Philly 2004 memories
Statistics:56 Attendees,
41 men (about 30 were engineers)
15 women
8 guys named Bob
We asked Philadelphia attendees for their thoughts about the Efest, here are a few:
The best part of the weekend was just being able to talk freely. (Yes, I loved the enemas) But, to sit and talk openly was a treat. Several of us sat up until all hours of the morning just talking. How did you gen into enemas? Why are you here? Four of us sat and spoke openly about our hobby at breakfast! What a treat!!!!!!! anon
Hi Everyone! Just my impressions but I would say many, many people had a very positive experience. But I do understand that for some 'shyness' can be a problem. Next time -- please just ask! The answer might be YES!! It was pure pleasure to meet so many new peole with such varied experiences.
I thought the hotel overall was great and the staff certainly tried to be accomodating! Perhaps next time we need to check "food" out ahead of time as Sat. evening dinner was only 'fair'; but the breakfast buffets were fine and the staff at breakfast was great -- very understanding about people switching tables and staying forever!! (Nice atmosphere & good friends!!) I will say that Philadelphia truly was a city of "Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection". I will be very happy if we schedule another Philly E-FEST!! Thanks again to Jeff, Harry, Susanne, Mei, and John for all of their hard work and efforts. Delightedly yours,
AnnE
I got to the hotel and saw the large sign in the lobby, ******* Family Reunion (you didn't think the sign would say enema meeting did you?) I went to the conference room and there were already about 40 people in there. The group was about 2 men for every 1 woman. Not the 50/50 I would have liked, butt actually much better than I expected. Jeff the organizer came into the room and introduced himself. He told us the rules for this E-Fest and esp emphasized at there were to be no cameras. In todays techno world he told us that cell phones are also often carrying cameras so no phones were to be seen either Before heading upstairs to the party rooms Jeff said it would be a great icebreaker if we would 1 at a time, stand up and introduce ourselves to the group in any way we'd feel comfortable. The most common introduction was "HI, I'm Bob from, _____ and I'm an engineer, and this will be my 1st (or whatever) E-Fest (we had 8 or 9 "Bobs", and I think almost 30 people in the engineering field) (at this point I wasn't sure that the "E" didn't stand for engineer lol)
About a third of the way thru the intro's one guy stood up and said "Hi, I'm Bob from north NJ and I'm into ENEMAS, a word that none of you have said yet. (we all smiled at this) And I've known Steve over there (pointing to me) for over 20 years. BOB !!! I didn't even think about the possibility of meeting people I already had met in my enema past) As I looked around the room more carefully now I actually noticed several other people whom I had met before. As the intro's went on I noticed that I was the only other one who used the word ENEMA in their introduction. All I can say from this person's view is WOW!!!!!!!!!!! Though it seemed as though there was a wide variety of opinions as to how this one was compared to other E-Fest's, mine can be nothing but positive. The smile I've got on my face after this weekend is going to take a chisel to get off. I think what really made the difference for my experience at this E-Fest was taking to heart the organizers one message to us pre E-Fest "Be Bold" As the old saying goes "If you don't ask, you don't know" If the reply is no, that's fine, and respect a persons wishes but I found at this E-Fest the answer was often YES!
Steve
It was a very laid back event. Most (but not all) of the rooms were in the same area. And the 'social rooms' were two connected rooms with a large 'living room' area in one - in a corner of the hotel down a short hallway. So we could wander in and out at will... and still feel like we were slightly out of the mainstream. There were plenty of good snacking food, and drinks including beer and wine for those that needed sustenance or beverage. *S* Some folks took advantage of the close proximity of lovely City of Philadelphia, and spent some time simply being tourists. *S* (one funny moment for me was on the double decker tour bus, topside, every seat full. My friend and I were chatting about getting back in time for the dinner on Saturday night, and the raffle. All so far a very innocent conversation. She then turns to me and asks, “So, what did you bring?” completely innocently. I just froze with my mouth open to reply to her, swallowed my reply, and let just my eyes look left and right to all the people packed in around us. For a few seconds she just waited for my answer, not ‘getting’ it, then it dawned on her face, and we were howling with laughter! Bet that answer would have gotten more attention than the guy on the microphone talking about the statues and parks!)
Meanwhile, breakfasts were provided by the hotel, and groups of Efesters would gather for breakfast. And the conversation ranged wildly. *S* If it moved into the area of our mutual fetish, it was usually one on one and voices would simply be lowered, and it was no problem. I was vaguely aware of the fact that some folks got together for private play. But it was so subtle, that if you weren't with the Efest, you'd not know. And that awareness only came from people talking about it in our private social room. There were a few demos, some planned, and some I believe rather impromptu. One could watch or not as you chose, whatever was your comfort zone. I know that there were people there that did not give or receive an enema all weekend, and there were people there that needed Gatorade to rebalance their electrolytes from the large number of enemas and colonics they received in just 3 days. *S* And every possible variation in between. *warm smile* One thing that made the weekend good for me was the nonchalant tolerance for every variation of comfort zone, and kink level. *grin* If you didn’t want to do or talk about something or do something, you simply didn’t. If that came up and you were there, you simply ambled away. If you wanted to bring it up, you did, and those that were into the same thing gravitated and a conversation started. *S* Lots of laughter, relaxed, and comfortable conversations. Except for the times the conversations wandered into the enema realm or the few toys and such that were sometimes quite visible, it could have been any social event for any group of people. And the private home that was graciously offered for our Sunday get together was wonderful. (besides the house being gorgeous) Except for the conversation that more often than not was enema related, or internet related, it could have been a picnic anywhere. Except for the spanking demo that sprang up in the living room at the end of the day. Oh.. and the colonic machine that was kept busy upstairs the whole day, I believe! All in all.. a wonderful experience. Even for a relatively shy (in those circumstances) person like me. Definitely repeatable
DeeE