Christmas is almost upon us. That means it’s time for bloggers everywhere to drag out their best Santa themed kinky pictures. I’m not sure where I found this one, but I have a sneaking suspicion it’s an old Playboy cartoon. I think it’d make more sense if the toys Santa was delivering were of the adult variety.
NYC actually used to have a dungeon called the Nutcracker – sadly long gone now.
If you celebrate Christmas then I hope you have a good one. If you don’t then I wish you a generally happy holiday season. Personally, the only gift I’m hoping for is a healthy holiday with no weird flu or covid bugs to ruin my time off.
I always figured Santa to be somewhat kinky. Happy holidays!
Happy Holidays to you as well!
-paltego
My first ever session was at The Nutcracker Suite! My wife and I went in, picked the Domme together, she paid for it then went to a coffee shop while I had the session! That was probably around 1993? Something like that.
Had some good times there. Went to a few parties they held, and those were fun too.
The Golden Age of NYC BDSM and Houses. Paddles, Hellfire Club, The Vault, even a kink themed restaurant (that came and went). Good times.
That’s a fun way to have a first session. Not many people have their wife pick pick up the bill! How did that come about?
Sorry I missed out on all those interesting spots in NYC. I played at the Parthenon before it closed, but that was the spot I tried.
-paltego
Someone once asked me if I had ever been to the Nutcracker Suite, and I stammered until I realized she meant the play.
I remember Nutcracker well, through its three locations. I had some good sessions there, most memorably with a young Isabella Sinclaire. The awful incident you link to pretty much changed the NYC pro scene — the raids ensued, a few houses shut down and the scene hasn’t really been the same here since.
Wishing you a happy (and healthy) holidays as well! I very much appreciate this site and your continued expert curation and good energy. Thank you for continuing to do it.
When I was searching for that link, Google was insistent on pointing me at lots of articles on the theatrical work and where I could go see it. I had to really prod it to get something kink related out!
Playing with the young Isabella Sinclaire must have been quite the experience. I played with her a few times at her LA spot and had great sessions. I think she moved back to the East coast now.
Happy holidays to you as well! Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment. Appreciate it.
-paltego
The Parthenon had some fun parties, and was a good place for sessions. Sort of dungeon for rent to a lot of Dommes. Their parties could be anywhere from mild to wild, and the mood to change in rapidly, it just depended who was there and if they felt like mixing it up.
I remember a time when pro dommes, and even whole houses, would attend BDSM parties. I once saw Jessie Kang at a party, with some of her crew, and said “Hi! I’m your 9 o’clock tomorrow night!” But they largely stopped going, I think because they’d get approached by too many guys for free play and just generally hassled. They felt like some sort of community property or fetish dispensers and that turned them off. Plus many only played for pay, and got all the play the needed in their professional lives. Also, they went to advertise, but when that moved online, they stopped seeing a need to go to parties.
It’s a shame, because I largely only play with someone I’ve actually met, sometimes at a party, event, or class. It’s that personal interaction that made me want to play with them. Still, I guess online is much more efficient.
Happy Holidays!