, 2008 - After 8 spectacular years in Los Angeles, Mr. S Leather will be closing its store location in LA. This decision was not made lightly, but reflects today's economic realities.

Our flagship store in San Francisco which we expanded in 2005, will continue to be our company headquarters to carry on the 30 year tradition of Mr. S Leather.

The last day of store operations in Los Angeles will be Sunday, April 26, 2009. During this time, we will be selling all inventory in this store at 25% OFF. This sale is just for the LA store and is limited to just the inventory at hand. No orders for items to be made or ordered will be taken during that time at the 25% off discount. This is a great time to stop by and pick out the piece of gear you have been thinking about getting. The Mr. S store in LA is located next to the FaultLine bar at 4232 Melrose Ave. (323-663-7765). There is parking in the back of the store, and the hours of operation are Wed thru Saturday 2PM to 10PM and Sunday 2PM to 8PM.

Man, I wish I was in L.A. before the end of the month! Any of you guys down there want to pick me up some things?

Going Under...

...the radar, that is - for a few weeks anyways.

Rubbout 2009 in Vancouver was a fantastic time, so good in fact that I hit the plane back to Calgary on Sunday with chills and sweats and woke up with full-blown flu on Monday morning. Talk about overexertion! Work has been hell ever since but I'm recovering nicely today.

I have a detailed report about one-third written now and I hope to have that posted, if anything, in the next week or so. As for pictures, there will be tons on the Rubbout website eventually. I was so, um, busy over the weekend I hardly took any pictures at all. Meeting a whole new community of rubbermen that are soon to be my brethren was a full-time job and even then I only remember a handful of names at the moment.

I found a rockin' apartment while out there and I just found out yesterday that my move day has been moved up even two weeks further. I basically have two weeks to move the Ex and move myself. For complexities I won't explain here, I plan to be in Vancouver on May 2 now.

For that reason, I may not be as chatty on here as I normally am. I have a LOT of work to do in the next 14 days. I'm relieved in a way -- many people were talking about having farewell parties, while I just really wanted to quietly slip away from Calgary and start up fresh in Vancouver with no fanfare. With only two weeks to go, there will be little time for that anyways. I am on-call on top of that and have to work overtime at least one day this weekend.

So, I'm not gone, just on moving hiatus. Wish me luck. I'll post soon.

Rubberstud of the Week #50

Artist Profile - Yvon Goulet

Yvon Goulet works as a visual historian, searching for cultural artefacts in Montreal's gay village. His paintings, which are inspired by festive and cultural events in that community, enable him to express daily reality, record the events in question and feature the male body as an active participant within the gay community. His studio is located nearby le village in Montreal. For a visit, you may contact at : yvy2156@videotron.ca.

Rubbout 2009

The 18th annual installment of Vancouver's premier rubber party is only a few days away! I fly there on Wednesday, spend that day meeting my new work managers and doing some apartment hunting. The parties start on Thursday. Here's a list of the weekend events:

Rubbout 2009
Rubbout EASTER Weekend
April 9 - 12, 2009 Vancouver, BC

Rubbout is always a party weekend of rubber and leather for men. But this year, Rubbout will be an Easter long weekend blowout. For more information contact mitchkenyon@shaw.ca

Thursday, April 9
Carnival Party @ PumpJack 5 PM onwards
-Photo booth - try some rubber outfits on from Priape and get your photo taken.
-Rubberduck contest

Friday, April 10
VML Rubber Party @ Numbers 9 PM
-Hosted by Vancouver Men in Leather
-Rubber/leather/fetish dress code (men only)
-Door prize, 50/50 draw, rubberduck contest
-Best Rubber contest
-Jiffy Lube - get lubed by the rubber shine boys
-Meet rubber titleholders

Darkroom Party @ PumpJack 11 PM onwards
-Line privileges to 11:30 PM with Rubbout wristband.

Saturday, April 11
Rubbout Party @ Behind M2M 8 PM - 11 PM
-entrance is from back alley behind M2M
-Rubber/leather/fetish dress code (men only)
-Music, beer, refreshments
-Vac Rack demo
-Bondage demo
-Puppy play pen

Play Party @ M2M 11 PM
-Slime pit with watersports and dildo wrestling
-Sling room
-Rubber porn
-Snacks in video lounge

Sunday, April 12
Brunch @ PumpJack 11 AM - 1 PM
-Rubbout draw
Sunday Kegger @ PumpJack 3 PM onwards

Rubberstud of the Week #49

Calgary Eagle Rubber Demo Night

Last night we held a rubber bondage demo night at the Calgary Eagle. It was a complete blast! The demos went without a hitch, the scene bottoms were excited and eager, and there were lots of guys dressed up in latex and leather on top of everything else! I met a lot of new guys and I think we did a great job of exposing latex/rubber bondage to people who wouldn't otherwise see this stuff and opening a new realm of possibilities to them. The bar owner/manager was very happy with how things went. We got so many positive comments on how things ran, and the questions....! I felt like an idiot at points trying to answer obscure, unexpected questions as eloquently as I could. There was one guy that came up to us early in the evening that was completely stressed out about the whole thing and needed some calming down. I wasn't quite sure how best to approach the situation, but he seemed okay with everything by the time he left.

I hope everyone enjoyed themselves!

Around 10:45 we started with the vac-bed demo. We put the bottom into the bed and turned on the vacuum and invited anyone who wanted to to come up to the table and polish, touch, ice, heat whatever they wanted. The bottom was a first-timer and thoroughly enjoyed himself! In fact, he was in the bed for almost a half-hour, which was impressive for the first time.



At 11:15 we put Calgboi in the heavy latex sleepsack provided by GearCollector2. The same hijinks ensued; polishing, massaging and icing by many many eager hands. Calgboi was unhappy to get out 25 minutes later.





At 11:45 Gearcollector got Dean into the Elenas bondage ball. This was the item that got the most comments, obviously. It is such a strange looking piece once the inflatable hood is put on. Dean had a blast. We tried some vibration synchronization with four guys around the ball for awhile before Dean got out. Fun!



IMO this was a great pre-cursor to the Mr. Calgary Rubber competition on June 5. I did realize however that I won't be here (living, anyways) in June so I'm not even sure if I'll be around for the competition. However, the word last night was that Priape is hosting Mr. Calgary Leather on Saturday night (June 6) so it's going to be a fetish perv weekend and a lot of people from elsewhere are supposed to be coming for it so I don't think there will be any shortage of judges and organizers. The issue might be participants, and I tried my damnedest to sell the idea of competing to a few guys I think would do a good job of it. Hopefully it ends up being a great event. I might try to get back for it if I can get a cheap flight.

Alas, I got no pics of myself, although I know there are a few floating around. There were cameras everywhere, including the GayCalgary magazine photographers. Good exposure!

P.H.A.R. (Pretty Hot and Rubbered)

Holy shit! Have you been to the Simon O. website recently? Their product line has practically doubled in the past six months, and their new model.....mmmmrrrroooaarrrr...fuck is he ever hot. And he seems to really like the rubber.....fantasy man, come take me away....

More Winter Warmup pics

We certainly need them; it's still bloody cold and snowy here. When is this damn winter going to end? Thanks to LatxDad, here are some latex pool cleaner pics from Sunday in Palm Springs. Ah, memories....

I have a couple of video clips from the pool fun on Sunday I will get posted soon, too.