perduto

[bjames]

so i lost/probably had my wallet swiped while at a club Sunday night, but as far as losing wallets go, it really wasn't that bad of an experience. i shouldn't have even brought my wallet with me, i usually leave it in the car if i bring it at all, but i forgot to take it out of my pocket, and i really didn't want to go back and put it in the car,

Comments

[laozi]

You have a bath membership in Rome?

[bjames]

haha, i sure do. it's rather fun actually. i haven't been too wild there but the whole experience is kinda nice. removing sex altogether, it's actually a really nice place to go because it's like a spa. you go in, they give you two towels, a pair of sandals, and a key braclet for two lockers; one for your valuables, and another to store your clothes. one of the towels is a beach towel, and the other is really long, but very narrow, and this is the one you're supposed to wear around you while your walking around--it's like a skimpy skirt. one of the two i went to is really nice, they have three pools like in antiquity; one hot, one warm, one cold. there's a sauna, a steam room, a gym, a rec.room with television and snack bar; a dark labrynth with various little rooms you can go into and do whatever, and another lounge with more "appropriate" television playing. i've only been twice, once to each of the two i know of, but it's really fun, and completely foreign.

[laozi]

Yeah, public baths are nice. I never did them in Rome, but I did them pretty frequently in Korea (which, like Rome, has a very long history with that sort of thing). In Korea, though, you were completely naked, but there wasn't sexual philandering going on (although I have heard that there are a few locations known for that, I never got the chance to go those particular ones and check them out for myself). Sounds like you're having fun, which is good!

[bjames]

yea, you're pretty much naked when your around the water, but it would be kinda gross/weird to be eating naked maybe..? but that would be cool to i guess, to never have a chance to be covered. so would you say that you find korean guys to be especially attractive?

[ponfarr]

What's a bath card?

[bjames]

i wasn't sure if such a thing existed in the states, i had never really heard of it there, if anywhere i assumed it was in california, but i guess not. it basically originated, or at least became famous, during the ancient roman times when there were public baths were people bathed. i've heard that modern-day co-ed baths exist, but for the most part, they are now a gay thing. read the reply i gave to the other commenter for a further indepth description, but they are a kind of spa where you could, if you wanted to, run off with some guy and be all sexy. i know they exist in canada, and they are all over europe.

[ponfarr]

Ah ok. A gay bath house. We have those here in LA. Never been though.