@ the STUD Bar in SOMA (9th & Harrison)
Thursday, February 13th
6:00 pm - sneak preview
6:30pm - Comfort & Joy's Benefit Bazaar
8:00pm - Experience Auction
10pm-4am - Reform Skool
6$, 4$ with sock donation (one pair clean athletic socks)
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we'll teach you...
we'll show you...
we'll give you...
we'll take... we are comfort and joy. |
Arrive at the Happy Hookup early to get massaged, fed chocolate covered strawberries and mingle with dozens of potential new loves!
Your $6 ticket includes
- experience auction, bazaar, entertainment
- 2$ comfort & joy cash to spend
- admission to reform skool
INDULGE in our Experience Auction, which offers personalized experiences with fabulous people doing what they do best.
GIVE yourself or your Valentine(s) a LOVELY, affordable (as in under $4) gift.
COURT your crushes (and maybe find new ones, too) with a GENEROUS variety of sexy and subtle TREATS.
Here's what we're offering to the highest bidder...
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Private Vinyasa Yoga Lesson by Jonathan Reynolds Experience the power of meditation through movement, with a private session of breath work, posturing and guided relaxation with Power Flow yoga instructor Jonathan Reynolds, who'll give you far more personal attention than possible in his popular Yoga Tree and Bernal Yoga classes. Jonathan uses vinyasa (roughly sun salutations) as yoga's physical building block, altering the breath in hopes of creating movement in the body and allowing insight into the practice of yoga as a whole.
The lucky winner of Jonathan's personal yoga session is sure to expand their practice to new depths of understanding. |
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Alleycat's 5 course vegetarian meal and pedicures for two A date of ultimate pampering for you and a guest, offered by Alleycat, Comfort & Joy's resident playa pedicurist--here for your pleasure, but without the 3-hour lines! Bring your sweetie and recline while enjoying dual pedicures, complete with foot massage and a five course meal of exquisite vegetarian cuisine. If you haven't indulged yourself with a decadent vegan chocolate torte, now is the time! |
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Tour San Francisco's radical social history with Chris Carlsson Step into San Francisco's tumultuous past with this private bike tour focused on ecology, class war and transit with Chris Carlsson, co-producer of the "Processed World" zine for over 13 years, and guiding force behind the "Shaping San Francisco" multimedia project. Did Chris create Critical Mass, the monthly bicycle celebration? Ask him over dinner after the tour! |
The Cherry Terror's Lap Dance Serenade
Literate, limber, & leggy, The Cherry Terror offers you a tantalizing lap dance. Ardently bisexual, the ladies or the boys may pick the music of their choice to accompany this titillating private strip show-or perhaps you'd care to hear this PhD in English Lit serenade you with her recently published poetry. Bid on your chance to see this beauty strip down to sweet nothings, and possibly whisper them in your ear as well.
Dinner with a Porn Goddess Bid on a chance to have dinner with Jukie, a.k.a. Olivia Luscious from Good Vibration's latest movie, Voluptuous Vixens, as she dons a sexy apron, serves up some tasty snacks, and gives you the dish on how she became a porn star and co-producer with the grassroots porn collective, Camwiches. Enjoy a private showing & play by play commentary of her burgeoning adult film career. One of the films also features Comfort & Joy's own Lady Vanessa! Jukie is visiting us from Pancake Playhouse, where she is known as Sweet N'Sticky...thanks to those hard-working folks, who served over 30,000 pancakes at last year's Burning Man, for lending her out. Wanna be Jukie's biggest fan? Get in line! Follow her career, as she turns burlesque in Ms. DeMeanor's Fat Bottom Revue. |
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An evening at the Ballet, with a backstage tour by Chidozie Nzerum Bring up to three friends to a San Francisco Ballet performance, with a backstage tour before the show with Chidozie Nzerem, winner of the Princess Grace award for excellence in dance and student of classical movement for over 21 years. |
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Lady Vanessa's introduction to fetish, fantasy and BDSM Kinky and curious? Get the best possible introduction to BDSM with Comfort & Joy's own professional domme, Lady Vanessa, who'll give a bold couple or shy individuals of any gender a first-hand guided tour of the San Francisco leather and fantasy scene. |
Dinner with Holly Kreuter
Go on a Dinner Date with Holly Kreuter, Author, Photographer, and Burning Man staff member for over 6 years. In addition to offering a fabulous opportunity to pick her brain on anything, including publishing your first book, making it as a photographer, and the dish on working for the BM office, Holly will also be signing copies of "Drama in the Desert: The Sights and Sounds of Burning Man", a coffee table book and DVD project based on her captivating photographs. The book also features poetry and literary submissions from other burners. Buy the book, and bid on Holly while you're at it, to receive a taste of this remarkable and magical week of art, music, performance and play we call Burning Man!
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Glitter Girl's Turntable Tips and/or Fire Spinning Lesson This IllumiNaughty DJ spins fire and turntables...and she'll teach you either! Want a chance to grab dinner with this phenom and pick her brain about techniques for building a successful, popular and perhaps naughty large scale sound camp? In addition to dinner, GlitterGirl will offer you a quick introduction to turntables and help you create a mix. Or perhaps spinning fire is more your theme. A fire dancing lesson is offered by GlitterGirl who is sharing this holistic art form as a bay area fire dancing instructor experienced with teaching all skill levels. Fire Dancing enthusiasts can simultaneously exercise, meditate, express themselves, and entertain others. |
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Nude Housecleaning By Michael Calfee Lean back and relax with a flute of champagne while your home enjoys an utterly anal nude housecleaning by bicycle activist and dirt enemy Michael Calfee, who does wonders with an assortment of natural cleaning products and plenty of elbow grease. Various other nude household chores, including painting, etc, are also available for the lucky auction winner. Right: Michael all smiles at Comfort & Joy's pamper party fundraiser, August 2002. |
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Beyond the Beats: Meander through the streets where San Francisco authors live, work and write, in this personal tour of San Francisco's unique literary history, guided by Sara Fox, bookworm extraordinaire. You'll discover the garden apartment of trailblazing dyke novelist Mary Wings, and visit the Valencia Street studio of Dave Eggers (author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius), while exploring the local history and culture of verbose radicals of every description, in this hip tour for literary minds or the just plain curious. |
Improve your gaming prowess with 2 one hour lessons on your choice of poker, pool, blackjack, backgammon, scrabble, gaming theory, or more (just ask!). This skill-enhancing opportunity is offered by the Slutty Platypus, on loan to Comfort & Joy from the Love Rangers. He wants to tantalize you with his insider's knowledge and little-known tricks of the trade. How can you tell if a blackjack dealer is cheating? Where's a great place to gamble in California? How can I master the curve shot in pool? Can I support myself just by playing poker? Answer these questions and more, at these workshops suitable for the beginner or the seasoned player hoping to advance their skills toward the expert level. A professional poker player for 7 years, Slutty also supported himself at various times playing pool, backgammon and blackjack.. He used his gaming and gambling skills to put himself through UC Berkeley, and now is a software engineer in silicon valley. |
Game Strategy Lessons from the Slutty Platypus
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Want to spread the word about an upcoming event or fledging club night but don't have the funds to do it? Learn how to stretch out those limited resources to get the most out of what you have, with a personal consulting session with Mark Menke, Program Director at the Harvey Milk Institute, producer of countless queer cultural, art and educational events each year. After picking Mark's brain, treat three of your friends to free admission to Glitter Ball on March 1st, as HMI kicks off their Arts & Culture Series with a launch party you'll never forget. |
Learn Event Promotion & Outreach Secrets from Mark Menke
The Domestic Diva wants to show you how to please your palate AND your lover. Which foods are aphrodisiacs, and why? What textures heat up your lovemaking, and which flavors dampen the mood? Is it really fun to play with ice? Come nourish your mind, soul and your tummy as Amy teams up with experienced volunteers to show you how to make sushi, a sexy fondue dinner and decadent desserts that taste good whether fed to your sweetie or licked off their body. Bring a date or take this private class alone to surprise your partner later. This evening is perfect for folks of any gender, sexual orientation (or lack thereof), and includes a sensual music compilation to help set the mood for the lesson, and dates to come. |
Scrumptious Sensuality & Food Play with the Domestic Diva
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Creative consulting with Heather Gold Wry, ironic writer and comedian Heather Gold is offering a session of expert advice on successfully leaving the corporate world for a more creative and personally balanced life. Her upcoming book 'An Honest Living' explores her own transition from doing what she thought she should (law school, business executive jobs) to writing and comedy. Heather has written for many publications and recently created her solo show 'I Look Like an Egg, but I Identify as a Cookie' in residence at the Jon Sims Center for the Arts. |
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Personalized tennis coaching and courtside strategy session with Rob Holcombe Whether you're discovering the joy of tennis for the first time, or already an established player, you'll love the personable and friendly coaching that Rob Holcombe has in store for you! Pick up new stroke theories, learn to plan offensive/defensive court strategies and polish your technique with Rob's expert instruction, before enjoying a healthy, energy-producing al fresco court side meal. Rob'a twenty-five years of practicing tennis magic will reinvigorate your game, and the personalized practice plan you'll develop together will keep your juices flowing for months to come. |
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Ezra shows you the "ropes" Give yourself a truly 'captive' audience! Learn to tie a variety of different outfits and costumes using nothing more than rope. Also learn the basics of bedroom bondage, rope safety, and a wide variety of different techniques. Ezra's work has been seen at Bondage-A-Go-Go, the Exotic Erotic Ball, the Folsom Street Faire, and many other events. |