Brita worked a few hours every Sunday and Monday evening. Mostly she helped clean the place: sweeping, mopping, organizing the recycling, taking the trash out to the dumpster, that kind of thing. Mikhel had spoken to her caseworker and assured him that Brita’s job did not involve anything that might be considered morally questionable, so […]
There was a new bottle among the liqueurs behind the bar. It appeared to be crystal and had a fancy stopper shaped like a water drop. The label was hand-lettered and read “White Male Tears.” “Where did this come from? It’s a joke, right?” I turned to Mikhel, truly puzzled. We have a lot of […]
I enjoy Halloween, although not nearly as much as some of my regulars. Take Fannie, for instance. (She’d likely like it, to be frank.) == We have some of the usual sorts of seasonal stuff at Floggin’ Brews. I do not tolerate cobwebs in my place, and Boss won’t abide the fake polyester kind that […]
Things were always a little more crazy on party nights. It makes sense: kinksters were there to have some fun that they couldn’t find elsewhere. Some of them were there to find new things or new folks to have fun with, so most parties had a vibe where some experimentation was welcome. The kink community […]
It had been a long and rainy Sunday at Floggin’ Brews – one of those days when people wanted to hunker down and watch the football game, or go somewhere that served hot food. The guests who made an appearance ordered more than usual from the Thai restaurant around the block, and most of them […]
As I’ve mentioned before, the kink community is like every other social matrix; it has good people in it, and it also has not-so-good people. The kink community is more vulnerable than most to those not-so-good people, because they can get at you in more intrusive, hurtful ways. == It was just before the local […]
“I’m just tired of falling for them harder than they fall for me,” Indi told me. “I know exactly how you feel.” I said. “But the reverse isn’t a lot of fun either.” It was a Saturday night and the AMUSE party was going full-tilt in the Theatre. Although the bar proper was technically open […]
It was mid-afternoon and not too busy at Floggin’ Brews. I was taking the opportunity to clean off and restock the liquor shelves behind the bar. It was tedious work, but a chore I enjoyed: the shelves were lit in a way that made the bottles glow, and the arrangement of shelves and bottles always […]
Every community has its less desirable members. Got a noisy neighbor, obnoxiously drunk uncle, or a co-worker whose physical presence is no better than rubbing your tongue on a cheese grater? The kink community is no different. The problem there is that some non-desirables are worse than just annoying. == It was a busy Saturday […]
It was Saturday afternoon, and we’d had a good first week at Floggin’ Brews. We’d had a fair crowd for weekdays, and (more importantly) a number of repeat customers. Some of them brought friends, and that’s the best kind of customer. EARLY got back to me the day after the munch and asked about renting […]
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