Robster

Well, move here and you will be! 😁

Agree 1000%!  Vin is a beautiful man inside and out, and it's always a pleasure getting together with him.

I see him at Steel Gym (formerly World Gym) here in Palm Springs occasionally.  He still looks amazing.  I'll have to see about hiring him next time he's here.  I've gotten off to his videos so many times over the years; it would be a huge thrill to actually get together with him in person.

I see him at Steel Gym (formerly World Gym) here in Palm Springs occasionally.  He still looks amazing.  I'll have to see about hiring him next time he's here.  I've gotten off to his videos so many times over the years; it would be a huge thrill to actually get together with him in person.

I see him at Steel Gym (formerly World Gym) here in Palm Springs occasionally.  He still looks amazing.  I'll have to see about hiring him next time he's here.  I've gotten off to his videos so many times over the years; it would be a huge thrill to actually get together with him in person.

Agree 1000%!  Vin is a beautiful man inside and out, and it's always a pleasure getting together with him.

I will say, you do have amazing cookies Simon. 😈

I need to get in on this action next year.
Me, pretty much:

You will never want for cookies in Palm Springs while I'm around.   

Yay, please do!!

I toooootally agree with this sentiment. I feel like I saw everyone and no one at dinner since we all stayed at our tables.
 
Very thankful to have been able to see some folks out there, but I understand I also was being observed and probably evaluated by those who were interested in seeing me who were maybe a bit shy. I’ll hopefully be back next year, and I hope even more folks say hi next year! 
 
Also strooooongly considering the fantasy of coming out there more often. This was just too much fun to make it an annual occurrence.
 
Now all that remains: who’s bringing the cookies and grapefruits next year?!

Thanks to everyone for a great weekend, the usual suspects who did the heavy lifting, @Oliver and Phil, @David-SF, @sam.fitzpatrick, @azdr0710 for his tireless taxi service (and bit of In N Out). Thanks @Simon Suraci for your invaluable advice on things to do in San Diego, if only I'd had time to more of them. The zoo is worth it in itself. I know there are things and people I've missed and for that i apologise.  À l'année prochaine!

Eddie Redmayne.  He was great in "The Theory of Everything", for which he won an Oscar, and also in "The Danish Girl", for which he was nominated.

Eddie Redmayne.  He was great in "The Theory of Everything", for which he won an Oscar, and also in "The Danish Girl", for which he was nominated.

Ah!!! Even better

@Robster and I had great chat with Newell after the dinner. He was incredibly kind and patient answering many questions I had about ECT. And OMG, is he gorgeous (and huge!)

In this case, the reference to 'cookie crumbs' was actually referring to crumbs and 'cookies' was actually referring to cookies, the feet were simply the method in which they were fed to me.   

Whew! I replaced my boiled phone back in San Diego and all is well again. Too much client texting, I guess. Bitches be calling, all the time…
Wow, just wow. I had a great time. This was the first of what I expect to be many fun and fruitful annual visits.
Thank you @David-SF and @Oliver for hosting a lovely series of events. Well done! And thank you to the half dozen or so Company of Men members who hired me for various services over the weekend (even a repeat 😍), plus another member in San Diego Monday night after I got back. You know who you are and I sincerely appreciate your business!
Newell, my 4-hand massage partner was nervous to meet everyone but said he enjoyed himself at the dinner. He’s not so intimidating in person despite his size. He’s a sweet guy. @sam.fitzpatrick thanks for going out of your way to make Newell and I feel so welcome at the events.
@purplekow thanks for helping apply sunscreen to all those hard-to-reach places on my body 😉 
@mike carey I had no idea you can play card games with more than 4 suits. Learn something new every day. I’ll have to practice so I can play a round with you next year. And thank you for sharing the “Karen is a C*nt” comment from the forums. That was laugh out loud funny.
For those of you like me who didn’t know until now: cookies = feet. Eating cookies means licking toes, playing with feet, etc. I was out of the loop on that one. That’s the reference to cookie crumbs. 
@BodeBrentwood thank you for sharing your beautiful self and your cookies with the world, among other assets. It was a pleasure having you around the pool. You were a delightful and entertaining centerpiece to all of the goings-on in the hot tub. Thanks kindly for trying to lead me to an exit 😂 when I was carrying a massage table late night across the InnDulge courtyard to a client’s room. I know I must have looked out of place, dazed and confused scanning the room numbers to figure out where I was going. I won’t even mention Louie’s wild adventures, disappearance into the California desert, and eventual mysterious return. Too late. Thanks @Summerson for generously offering them space to stay in your room.
That hot tub at InnDulge is the place to be! Several other hotel guests booked me there who had nothing to do with CoM. I love a hot tub soak. Can’t wait to chat more there next year.
Other providers take note: the trip pays for itself if you just hang around the hot tub. I encourage more providers to visit next year. Consider this trip business development for us working men 🤣 just don’t risk writing it off on your taxes as such. 
Kudos to Danny for helping @purplekowin and out of the pools and staying dedicated by his side always. What a class act! We miss your delightful presence here on the forums 😢 but I understand it can be toxic in some corners at times, so I don’t blame you for leaving.
Clients encourage us to come to these events but it is quite expensive and we’re not exactly on vacation when we attend. We need more clients to come and support us at these things to make it worthwhile for every provider putting down serious time and money to make a several day visit (excepting those fortunate few who were dedicated hires for the whole weekend/week). We need more of you clients to join us next year.
I’m not complaining - I did well and this trip was totally worth it for me, in the short run and longer term - but I can see it make sense for more of us providers to attend if more clients were attending and spreading the wealth, so to speak. At the dinner, for example, we had 40 some odd people, including providers. We could easily make space for a lot more members there to support the 8-12 or so providers who attended, and more beyond that with enough critical mass. Just saying…
Y’all come next year if you never have or haven’t in a while. It’s a lot of fun 🤩 
Cheers! 🥂
-Simon

As usual, a joy to spend much of my PS time with Danny.  I just wish I was there for a longer time.  

Finally back on the East Coast and now the decision to be made is whether or not to put a bid in on one of the two houses that I saw and liked.  I will need to make a quick decision and I am 50 50 on it right now.   Thanks to Oliver and David and the whole Palm Springs crew for all their work and hospitality.    

It's always difficult getting back to reality after the weekend.   It was so fun as always and a pleasure catching up with everyone.  Thanks to @azdr0710 for organizing the hikes and the outing to Sunnylands, to @Oliver for hosting the lovely Sunday pool party, and to @David-SF for hosting the kickoff pool party on Friday.  

That man is not only incredibly nice, but also very down to earth and has a great taste in cookies. I split a pack of them with him in a hot tub and he is hilarious!
Don't even get me started on the body. It looks just as good in person.

Got to spend considerable time with him this weekend and would like to echo everyone else comments. Vin is perfection personified both in body and in mind. Drop dead gorgeous and one of the most sincere, humble, sweetest gentleman you will ever have the pleasure of meeting. 

I’m hoping to see Vin on an east coast visit soon. He’s fired up his OF again and he looks fucking enormous, as well as insanely shredded — honestly, better than he’s ever looked in all the years I’ve followed him. He sent me a few photos, taken this morning — too good not to share with the rest of you filthy animals!
 

I will plan to be at next year’s since I had such a fine time in 2019!

Climbing into my bed after an eventful and adventurous weekend. It was so incredible getting to meet everyone and feel welcomed. Thank you to @David-SF and @Oliver for throwing such wonderful get togethers and thank you to @Summerson for the invitation in the first place. I'm sad that I'm not more west coast oriented, but if anyone ever would like to connect or chat between now and next year, I'm always a message/text/DM away.
 
PS-I will never be able to look at grapefruits with a straight face again.