Coming off of the delight of the Alameda County Leather Alliance’s holiday party…which was a roaring success and raised $2500 for charity, today is the SF Bay Area Leather Alliance’s Holiday Party!

his is my first year attending, and I am often at loose ends at events like this, so I volunteered to help at the volunteer thank you party! When in doubt, commit to service. Ya can’t go wrong that way! Knowing it is hardest to get folks in on cleanup duty,that’s what I signed up for. I’m looking forward to being able to catch up with some old friends and make new ones.

Watching the Leather Community pull together to do so much for so many charitable organizations is pretty bloody spectacular, and I feel it is an honor to join hands with the folks who are making the holidays bright for so many, many people.

Thank you, Leather Tribe.

Mama’s 2009 Toy DRIVE

This is our 8th annual Toy Drive benefitting Sunburst Projects and the SFPD’s Project Dream

Toy Drive Events

Note:
For all toy drive events: any new, unwrapped toy is acceptable.

We also need gift cards to music or clothing stores for the teen group.

Sorry, but we cannot take previously used toys.

Individual Events:

Saturday, December 5, Santa’s Slave Auction 2009*

Sunday, December 6, A Very Trailer Trash Christmas

Sunday, December 6, Chaps Toy Drive

Sunday, December 13, Christmas Extravaganza

Sunday, December 13, Sundance Saloon Holiday Ball

Friday, Dec. 18th, The Exiles Carnal Carnival*

Friday, December 18, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Anytime local drop off locations:

BODY on Castro, 450 Castro St. San Francisco

The Women’s Building – 3543 18th Street, SFopen 7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

The Mix - 4086 18th St. San Francisco

Chaps - 18th Street (between Castro and Hartford) San Francisco

Phantom – 516 Castro St. San Francisco

Renegades Bar - 501 W. Taylor St. San Jose, CA
(November 6th till Dec 13th)

Contact: Mark Paladini for information /donation / event planning (415) 235-0809 / paladiniproductions@yahoo.com
or Mama (925) 829-2255 / SFMAMASMALE1@AOL.COM

*I will be in attendance at these events!

I was honored to have been asked, as Ms. SF Leather, to serve as Guard over the shrine and altar for the remains of Mr. Marcus Hernandez.

The ceremony was attended by several hundred people, and it was deeply moving. Most touching was the sharing by Mr. Hernandez’s son, a Minister, who brought the audience to tears with his story of estrangement, reconciliation, acceptance, and, ultimately, unconditional love.

Would that all of us…ALL of us…could embrace such beautiful love.

International Leather Sir / Leather Boy / Community Bootblack! My first official event as Ms. SF Leather, and it is in the midst of tech weekend for a really challenging show in which I’m starring. But you can sleep when you’re dead, so I got up at the crack of darn to make as much of the event as I possibly could!

I got to meet with some old friends, and shake the hands of so many Titleholders, my head was spinning. Sadly, I wasn’t able to be there later for the contest, but by all reports is was quite exciting!

Congratulations to the new winners!

Sir Tony Palazzo, ILS 2009

ILB2009, Brad Hill

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International Community Bootblack 2009, Syr Evan

CONGRATULATIONS!