Folsom St.

[AndrewKay]

Tell me more about this Dory Alley and Fringe Fest.

 

[Netzach]

This question might be a little off-topic, but is fetish wear tax-deductible for professional dominants?

I know that clothing purchased that you cannot wear out and about under "normal" circumstanced can be tax-deductible, but I think there may be a fine line with regard to writing off the cost of fetish attire, because it CAN be worn at BDSM events.

Care to comment?

My accountant has had me treat business expenses as that. If you are a scene professional, an educator, a Dominatrix, an author, what have you - it seems to me that going to an SM event is professional development just as it would be if you were at a technical conference if you're an engineer.

 

[graceanne]

Dang neon. So sometimes you look like a soccer mom with corsettes? That would be damn hot.

I think that everyone here can blend in very well if they want. And I'm pretty sure that most of us blend in most of the time, if not all.

 

[Netzach]

I think that everyone here can blend in very well if they want. And I'm pretty sure that most of us blend in most of the time, if not all.

I used to kid my sister in law, that if you lined her and her friends and me up, and said "which of these women is a professional Dominatrix" everyone would guess incorrectly. She agreed.


Which is good. I never wanted to be the kind of person who couldn't get a coffee with a client in NYC without outing him in some fashion.

 

[graceanne]

To tell the truth I think it's cool that so many kinksters are such good hiders. The lady you're shaking hands with in church? She might go home and beat her husbands ass with a belt. That nice lady who always is so polite at the school? She might go home and strip naked for her master.

 

[myinnerslut]

To tell the truth I think it's cool that so many kinksters are such good hiders. The lady you're shaking hands with in church? She might go home and beat her husbands ass with a belt. That nice lady who always is so polite at the school? She might go home and strip naked for her master.

i'm an education major, training to teach other peoples kids (and im damn good at it) to you i look like any other college junior. to A i look like his sub.

 

[Chris_Xavier]

My accountant has had me treat business expenses as that. If you are a scene professional, an educator, a Dominatrix, an author, what have you - it seems to me that going to an SM event is professional development just as it would be if you were at a technical conference if you're an engineer.

I write off the expenses I incur when going to poker tournaments.

 

[neonflux]

I'm not going to folsom, and it bums me out to hear it's gotten touristy. I tend to do DC and NYC events when I have the energy, or rope-based ones.

Yea, it does suck. On a positive note, getting more people enables them to raise more money for good causes. And there are the events surrounding it which are still fun - the Citadel (are you familiar?) holds an overnight "lock-down" pajama party, for instance. And then there's the Folsom Fringe Fest in San Jose, which IS for the community... Neon

 

[neonflux]

Tell me more about this Dory Alley and Fringe Fest.

Dory Alley is primarily a Leathermen's event but others who are into BDSM definitely attend - takes place the last part of July. The Folsom Fringe fest is sponsored by SModessy - their premier event - held in San Jose the same weekend as Folsom Street - it is as much a "conference" with workshops, etc. as it is a festival - there are play parties...

Here's the link:
http://www.folsomfringe.com/start.php

(There isn't a lot of online info about Dory Alley)

Neon

 

[Shankara20]

(There isn't a lot of online info about Dory Alley)

So it is still more of an local back street event, as it was 5, 6 years ago, right?

Oh and Folsom can get damn hot (in a bad way) in leathers...
so naked, or nearly so, is better

 

[Etoile]

FWIW, I look like a dork.

 

[CutieMouse]

FWIW, I look like a dork.

*reads Etoil's post*

*looks at Etoil's nekkid pictures link*

Etoil, luv, you could NEVER look like a dork.

 

[neonflux]

So it is still more of an local back street event, as it was 5, 6 years ago, right?

Oh and Folsom can get damn hot (in a bad way) in leathers...
so naked, or nearly so, is better

yes, still "back alley"

and you? nekkid? in public? nawwwwwww...... don't believe it. think you're pulling my leg! yea, pulling my leg.