A Summer night cruising the bars
San Francisco 2004
It was a typical cruise night for me in San Francisco. I would let my husband who was then my boyfriend, know that I was hitting the city.
I would neatly trim my goatee, shower, put on my blue jeans, Leather chaps, Leather boots, white t-shirt, black motorcycle jacket, muir cap and leather gloves.
I would get into the city around 8:45pm and spend around 15 minutes finding a parking spot.
About 9:15 pm I hit one of my bars on Folsom. I went in not expecting much. The night was still young but since I was driving from out of town I would get there as soon as possible to avoid being stuck in traffic too long.
The music was jumping as usual.
Because I was early, I was lucky enough to get a seat on the bench in the back of the bar. The pickings were slim taking that most guys were either gathered in their own cliques or not interested.
I walked into the smoking area which is the alley corridor. This is where the guys mostly receive blow jobs. Occasionally people would fuck back there depending on how crowed it is to blend in not to be seen.
There were a few guys out there but none that caught my attention or none that were attracted to me.
Around 10pm
I decided to check out another leather spot down the street.
The traffic on the sidewalk has gotten heavier. More leather daddies and leather boys migrated from one bar to the other.
As I was walking east toward another bar, a stud geared from head to toe was walking west in the opposite direction.
He was a White guy with a thin goatee wearing a black Muir cap, black sunglasses, black t-shirt, blue jeans under his chaps; almost exactly what I was wearing but he had black sunglasses on.
It would be impossible to know if he was making eye contact. I would look right at him as he was passing by in hopes there would be some kind of response. There was none.
A guy that hot would definitely get a second look while passing by. I turned around to get a back view of this stud. He looked as good leaving as he did coming. As soon as I began to turn back around he turned his head as to look over his shoulder. The signal was lost.
"Did he turn his head to check out one of the many guys or was he giving me a signal?"
Soon after, he disappeared into a bar. I continued my way toward the next bar.
Passing 8th street I noticed a small doorway with the name MACK above the doorway. Curious to find out what it was, I walked in. I cannot quite remember, but I believe there were steps you needed to walk up to get to where the person at the booth was, taking money for entrance. I soon knew exactly what type of establishment this was.
Although I was cruising the town, I wasn’t very interested in paying a fee unless I felt it would be worth my while.
I decided to leave and head back to go to one of the bars. I thought that maybe I would run into the hot leather guy.
11:00 pm
I made my way to the back room of the bar. Bodies were packed in the corridor this time. There was a sea of men. Some were chatting, others were smoking while checking out the scene. Others were sucking each other off.
The smoke from the cigarettes started to irritate my lungs so I decided to leave. I would travel down Folsom moving west. In the midst of the pedestrians was The Leather Guy in the dark glasses coming toward me. As he came closer I gave him a smile as acknowledgment. He smiled back. This time when I turned around to check him out, he turned around also giving me a flirtatious smirk. I waited a few seconds before turning around to follow him.
After a few steps he would turn his head over his shoulder just enough to activate his peripheral vision.
He knew he was being followed.I knew that he knew.
And so we played the game.
This predatory behavior, though usually ominous, is not only accepted but highly encouraged amongst each other in the gay world.
As I followed my prey, I noticed that he walked into the building with the name MACK on it.
I observed and watched as he went behind the door.
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