Readers,
I feel a bit like a kid, reporting on all the things that happened during my first Boardwalk Badness Weekend, because no self-respecting adult should be allowed to have that much fun.
Plain and simple, the party was excellent.
As many of you know, large social gatherings usually make me a little squicky, and the lead-up to this one was no different. I felt a bit of ‘what have I gotten myself into’ in the days before – just the idea of so many people all together in one place seemed a little daunting, and I had the usual cases of not-knowing-what-to-wear-and-pack along with a bit of when-did-my-pores-get-so-big-??, and even a dash of ohholyshit.
I spent most of Thursday in transit, which was the usual cross-continental nightmare which one would expect. Delayed out of Las Vegas; delayed layover out of Chicago, where there had apparently been an absolute deluge of rain; and finally, after arriving in Philadelphia and meeting up with Angel and her genuinely amazing roommate (who was kind enough to pick me up at the airport and drive us all the way to the party), an hour-long ride followed by the most bizarre hotel check-in process in the history of ever ever. Ever.
Angel and I got a relatively good night’s sleep in anticipation for the weekend, and were up bright and early on Friday morning. Well, early…but not so bright:
Welcome to beautiful Atlantic City.
This was the view from my balcony – on the 27th floor of the Skyline Tower! Visibility was practically zero and, at that height anyway, the wind was blowing furiously. So much for seeing the ocean..
The morning was saved by the arrival of Pandora Blake, whose happy smile immediately put both Angel and I in the mood for some spanking fun. Well, maybe I’m lying a bit. Angel wasn’t really looking forward to it at all, because we’d planned to do a double mouthsoaping scene, where both she and Pandora would hold bars of soap in their mouths while being spanked.
Without giving it all away, I will tell you that the scene was fantastic – and that those two ladies posed side-by-side was one of the loveliest things I’ve seen in quite some time. (I’ll be posting some photos soon as I get the footage off my camera!)
After spending a nice little while visiting with Pandora, we spent a few relaxing hours before the evening festivities were to begin. And it’s a good thing, too, because the short walk from our hotel to the party venue was like starring in the movie Twister. Leaning nearly 45degrees into the oncoming wind, Angel and I tottered toward the boardwalk in various states of Seriously Underdressed and Pornographically Windblown. We had to stop off in the lobby ladies room and figure out which direction our hair was supposed to be facing before heading up to the party.
Walking into the main ballroom was – honestly – nearly overwhelming. Remember, this is my first time at a party of this size, and the place wasn’t even that full yet…but I was a little ball of spanko nerves!
The place was enormous, with dozens of tables in the center and the vendor fair tables set up all ’round. We bumped nearly immediately into Sarah Gregory, looking precious as always. Within just a few minutes, Sarah introduced me to THE Dana Specht. That’s right, dammit, I finally got to meet and shake hands with her and was so excited-slash-nervous that I felt, again, like a kid. For those of you not lucky enough to already know this, Dana is just about the kindest and most genuine person you can possibly imagine – just as I’d heard from so many others. This was definitely a highlight.
From there, the night seemed to spiral from one awesome conversation to another. I didn’t even take my jacket off for the first two hours, nor did we manage to sit down until nearly eleven pm. So many people I’ve corresponded with for months, even years, were there, and I couldn’t wait to see every one of them. Miss Lisa and Mr Rob, Ms Lydia, Bad Sherri, Leia Ann Woods, Cassandra Park, Richard Windsor (another !! moment!!), Benman, BradD, and numerous others whose FetLife pseudonyms I can’t remember offhand were folks I finally got to actually meet in Real Life; I also had the happy pleasure of catching up with precious Alex Reynolds, Pandora, Sky Summers (whose boyfriend proposed onstage – so sweet!), Sarah, sweet Ten Amorette, and lots of other friends made in the last few wonderful years.
Not forgetting that this was, indeed, a spanking party (and knowing that she’d pout relentlessly if I didn’t), I perched Angel over the spanking bench in the center of the little square of private play areas and had an excellent time spanking her semi-publicly for a few minutes. (On a side note, she looked so fabulous on that bench that I must now have one…immediately.)
I stayed up well past my bedtime, as we didn’t get rain-blown back to our suite until around 11:30 pm (no suite parties for this sleepy girl), and fell into be thoroughly satisfied.
Saturday morning was equally foggy, so again the excellent view was lost to the clouds, but Saturday afternoon brought the Bad Boys Punished event in the main ballroom, and I COULD NOT WAIT to get there! My only criticism of this event is that it did not last three or four hours – I had so much fun, pulling ranks of naughty boys across my lap. Wow. It’s like speed dating for spankos!
I heard that the Uniformed Male Tops event was also particularly enjoyable, and I’m sorry that I missed the opportunity to see well-dressed male tops taking care of dozens of happy spanko gals.
We took a short break between the Bad Boys event and dinner, and arrived back at the party at 8pm. The place was already packed, and everyone was dressed to the nines. There was a Hollywood theme for the evening, and folks chose to dress in everything from old Hollywood to action movie character costumes.
Angel and I also both got our first looks at the famous SSNY What Would You Do videos, and we both laughed nearly continuously.
There was also an amazing skit, featuring several of the SSNY family, that was truly hilarious and inspired.
It’s obvious that Mike Tanner, Jules, Miranda, and the rest of the SSNY organizers put a lot of heart and a whole bunch of sweat into this affair. Their enthusiasm was totally infectious, and I was pleased to finally have a moment to meet the very busy Coach Tanner toward the end of the evening. He’s just as friendly and gracious as I expected, and I’m hoping to have the chance to actually meet Jules and Miranda next time – they have to be the busiest women on the Eastern Seafront during the course of the party, and I never had the chance to run them down without interrupting. Also spotted across the room: Miss Chris. I am in awe of this lady, and had the chance to meet her briefly in Chicago last summer – hopefully I’ll have the chance to shake her hand again soon.
I did hand out quite a few voting-booth spankings on Saturday night – though not nearly as many as I’d have liked (you know who you are), and Angel and I dragged our tired selves back to our hotel a little after midnight. Of course, I had to spank her before either one of us could be expected to sleep, so we didn’t actually make it to bed until around 3am.
Sunday morning, we had to be up and out relatively early, but woke up to (finally) this:
Better late than never.
Next year? Oh, hell yeah!
– Dana
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oh that is awesome it sounds like you had such a great time can’t wait to see pics..
It sounds like an amazing time. and next year for sure I will be there.
I am hoping that the event in Chicago will be just as fun.
Wow Dana, glad you had a great time. I wish I could have been there. See you and Angel in Chicago.
Puggybear
So glad you had fun! (Love the pics I’ve seen on Fet.) I wish I could have seen the FetLife skit. I know Jules and how she writes, and I know it was hilarious!
Next time, you must stay a little longer, so you can go to Strict Dave’s Punishment Court on Sunday morning.
Thanks for the mention. It was great to see you again and I wish we could have shot another video. I will have to come see you again in Vegas I guess. You are truly an amazing woman.