Esoteric Domination by Mistress Jasmine

Well, I was happy to be able to (briefly) attend FetishCon this year, but I’ll have to chalk this one up to a learning experience on what to do differently if I go again next year. I didn’t really know what to expect and was kind of just winging it, and even the small plans I did try to make went awry. Namely, I had arranged to have a slave accompanying me, but he ended up flaking out at the last minute which meant I’d be flying solo to the event.

So, lesson #1, plan to have a more reliable slave to attend with me next year.

Lesson #2 is that I should have looked more closely (or at all) at the schedule of events. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to attend Thursday during the day, as I had sessions booked, but apparently there was a meet ‘n greet party Thursday night which I could have gone to and may have been worthwhile. But I didn’t find out about it until after the fact.

The day I planned and chose to go was Friday, around late afternoon. I arrived at the hotel, already dressed in my Domme attire assuming there would be valet and/or a car park connected to the hotel. There was not. Well, technically there was but it was only being made available to guests of the hotel. Attendees of the event had to park in a public car park over a block away. Brilliant. Now I have to walk down a public street in my fetish gear and heels. (Shame on you, Hilton) If I’d have known that, I’d have brought a change of clothes and street shoes. (Lesson #3)

After going through all that, I finally get to the hotel, registered, and was given a gift bag, but didn’t bother to look in it. I should have, the program with the listing of events and location of things was outlined was in it. Although, at the time I went there wasn’t much going on anyway. There were some classes, but not on topics I was interested in during the time I was there. I found the two vendor rooms, those were about the only places that were clearly marked, and I did find several new toys to buy. But, I only brought a small tote bag with me, and after about an hour of shopping I was so weighed down trying to carry things that I was becoming extremely uncomfortable. Not to mention, it was hot in those rooms. Like, hot to the point I was wondering if the Hilton was trying to save on their A/C bill. So now, I’m trying to carry too many things, I’m uncomfortably hot, and my feet are beginning to hurt. Lesson #4 – bring some kind of rolling bag or cart to carry all my acquired goods, don’t wear anything latex/leather/pvc, and either wear more comfortable shoes or bring a change of shoes.

Apparently there was a dungeon room. I saw that in the program that I looked at once I got home, but I never saw it/found it whilst I was actually there. So, lesson #5- look at the program upon arrival.

After looking at the program, I did see on Saturday there would have been a class or two I was interested in, but I knew in advance I wasn’t going to be able to go on Saturday as I generally have a personal obligation on Saturdays. But, lesson #6- arrange to make my availability more open to be able to attend on Saturday as well.

I could have gone back on Sunday, but there wasn’t much going on during the day other than the vendors market. There was a closing party Sunday night that I was considering going to, but, when I thought about having to deal with the parking issue again, walking from the car park to the venue, changing in the loo once I got there, and then just to hang out at a party where I don’t know anyone and probably wouldn’t enjoy myself anyway, I just wasn’t motivated to go. Maybe next year, if lesson #1 is effective and I have a reliable slave to accompany me.

Other than that, apparently in the pool area they had the “Pervy pool party”, which I suppose could have been enjoyable if you were from out of town and actually had a room in the hotel to change/shower and have a place to store changes of clothes and such, but without that option, it wasn’t appealing at all so I didn’t even go to that area.

So all and all, it wasn’t that great for me, but could be better if I go next year as long as I’m able to plan to do several things differently.