Attention! – 21st Annual Palm Springs Weekend, 2024

[+ Socalguy]

37 minutes ago, mike carey said:

Yep, there's a group playing cards plus a few others. Love to see you here!

We're here. Can some one come to the side door?

On 4/11/2024 at 8:48 AM, MikeBiDude said:

Ummm, ok but there are some horror visa/immigration stories entering a certain country down under too!! 🤣

Welcome!!

 

[nate_sf]

I’m late this year but on my way. Happy to leave rainy SF for a couple days. See you soon!

[viewing ownly]

Spectacularly awesome pool party. Thank you to Oliver as well as his helpers with the delicious food and fun pool toys. It's a secret joy about the party I like with the video montage of clothes-less hotties on the computer screen while we're waiting our turn to use the potty. I so enjoyed meeting new people, catching up with people I saw last year, and just "letting it all stub out" a bit before heading home. The heavy wind blew quite a bit of White Claw into the water, so I may be a little tipsy as I'm typing this! 😃

[+ Pensant]

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

[Simon Suraci]

I dropped my phone in the InnDulge hot tub last night. It was submerged for a few seconds and the touch screen now isn’t working. Fingers crossed it dries out and returns to normal. In case anyone is texting me I am not ingoring you. I can’t respond now, but will get back once my phone is working again.

[FrancisCA]

I just got home to LA and I already miss the warm weather of Palm Springs. Thank you again for a fun weekend. Everyone who hosted @David-SF and @Oliver! Plus everyone who I connected and re-connected after the year! It was my 3rd time going in a row and it was my favorite year yet! Hope to see you all again and maaaaaybe ill find myself at Inndugle next year 💞

[BodeBrentwood]

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.

[mike carey]

Great to have met you, @BodeBrentwood, I'm so glad you enjoyed the weekend.

[nate_sf]

Wonderful weekend as always! I've lost track of how many of these I've attended, but it's become the highlight of the year for me. Really sorry to have missed @David-SF's pool party and the dinner, but it was great to see everyone. Thank you @Oliver and his Hot Helpers for keeping it going. Always so much fun!

[+ Socalguy]

Another amazing year! Unfortunately, I am still recovering from a touch of sun poisoning on Sunday so I missed the breakfast yesterday, and had to call out of work today but overall, it was definitely worth it. 😈A huge thank you to @David-SF who always kicks the weekend off in style and to @Oliver for making sure it ends with a bang. Also a special thank you to @purplekow and Vin for allowing @Robster and I to invade their space while we were 'visiting' Inndulge. 

[+ m_writer]

Me and maturedmuscle/Steve had a wonderful time (PM me if you want to know more), but I'm actually tired and glad it's over (there were a few setbacks on my trip), and as always, it's the people we met that made the biggest difference and joy. Making friends and meeting new people is the highlight of the trip, and I can't thank @Oliver @azdr0710 @sam.fitzpatrick and @David-SF enough for their kindness, attention to detail, gregariousness, and all in all making this year a wonderful success.

[jawjateck]

Sorry I missed this year's event. I had a travel conflict last week. I love your reports and was privileged to be phoned by samfitzpatrick yesterday while he was lounging around the Inndulge pool with sfwestcoaster and mikecarey. Sam updated me on some of the participant's naughtiness and the talent that strutted around the pool.  😘  Sounds like I missed a good time. 😁

Hope to see y'all again soon!

[BodeBrentwood]

1 hour ago, jawjateck said:

Sorry I missed this year's event. I had a travel conflict last week. I love your reports and was privileged to be phoned by samfitzpatrick yesterday while he was lounging around the Inndulge pool with sfwestcoaster and mikecarey. Sam updated me on some of the participant's naughtiness and the talent that strutted around the pool.  😘  Sounds like I missed a good time. 😁

Hope to see y'all again soon!

naughtiness around the pool? *clutches pearls*

[+ Socalguy]

2 minutes ago, BodeBrentwood said:

naughtiness around the pool? *clutches pearls*

no, but there may be cookie crumbs around the jacuzzi.  😈👣😜

[+ BobPS]

Thanks to all who worked  hard to make the entire weekend a success. It was great fun catching up with people I’ve met before and meeting new people and making new friends.

[youngboldone]

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.  

[+ purplekow]

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.    

[youngboldone]

2 hours ago, purplekow said:

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.    

Fifty-fifty on which house to choose, or 50/50 on whether to choose one of them at all?  That is a big decision, but you'll make the right one.  Just get very still, breathe, and listen to what your gut is telling you to do.  

[Guest]

I was just searching for properties in PS; wonder which ones you’re debating. Not currently in the market but beginning to think about it.

[Simon Suraci]

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

[+ Socalguy]

9 minutes ago, Simon Suraci said:

 

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 event...

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.... 

 

-Simon

@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.   

[Simon Suraci]

9 minutes ago, Socalguy said:

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.   

Ah!!! Even better

[viewing ownly]

29 minutes ago, Simon Suraci said:

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

Thank you, Simon, for attending this year. I remember last year how interested you were in attending, and glad you had such a great time - and gave me a post-visit cookie education. (wink)

[mike carey]

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!

[BodeBrentwood]

On 4/18/2024 at 8:38 PM, Simon Suraci said:

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

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?!