Spanking/Butt Sex/Rope Body Harness Classes in CHICAGO

I went to one of Midori’s classes on Predicament Bondage a while ago. Yeah, I was a demo boy (go figure)… and yes it was to a Dominatrix. The experience was very enlightening and educational. I highly recommend her classes. She’s got a few coming back to Chicago soon.

Don’t worry. I wasn’t converted. I still prefer Wiener.

Galleria Domain
~ Sat 11/13        “Military & Camp; Interrogation Scenes”
at Galleria Domain.
http://www.galleriadomain.org/

~ Sun 11/14        “Hands-on Rope Body Harness”
at Early To Bed Boutique. 5232 N. Sheridan Rd. Tel: 773-271-1219 or toll free at 866-585-2BED (2233).     
http://www.early2bed.com

Pleasure Chest classes. Sign up early. Call directly to 773.525.7151
3436 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657
http://www.thepleasurechest.com

~ Tue 10/19        “JoyStick Secrets: How to Thrill a Man”
~ Wed 10/20        “Rosy Cheeks – Beginner’s Guide to Spanking”
~ Thr 10/21        “Backdoor Antics: Bloopers and Practicals of Butt Sex”

CHICAGO: PERV: Japanese Rope Bondage

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Time
Monday at 11:00pm – Tuesday at 4:00am

Location Berlin Night Club: 954 W. Belmont

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More Info Monday the 27th, PERV will explore the fascinating and ornate world of Japanese Rope Bondage or Shibari. Nina Nightingale will be demonstrating how to safely bind your eager submissive slaves throughout the night. Tulip Toy Gallery will be donating several goodies that we will be giving away so you can go home and try out these exciting techniques for yourself. Tulip will also have a merch table just in case there are other bondage products you want to purchase. Come out and celebrate your inner pervert with us! 

Mr. Midwest Rubber 2010: JOHNNYSWITCH!


BIG CONGRATS to the new Mr. Midwest Rubber….

JohnnySwitch“!!!
We’re all very happy and proud of him. He’s come a long way and should be very pleased with himself.
You Rock!
Click on the photos for a larger view. I’m sure you will be able to find more photos and coverage of MWR will be found on Leatherati later this week. I have video of the contest but Blogger’s being a little bitch about uploading video right now. Guess it’s time for a YouTube account.

















American Brotherhood Weekend moves to CHICAGO

From LEATHERATI:

American Brotherhood Weekend Moves to Chicago

National title takes the stage at the Leather Archives and Museum

09-ABW-Family IML 2003 John Pendel announced the change at the Mr Chicago Leather contest as he introduced ABW Producer and Mr Chicago Leather judge Dean Ogren at Touché bar. Dean has confirmed that an agreement has been reached with Touché as one of the presenting venue sponsors, and that the Leather Archives and Museum will also be one of the locations for the weekend activities. The American Brotherhood Weekend will be held in Chicago on July 16-18 in conjunction with the Mr. Midwest Rubber Weekend at Touché on that same weekend. LIP Service has also been identified as a presenting sponsor, as well as Hooker and the Boys.

“In order to survive as one of the national leather events, and to economize, the move to Chicago, and the tie in with the Midwest Rubber contest made the most sense.” Said Dean. “I am hopeful that this move will improve attendance and participation, to put the event in the black, and provide and exciting event for our loyal ABW family.”

More information on the weekend, sponsorship opportunities, and program ads will be completed and available on the ABW website after March 15.

Chicago’s EAGLE bar… sorta

The Eagle has not yet landed

Chicago’s classic leather bar reemerges as a 24-hour café—for now.

By Jason A. Heidemann

Winston's

STRANGE BREW Does this look like a leather bar to you?

Jim Stephens is hiding when we greet him at his under-construction spot at Clark and Argyle Streets. The former Chicago Eagle manager and bartender has been working around the clock to open his new Andersonville business in the spot of former gay dive bar Clark’s on Clark. But curious passersby keep interrupting his work. “I’ll be there from 8 to 3am and only get an hour and a half of work done,” he says. So we move away from the windows to talk with Stephens about the grand reopening of the Chicago Eagle—or, rather, Winston’s Cafe.

A Chicagoland native, Stephens, 44, was a cabinetmaker by day (the new space boasts his beautiful craftsmanship) while by night working at the Chicago Eagle, a fetish bar owned by International Mr. Leather founder Chuck Renslow. In 2000, Stephens quit his day job to pour drinks and manage the Eagle full-time. When Renslow announced in late ’06 that he would shutter the Eagle and expand his next-door bathhouse, Man’s Country, Stephens came up with a plan. He and Renslow jointly bought the rest of the block south of Man’s Country, which included Clark’s on Clark and Eagle Leathers Body Piercing & Tattoo, while Stephens alone planned to buy the Clark’s on Clark business and reopen it as the new Chicago Eagle.

But when Stephens attempted to purchase Clark’s on Clark (and its liquor license), he says he learned Clark’s had been operating without a lease for years (though it’s illegal to have a liquor license without a lease). The bar closed in April 2007, and Stephens spent 2008 renovating the place and, this past February, applied for a liquor license. He was denied.

According to Stephens, some neighbors objected to both Renslow and his tenant Eagle Leathers. Stephens met with some of the neighbors and persuaded them to send letters to help appeal his denied request for a license, but another problem came to light: Renslow is a convicted felon, and thus cannot own a liquor license. “The city assumed I was the new guy who was going to open this bar for Chuck Renslow,” Stephens says, emphasizing that Renslow is not affiliated with the new venture. (Renslow confirms: “When the Eagle closed, it was in Man’s Country’s building. I determined I wanted nothing more to do with liquor licenses or bars.”)

After Stephens convinced the city his business wasn’t connected to Renslow, he discovered yet another complication. Although Clark’s closed more than two years ago, the city hadn’t revoked its license until May 19 of this year; after a revocation, a location cannot have a liquor license for one year and one day. “That, I thought, was a little bit crappy,” Stephens says. “It takes two and a half years to revoke a liquor license?”

Knee-deep in debt, Stephens soldiered on. “I was at a loss,” he says. “I had to open something.” Enter Winston’s Cafe. Named for Stephens’s English setter, the café opens the week of Monday 16 as a coffeehouse with soup and sandwiches, free Wi-Fi and an unusual niche: It aims to be open 24 hours. “Friends of mine say, ‘But the carpets roll up in this area at ten o’clock,’ ” Stephens says. “And I’m like, ‘Yeah, that’s because nobody’s open past that.’ ” While the floor-to-ceiling windows and exposed beams and brick seem ideally suited to the new endeavor, Stephens threw his new barstools into storage and invested in café-friendly seating. And he might use the would-be back room for live music.

But don’t count the Eagle out just yet. “It’s always been my dream to own my own bar,” Stephens says. “A year ago, I thought I was much closer to reaching that goal than I am today. As for Winston’s Cafe, it’s too soon to tell how this is going to turn out. Who knows, I may find a way to have both.”

Winston’s Cafe (5001 N Clark St, 773-728-0050) opens the week of Monday 16.

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