Bride of Pride

Friday, July 31st, 2009

A kinky, sexy party for all Queer *Women in Vancouver

Bride of Pride is a BDSM/sex playparty for kinky women* into queer, woman-to-woman BDSM. Dress in whatever makes you feel good, bring your toys and your playpartners, and come join us! We encourage costumes and flights of fancy, but we won’t turn you away if you’re not in fetishwear! Just for fun, we’ll have a few special theme areas, like puppy play, and ageplay and wrestling space and more!

Details:   http://canadianmayhem.com

Nifty poster image, if you can’t see it here:

http://canadianmayhem.com/upload/canadianmayhem-brideofpride-web-2009.jpg

Mayhem! in Xtra West

Oh, my, we did it!

Participants, look for an email coming soon, with a link to a survey so you can help us improve, and a bunch of info about how you can stay in touch.

We have many people to follow up with, and thank, and are all still reeling around with stunned and goofy grins. I have never done anything as intense in my whole entire crazy kinky life, as Mayhem!

Again in 2011, we’re thinking!

The pic is Xtra West’s Mayhem issue cover (thanks, Xtra West, for being our media sponsor!). Click to make it BIG!

I’m running down my to-do lists (Hint. Think: longer than my arm) for the upcoming Mayhem leatherwomen’s conference, and was struck by my own rather extreme mixture of exhilaration and trepidation as the event draws ever closer.

It’s kinda crazy to think about. We’ve put together a full-scale conference in just a hair under four months. We’re sold out. At over 200 participants, we’ll easily be the biggest leatherwomen’s event ever in Western Canada, and possibly in all of Canada. We’re sold out, did I mention? We have people coming from all over, and some crazy-ass plans for fun stuff over the weekend, and… wow, we’re a handful of leatherdykes and we’re actually doing this, so yay us, and yay all the lovely people who are coming from ALL OVER, who I can’t WAIT to see and meet and run around a party with.

So that’s the excitement.

And on the fear side, I can list the very same list.

I’m in mortal fear of having forgotten something Very Important. I’ve never done something of this scale and duration before, although I comfort myself that it can’t be more overwhelming than that party where I had 60 dykes in my tiny little house back in the early 2000’s. I mean, the venues are So Much Bigger. Right?

On the humourous side, I have lost one of my to-do lists, somewhere on my desk.
One of the items on my current to-do list: find that to-do list.

Speaking of which, I need to start checking things off again. What’s next?

- Elaine

Holy cripes, it’s here! It’s happening! Jeepers!

http://canadianmayhem.com

Look at all our lists! Look at everyone who’s pitching in to help! Woo! This is gonna be the biggest kinky women’s event in Western Canada EVER. Ain’t that neat?

- Elaine

Pay in person, Sat Apr 4, at Turks Coffee, late morning

We’re doing it again! Many Vancouver folks have asked if they could pay in cash, in person.

Register yourself online first,
http://canadianmayhem.com/register
and then drop on by with your payment!

(Currently, the sliding scale registration fee starts at $110, which gets you this.)

where??
Turks Coffee
1276 Commercial Drive (Commercial near Charles)

when???
Saturday, April 4th
10:30am — 12:30

who???
Elaine will be doing a Mayhem-sit-in, drinking tea, chatting with YOU, and taking your registration fee! Look for the fat friendly futch with the red streak in her black hair.

details???
- We’ll give you a receipt for cash or money orders, but not for cheques (your cleared cheque is your receipt. Takes a few days).
- No credit card transactions in person in the coffee shop — you gotta do those online.
- Just have questions? That’s cool too. Elaine will answer everything she can.

- vendors and advertisers are welcome to drop in and do business, too!

… and registration is under way at full steam!

Yay! We’re going to have such a great conference! All those dykes and queer women and transwomen and bi-women and womeny-women (and transguys too) all in one space. What a yummy crowd it’s going to be!

Register for Mayhem!

- Eeeeeeeeeeeee

Jeepers! We’re actually doing it! Aughh! You’d better all come and keep us company.
- Elaine

Mayhem!
The Weekend Event for Leatherwomen

May 8 – 10, 2009
Vancouver, Canada

http://canadianmayhem.com/

Queer women’s BDSM and sexuality. All weekend long.

We’re completely pleased to be bringing you a conference-style weekend, with play parties, education, entertainment, and a line-up of brilliant presenters. We would like to invite all past, present and future women who enjoy woman-to-woman BDSM to our unique weekend of kink, play, and fun.

Whether you’re just beginning to explore kink, or consider yourself a seasoned veteran, Mayhem! is the place to play hard, play soft, learn, or just hang out and socialize with some very damn cool women.

History

Mayhem!will be the first women’s kink conference in Western Canada since 1993 — and the first one ever in East Vancouver, the area many local lesbians call home.

The Mayhem! weekend is organized by Bride of Pride. Our goal has always been to put on the exact kind of party that we all dream of attending, and of course that includes inviting everyone along.

http://canadianmayhem.com/

Mark your freaking calendars, we’re doin’ it, We’re doin’ it!

More details in mere moments.

Gawd, I could just froth at the.. oh, I am already frothing at the mouth. Sorry. I’m getting carried away.

(We = we the Bride of Pride peoples)

In case the word hadn’t filtered around to you yet, there ain’t no Bride of Pride party this fall. Our venue goofed on the space reservation, and we weren’t able to made a deal that worked for us.

Watch for us at Easter!

We just finished setting up. What an eventful day! But the space looks bloody awesome, and it’s all ready and waiting for us to fill it with our pervy goodness.

See y’all there tonight! I’m so excited!

http://vancouverleather.com/brideofpride/

We, the organizers, are pleased as punch.. um.. pleased as spank to present….

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Bride of Pride presents:
Really REALLY Good Friday
March 21st, 2008
A kinky, sexy party for all Queer Women in Vancouver

http://vancouverleather.com/brideofpride/

Really REALLY Good Friday is a BDSM/sex playparty for kinky women* into queer, woman-to-woman BDSM. Dress in whatever makes you feel good, bring your toys and your playpartners, and come join us! We encourage costumes and flights of fancy, but we won’t turn you away if you’re not in fetishwear! Just for fun, we’ll have a few special theme areas, like puppy play, and ageplay and wrestling space and more!

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Doors 8 pm – midnight, Party until 1 am.

The WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac St, Vancouver.

*Who’s Invited:
All past, present and future women, or any orientation (homo, bi, hetero), who enjoy woman-to-woman kink and BDSM. Women of all experience levels are welcome!

Really REALLY Good Friday Tickets will be $15 in advance, or $20 at the door.
Advance tickets are available as follows: (On sale March 1st!)
- Little Sister’s (1238 Davie Street)
- The KISS Store (2512 Watson Street)
- Banshee Clothing (1566 Commercial Drive)
- ONLINE: via PayPal through the website
http://vancouverleather.com/brideofpride/

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Woo! Gettin’ closer all the time! I hope y’all come — it’s gonna be an awful fun party!

-Elaine
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Dead Zone double feature:

Dead Sexy
Friday, November 2nd

Dead Sweaty
Saturdy, November 3rd

Info here:
http://vancouverleather.com/deadzone/

Bride of Pride needs you!

Some more volunteers are needed for Vancouver’s premier women’s-and-trans-guy-friendly-kinky-play-party in August!

Can you:
* put up posters on Commerical Drive or Davie Street in the next two weeks (starting Friday July 13)?
* help set up on the day 2-4pm Saturday August 4?
* do one of a variety of tasks on the night – security, concession, door, clean up?
* take equipment down and clean up the venue on Tuesday 7th at 11.30am?

All volunteers receive free entry to the party, a free drink, general adoration and a caning from Elaine if requested!

Please email us at brideofpride@vancouverleather.com