a night of quality porn and sexy peeps

The Tickler obliged me and arrived early so we could hit Le Coin for happy hour. Many of the same fantastic noms for half the price. Even if you're sitting at the bar ("chef's counter") as we were, it's so worth it. The staff has started to recognize me. I keep forgetting how memorable I am as a purple-haired trans woman. Tip of the topper to Funny Lady, who suggested happy hour.

But the real reason they came wasn't eetz. It was the Seattle Erotic Art Festival! It wasn't as crowded and loud this year as last, it seemed. On the one hand, it was nice to be able to (just barely) hear what people said to me. On the other, I hope that isn't a problem for the festival itself, and there were one or two people who I wanted to see there but didn't.

Do you ever see pieces where you love the concept but hate the execution, or vice versa? That happened several times in this SEAF. Curious.

And now I wish I'd bought a copy of the catalog, because I mostly know neither the titles nor the artists of the works I liked most. But if you see them at SEAF, which you can still do today if you're in the area, they were:

• "Three Graces", a bas relief that reminded me of both Greco-Roman and New Deal art.
• A painting of a woman in shibari with a bird's head. Yeah, mild furry flavor there, but it really grabbed me.
• A photo of two nude, zaftig women making out while wedged between two trees. Judging by the trees it was taken somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. It's a beautiful photo, and I could just feel the bark mashing against one woman's back.
• A photo of two men having anal (?) sex, indoors this time, but the bottom looks as if he's been caught mid-guffaw. It was utterly charming and humanizing, and something you hardly ever see in erotica.
• A black-and-white photo of a mixed-sex Black couple from the neck down. The title was "Drip", for obvious reasons. No, I don't usually go for het sexy, there's just something about the way that one was composed and shot. It was pure visual art.

Said hi to many peeps, including Comfy Lady! Drank some of the drinks! Bought some of the art without going completely bananas in the store! (Yes, including one devil girl.) Watched some excellent silent video porn with the Tickler when my feet gave out from the Grand Nationals!

I admit it: I love SEAF, like, a lot. It's why I keep coming back. I've only missed three SEAFs ever out of about twenty, and that was due to ignorance, travel, and COVID, in chronological order.