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@rickx I’m a long term fan of the Chamberlain Hotel in WeHo. It has very big rooms (with a big bed), the equivalent space of a suite in some hotels. It also has a great rooftop pool. And the restaurant was decent for breakfast or a light lunch.

The BBC has this comment today on the delayed response by Australia What's gone wrong with Australia's vaccine rollout? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-56825920

Totally agree with @lonely_john. When I hired, I too ensured that my messages were polite, brief and to the point. I heard several times from escorts that they found the contact with me refreshing. As they put it, I was obviously looking to meet and I didn’t waste their time. Some escorts told me of how often they were deluged with messages seeking pics or wanting to chat - all this they characterized as time-wasting. I’m not suggesting @bostonman that you are not serious about hiring. But you might be more flexible and ask if he has time for a brief phone call so you can check that both of you are happy to meet. Keep the call to say 10 minutes and you would seem both polite and serious.

To answer the OP’s question, I hired together with a good friend several times. It worked very well. The reasons it worked well are various. Our personalities mesh and we both enjoy handsome muscleboys. I arranged the hiring. He’s shy, I’m not; he loves to rim, I don’t rim; I love to top, he doesn’t; I don’t bottom, he does; and we both enjoy getting our cocks sucked. I guess @whatsthefuss it will depend on your relationship with your friend and what in particular you and he enjoy doing and having done to you. I suggest you have a good long talk with your friend about the details before you arrange the hiring.

Do I understand from what you’ve posted @latbear4blk that the Zoo has been replaced by this Eco Parque? I recall staying with an Argentine friend in 2005 whose rather glamorous apartment overlooked the zoo and hearing the loud roar of the lions. Whatever happened to the lions? Of all the public spaces in that area, I always liked best the Japanese Garden. Have you visited or revisited that yet?

My advice @Coolwave35 is to set out and agree ALL the ground rules before he moves in. You do not want disputes or arguments and drama later. When I was single, I enjoyed having various models visiting Europe stay as house-guests. Many were str8, all were polite and friendly; some became lovers. What matters to you may vary a lot from what matters to me, but I’d discuss personal matters in advance. If he has a girl- or boy-friend, can they stay overnight, and how often? How about smoking in the house or use of drugs? How noisy, how late at night will he be?

@Latbear4blk I wonder if the astonishing remarks by the Argentine President have been widely reported in Argentina? He referred to Brazilians as being “from the jungle”! Alberto Fernández: Argentine president apologises for Brazil comments https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-57422758

I’m very glad you’re enjoying the “continuing saga” @KrisParr. It does seem that you are truly in lust. And I note that you’ve had plenty of good advice here, with several of us urging caution. He is definitely on the wild side; let’s hope he isn’t discovered by law enforcement.

I’m always relaxed about having company in an hotel. I find it very pleasurable to entertain a young man and have him service me before a good dinner in the hotel restaurant. And sometimes I take him down to have breakfast with me the next morning. Staff in a good hotel have almost certainly “seen it all” before, and IME quite a number of hotel workers are gay.

That was my experience when I had a week-long vacation there. The only way you can be sure of having some fun at night is to do what I did, and take a companion with you.

I feel the caution suggested by both @john1973 and @lonely_john is well advised. And the description of it as “mindfuck” is merited. Unless you haven’t told us something @KrisParr, did you reveal a lot about yourself in your earlier gym chats or do you think he checked into you and your life comprehensively before the date? He seems to me to be very indiscreet. Here’s a question for @KrisParr: just how relaxed would you feel if this man were to be arrested and charged with say tax evasion, money laundering or drug possession? Would you think that he would keep you completely out of his ‘business’ or might you get embroiled in some plea bargain?

You seem to have good taste in men @Dchan. Matt aka Tom was also asked about on page 7 of this earlier thread Others were interested but no-one seems to have actually physically interacted with him. Make of that what you will.

Many here have related over the years how paying in advance meant seeing their money disappear. I’d say: Don’t do it. Never pay in advance. And Yes, I ignored the general advice once myself. A guy I knew intimately from having 3 overnight dates with him asked for help with “cash flow” before we had a week-long vacation together. It worked out OK, but I wouldn’t advance money again.

Maybe @glutes when he’s had sex with 20+ men for money and sucked a few cocks, he won’t be so “straight”…

Obviously @KrisParr you fancy him greatly. You stated you find him “beyond sexy”. Now you know he’s available. So what’s stopping you? My opinion is that you must find out if you’re compatible, and whether he will do what you enjoy. I repeat: what’s stopping you?

FWIW I have remote-controlled blackout blinds that cover the glass. They help with sleeping. There’s no City ordnance that I’m aware of. Once, when chatting with an agreeable Police Officer, I asked whether being visibly naked at home might be considered offensive; he said No but added that watching other people at home could be. When I was single, I regularly had overnight guests. I particularly enjoyed it when muscleboys, wandering naked from my bedroom to find me in the kitchen making coffee, stopped to admire the great views from my windows. I’m especially fond of the memory of the morning when one superbly built muscleboy met me as I emerged from the kitchen with coffee. We were both stark naked. He kissed me, got me aroused, and then dropped to his knees to suck me off to completion. I suspect he truly was an exhibitionist.

My understanding @thedanNYC is that @tassojunior is broadly correct. The source is https://wiki.unece.org/display/CTRBSBC/Czech+Republic which shows all non-essential travel is banned. Wanting to go on vacation or simply visit are not regarded as essential. And the rules for Switzerland are complex. The source is https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/travel-restrictions-who-can-enter-switzerland-what-are-the-rules/. Again, non-essential travel is very restricted.

I say this with love @Luv2play but if you can also bring climate change into this, then truly this thread will have wandered spectacularly far from Memorial Day Weekend… 😎

For me, @Boy4 the BFE is lots of physical attention, touching, kissing, extended foreplay leading up to passionate love-making. So it is very much the romanticized ideal rather than the reality related by @lonely_john

Going back to this thread’s title and the comment by the OP @Boy4 that it seems the pandemic is “unofficially over”, what on earth is happening in Victoria, Australia? Australia remains closed to the outside world but I read yesterday of a fresh outbreak in the state of Victoria. It is now having a very short lockdown but I wonder what short lockdowns really achieve.

On a more serious note, @Luv2play, I feel your answer describes the zenith of the British Empire well. And in the late 1950s, the saying you mention (“the sun never sets on the British Empire”) was historical but still a matter of quiet pride. I would argue that since WWII the world has enjoyed a Pax Americana as the US became the world’s policeman. But it seems to me that has now been lost, with the rise of China and authoritarian regimes in Russia, Iran and other countries.

Not to quibble @Luv2play but I must correct you. As a young gay child, I was delighted to learn that the British Empire was always coloured in pink on maps.

Gosh @mike carey I had no idea of that. I must say that you look really well, considering your great age.

When I hired, I always posted reviews (on the review site) when I had an excellent or good experience. I didn’t bother with mediocre encounters. I tried hard to be fair and positive but if there were negative aspects, I mentioned them in the reviews. IIRC there were 3 times where I said something negative, and 2x the escort objected furiously to my truthful description/comment. In Hooboy’s day, the escort got the last word.

My building has floor to ceiling glass too. I’ve lived in it for 20+ years and I’ve had a full and varied sex life. Admittedly there’s no other building close by, but the exposure has never inhibited me 😎