I definitely recommend it. There's such a frankness to the whole thing that it's comfortable even for newbie shy mice like me. I'll bet you and your cleavage would own the place!
The really splendid stuff is (rightfully) expensive, but ost of the artisans will customize any of their designs (I've got a nifty leather belt pouch in the works). And it's fun to try stuff on even if you're not buying (which I mostly wasn't).
It sounds much improved. Beth and I went seven or eight years ago when it was in Boston, and it was just too crowded to be fun. The vendor room was nearly gridlocked with people. We didn't make it to much in the way of programming, and didn't stay into the evening. We were surprised at the number of people we ran into that we knew, but hadn't known were at all kinky.
I think I'd be game for a trip next year.
We didn't do a lot of shopping. We looked at a lot of gear, but Beth does leather work, and we're more into functional than aesthetic, so there wasn't much we saw that looked fun that we didn't think "You know, that wouldn't be hard to make....." i did get an idea for some kind of fun rabbit fur gloves with fur on the outside, and open finger tips so you don't lose the sensation of touching your partner while you play with the fur...
The first time I went when they had it at the Westin in Prov. the vendor area was in the convention center, cavernous and huge and loud and (for a country mouse like me) overwhelming. This time even the larger vendor rooms were smaller, holding 6-8 booths, and spread around on three floors. Much more traffic, but also much more intimate and accessible.
I didn't really shop much (bought a few books) but I had some interesting conversations with some of the craftspeople. Your gloves sound delicious!
I will definitely keep this on my radar for next winter and hope for a few folks to engineer a 'presence.' :)
OMG, you were there and I don't think we met? I was running around with event direct duties and not in the circletpress vending room. :-) (Saw your post on the Torquere email loop.)
Your colleagues in the Circlet room were very helpful. :) I would love to have met, and also to have gone to some readings -- I've written to NELA suggesting that they sift some author readings into the daytime programming. Maybe we'll meet next time, eh?
Will you / Circlet be doing a booth at Pride Rhode Island?
It's the third Saturday in June, I think. Their web site doesn't have vendor info up yet, but it was a good deal last year with several authors going in on a table I manned on everyone's behalf. Ron Suresha was the only other book vendor I saw there, but lots of the steady stream at my booth were delighted to see books at Pride.
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I think I'd be game for a trip next year.
We didn't do a lot of shopping. We looked at a lot of gear, but Beth does leather work, and we're more into functional than aesthetic, so there wasn't much we saw that looked fun that we didn't think "You know, that wouldn't be hard to make....." i did get an idea for some kind of fun rabbit fur gloves with fur on the outside, and open finger tips so you don't lose the sensation of touching your partner while you play with the fur...
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I didn't really shop much (bought a few books) but I had some interesting conversations with some of the craftspeople. Your gloves sound delicious!
I will definitely keep this on my radar for next winter and hope for a few folks to engineer a 'presence.' :)
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Will you / Circlet be doing a booth at Pride Rhode Island?
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