October 4, 2007

Folsom Street Fair - Porn Star Pre-Parties

It's been almost a week already, but I wanted to let you know that besides my huge coverage of the Folsom Street Fair itself, I also attended a couple really great parties on the day before.

Big Muscle once again teamed up with Titan Media to produce an afternoon meet-and-greet. Big Muscle and Big Muscle Bear have become such an essential part of gay culture, that many guys use their BM or BMB profile as their home page. So many guys meet each other though gay dating sites like those, it's great to once in a while meet each other in person. And if you happen to have some porn stars running around, all the better. All the money collected at the door went to charity. (Andy and Bill never cease to amaze me with the amount of contributions they make, especially to events put on by the Sisters. They can't wait for Bingo to return!)

Along with all the super hot regular guys that utilize Big Muscle, I also got to hang with the Titan men - Diesel Washington, Francois Sagat, Damien Crosse, Alex Baressi (spotted at the gym, too!), and the ever lovely Dean Flynn (we passed him walking down the street last week and nearly fainted...).

But the party that everyone was buzzing about was the Raging Stallion VIP Party on Saturday night at the End Up. They distributed tons of free "invitations" that sounded like it was a private party. A few years ago it was just a cocktail party at their old office, but now it's the hottest (free) ticket in town. Since I live across the street from the End Up, I had guests at my house for a pre-party, but the lines were so long, my guests weren't going to budge. I finally had to leave my own party to make sure I got in!

I used my magical "press" credentials to bypass the line, and it was definitely worth it! Raging Stallion traditionally uses their pre-Folsom event to announce their next Man of The Year. It was sad to see Jake Deckard pass on the crown, but I was pleased to learn the title will be shared by Roman Ragazzi and Steve Cruz. Tober Brandt, the latest participant in "Porn Star Musical Chairs", was also named spokesmodel for J.D. Slader's Centurion Muscle line of videos. (I knew something was going on when I saw the former Titan exclusive walking to Raging Stallion's office weeks before they announced his switching teams.) Don't care much for the gladiator helmet, but it makes a nice trophy.

I am also happy to report that I chatted with Steve Cruz right after the announcement and asked what he plans to do as Raging Stallion Man of the Year. He very confidently stated that he plans to use it "to help promote safe sex and raise money for charity". He is such a great guy, I can just tell he will be great asset to the community.

I made my way right to the edge of the stage for the awards ceremony and got the absolute best position of any other photographer there. If you'd like to see exclusive photos of your favorite Raging Stallion porn stars up close, and my coverage of the Big Muscle /Titan party earlier that day, join the Lavender Lounge VIP Room. As expected, both parties got a bit out of hand, and I kept taking pictures till I reached the point of being a pest. If you like the samples here, see it all in the Paparazzi Pics section of Lavender Lounge!

Posted by lavenderlounge at 11:43 AM

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