The Fetish Ball in San Francisco was a fun and interesting event to attend. Held at the Gift Center on Brannan Street, it was approximately 2000 people dressed up in latex, leather, lingerie,  along with a bunny and gumby to celebrate the alternative choices and deviations from main stream straight up sex.

San Francisco Fetish Ball

Shopping for the Fetish Ball was an educational experience for Richard and myself.  I already had an outfit consisting of  a studded black leather teddy, leather miniskirt and of course black fishnet stockings, but Richard needed some appropriate attire so instead of going to San Francisco like many others, we took a trip to San Jose and visited Leather Masters.  Of course this was also a perfect opportunity to show off the Bonk'er so we packed it in the car as well and headed south.  Upon arrival at the store, we found Leather Masters a very nice leather and adult novelty location for a variety of products.  If you want to visit an adult store, we would recommend this one, clean, big enough, large variety of items, extremely helpful sales personnel and many upscale products instead of just the standard cheap products in many other adult stores.

Richard and I made our way over to the clothing section of the store and began perusing the racks for him.  We looked at leather shorts, chaps, g-strings, Cod pieces, harnesses and even leather briefs to find the right thing for him.  He first tried  the chaps and leather pants, but found them a little to constricting and adding the cod pieces a complicated scenerio.  I would compare getting into that outfit close to putting on a corset and stockings.  After discovering that chaps and leather pants weren't right for him, he tried on several sexy sets of briefs and shorts.  He finally settled on a pair of sexy leather shorts that since he likes going comando, worked will for him and were comfortable.  Then it was a matter of finding a top for his shorts that would look good and fit well.  He tried on leather tanks, latex tops, leather short sleeves, vests, but couldn't find the top to suite him so decided to where his spider mesh top we got last October.  

During his dressing excursion, I spent my time running back and forth from the clothing racks to the dressing room, taking a little time in between to show the owners the Bonk'er.  While demonstrating it briefly, I met a couple who had met us at the Exotic Erotic Ball last October and were also planning to attend the Fetish Ball as well.   The gentleman I spoke with was a little disappointed that we were not going to be a vendor there with the Bonk'er.   For a change, we wanted to just go have fun instead of working at an event.

So, dressed up (Richard in his BDSM Nerd Outfit and me in my sexy black leather) headed over to San Francisco for evening and met up with our friends Jordan (dressed in latex and neoprene) and Tori (hot black corset and stockings a long with full length latex gloves) for an evening of enticing erotic outfits, a lot of eye candy and interesting demonstrations.  Upon arrival, the line for general admission was fairly short and there was a nice variety of assorted outfits and skin showing. There was a little old man asking every person dressed in heels where they got their shoes.  The same question everytime and of course he eagerily and nicely complimented every pair of platforms that walked passed him whether a male, female or trans-gender was wearing them.

Inside, the first two floors consisted of the dance floor, bar area, vendor tables and demonstration areas.   The 3rd and 4th floors were the VIP areas for sex, the 3rd floor for couples who wish to engage in more aggressive sexual activities and the 4th floor for gay sex.  Although we did not get VIP tickets, we met up with other friends who did and got a report on the upper level floors, which apparently seemed to be fairly sparce for activities.   This area wasn't really necessary for a few couples, Richard  got  an opportunity to watch  a gentleman get a blow job and two couples having sex in a corner on the main floor.  Where was I, -- hmm a bathroom trip damn!

One of the more interesting areas on the general admission floor consisted a claustrophilia coffin, bondage bed, a fucking machine and a standard love swing (the Bonker would have been a better choice in that corner).  In the claustrophilia coffin you could watch someone with the camera embeeded in the top of the coffin.  Although this isn't our personal cup of tea, it was rather interesting to watch.  We say a few individuals try out the bondage bed and the swing, but the fucking machine remained on its table as an interesting art object.

What we didn't find at the event, which we thought would be there was a dungeon and electrophillia area.  Additionally, we intially thought from attending other events, that there would be an erotic museum and potentially demonstrations on Fellatio.  However, since we could not go up to the VIP area, there might have been a vendor there demonstrating oral sex techniques as well as BDSM techniques.  Another suprising item missing was someone passing out condoms.  Every other event we have attended including conventions, and larger erotic forums, there was always someone passing out free condoms in the general admission areas to continually promote safe sex.

Since we had to stay in the general admissions area, we had the opportunity to watch many of the acts as well.  The most remarkable and provacative was the Apsara Stilt Walkers fire show.  During the course of the event, the Stilt Walkers glided and danced through the crowd on the main floor and were entralling to watch.  The fire performance was the best act of the evening as they not only gracefully glided around on stilts, but mezmorized the audience with balls of fire on ropes and gracefully wanded branches with firing ends while dancing among each other.

We danced, drank and had fun. Our overall impression of the event seemed to be like a rave party, not a sex fest.  If you are thinking of attending an event like this with the focus on a sexual encounter, Richard and I would suggest  other venues, such as conventions, or club parties.  If you want to just go out for an evening of entertainment and fun, the San Francisco Fetish Ball is priced right for an event of celebration in sexual variations, not a fuck fest.  With tickets as little as $30.00 a person and no parking charge down by the Gift Center, we would suggest that the event be viewed as an evening out for fun and the opportunity to dress up in fetish garb. Finally, after attending, we may go again another year, but do not believe it is a quality event for being a vendor.  Since it is only a 4 year old venue, perhaps in time, and with some changes we might take the Bonk'er sometime.