[Magdalen] home from Chicago

[Catharine Phillips]

Scott,
I had a piece of that experience in the parish I served in Boston...only a
small piece...but I know what of you speak...Sandra knows this as well.
Hmm. I never knew about IML.

Blessings
Catharine

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 4:59 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Imagine the Palmer House filled with (mainly) men in various configurations
> of leather outfits, from elaborate to quite minimalist, and you're
> imagining IML, Mr Leather International, an annual gathering over Memorial
> Day weekend. Someone urged me to check it out one year, and I was amazed
> and amused, although the leather community is not something I'm a member
> of. Pity the poor innocent folks who walk into the lobby for a look at the
> ornate ceiling! Escalators packed with leather-clad men, the main floor
> packed with leather-clad men, bars and restaurants all packed with
> leather-clad men...bare torsos and the occasional bum on display. They used
> to alternate years between the Palmer House and the Hyatt Regency, but
> lately I think they've been at the huge (but rough-around-the-edges)
> Congress Plaza. I did go to the IML at the Hyatt one year in a black kilt
> and black t-shirt (the belt being my only leather garment) but still felt
> like an outsider. A unique experience, especially the exhibit area (Scott
> fans himself furiously), which one must sign a waiver and pay a fee in
> order to enter. Rather mind-expanding, I must say. Not in a bad way, but I
> also didn't feel pulled into the community. Me and my sheltered Midwestern
> upbringing! We do have the Leather Archive & Museum up here, just down the
> street, in a former synagogue, a block from two leather bars and a leather
> B&B.
>
> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 3:43 PM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Bill and I are home from a great trip to Chicago.  We navigated the CTA
> red
> > line for 2 round trips. We enjoyed the pandemonium of Taste of Chicago, a
> > really cheap way to eat if you don't mind huge crowds or messy fingers.
> I
> > ate Thai food and Bill had a deep dish pizza slice, we both had Eli's
> > cheese cake covered with chocolate ad crunchies.  We spent 2 nights in
> the
> > Palmer House. what a beautiful hotel!  Went to church at a loft space
> kind
> > of minimalist church decorating but well done furnishings and liturgy.
> > Grace Church on south Dearborn.  The preacher was a 20 something lay
> woman
> > who preached about the difficulties of "come to me all you....and you
> shall
> > find rest."   It was a very good sermon.
> >
> > We took the el to Wrigley Field and watched the Cubs play like they did
> in
> > the 50s and 60s..(Badly)
> >
> > On Monday I got to check one more thing off my bucket list, we toured
> > Wrigley Field.
> >
> > Today I am resting!
> >
> > Judy
> >
> > --
> > Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
> > Western Michigan
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>



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