Clothing Optional Restaurant?

[ThePresence]

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Nudists dine in New York style
Fri Feb 18, 2005 7:29 PM GMT

By Claudia Parsons

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The diners arrived at a nice Manhattan restaurant on a cold February night and stripped off coats, hats, gloves and scarves. They didn't stop there.

Skirts, shirts, pants, underwear and stockings all ended up stashed in plastic bags by the bar as the patrons got naked for the monthly "Clothing Optional Dinner."

"It's exciting to be in a restaurant nude," said George Keyes, 65, a retired junior high school English teacher.

Nude yes, but not unadorned.

Keyes, a lifelong nudist, wore a necklace, earrings and a black leather "genital bracelet" with red studs. And white sneakers.

The dinner was started by a group of New York nudists who wanted something a bit more elegant than the wilderness getaways and beach resorts they generally frequent.

"When you go away on holiday it's more you're roughing it in the woods, whereas this is a really nice restaurant," said Keyes, a member of gay nudist group Males Au Naturel, or MAN.

John Ordover set up the dining club about a year ago, recruiting members through word of mouth and the Internet.

"Next month is our Easter bonnet event, where everybody has to come wearing an Easter bonnet," said Ordover, a heavyset man with a jovial smile and glasses.

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Around 30 people arrived for the buffet dinner -- organizers specified no hot soup on the menu -- most of them middle-aged, several married couples, some singles, the youngest perhaps in their 30s.

"They're a good class of people, they're no different to you or I," said John Bussi, owner of the midtown restaurant. "They're not hurting anybody, it's not a wild Roman orgy."

Health regulations mean staff must remain clothed even if they wanted to join in. And diners must bring something to sit on -- a towel or, for discerning women, an elegant silk scarf.

The restaurant's manager covered the windows to maintain privacy at the strictly private party. Extra heaters kept the temperature at a comfortable level for nudity.

Ordover's wife, Carol, said they first went on a naturist holiday five years ago and she found the experience empowering. But, she explained, it's "the least sexual thing you can possibly imagine."

"Men in nudist resorts are striking a bargain. They get to see as many naked women as they like as long as they are polite and look them straight in the eye," she said.

Sherry Stafford, a petite and elegant 51-year-old with blond hair and high heels, brought brochures and videos advertising her travel business, Internaturally Travel.

One of the flyers was for a resort called "Hedonism II" whose slogan is "Be wicked for a week." But she said nudists should not be confused with swingers.

"Wearing clothes and going to church does not protect you from moral evil," Stafford said, lamenting what she saw as a tendency to demonize people just because they like to be naked.

Sandy, a slim woman in her 40s, said she never felt self-conscious about her body and was comfortable dining in the nude. But she did admit to being a bit more nervous before a recent naked yoga class attended by around 25 people.

"Everyone was a little concerned there would be people looking around but the good thing is nobody really was," she said, standing at the restaurant's bar before dinner.

"If you try to maintain a yoga position you're going to fall if you start looking around -- and that's more embarrassing than anything else."

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[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
"It's exciting to be in a restaurant nude," said George Keyes, 65, a retired junior high school English teacher.

Nude yes, but not unadorned.

Keyes, a lifelong nudist, wore a necklace, earrings and a black leather "genital bracelet" with red studs. And white sneakers.

Hot

 

[gabemcg]

R?

 

[Bootprint]

"Keyes, a lifelong nudist, wore a necklace, earrings and a black leather "genital bracelet" with red studs. And white sneakers. "

The Black leather 'genital bracelet' clashes with the white sneakers, where are the fashion police when you need them.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: gabemcg
R?

It is? I searched for a buncha stuff and didn't find anything...

 

[Lola]

hmm.. good for them! she is right though... most nude-events are very non-sexual!

 

[Modeps]

There's a bar in Connecticut that has clothing optional Karaoke. People just like being naked.

 

[mchammer187]

i wonder how uncomfortable it is when someone pops a wood

 

[Baked]

Idiots. The restaurant should just turn up the AC to the max.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: mchammer187
i wonder how uncomfortable it is when someone pops a wood

Studies show that it's hard to get hard in public.

 

[mobobuff]

*shrug* Whatever flips your cookie.

 

[gabemcg]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: gabemcg
R?

It is? I searched for a buncha stuff and didn't find anything...

I seem to remember reading a thread about this, but maybe not... thats why I put the

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fun story tho, so I'm not gonna complain

 

[Lola]

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: mchammer187
i wonder how uncomfortable it is when someone pops a wood

Studies show that it's hard to get hard in public.

i am not surprised, plus, most of the people that go to things like that are "seasoned" nudists, so they are pretty good with "controlling" themselves. and, did you NOT see the pics? i dont think that would be a problem!

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: Lola

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: mchammer187
i wonder how uncomfortable it is when someone pops a wood

Studies show that it's hard to get hard in public.

i am not surprised, plus, most of the people that go to things like that are "seasoned" nudists, so they are pretty good with "controlling" themselves. and, did you NOT see the pics? i dont think that would be a problem!

It's weird that nudists seem to be mostly unattractive people

 

[mchammer187]

Originally posted by: Lola

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: mchammer187
i wonder how uncomfortable it is when someone pops a wood

Studies show that it's hard to get hard in public.

i am not surprised, plus, most of the people that go to things like that are "seasoned" nudists, so they are pretty good with "controlling" themselves. and, did you NOT see the pics? i dont think that would be a problem!

i can imagine a very cruel prank that involves viagra

 

[Spydey]

wtf

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: mchammer187

Originally posted by: Lola

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: mchammer187
i wonder how uncomfortable it is when someone pops a wood

Studies show that it's hard to get hard in public.

i am not surprised, plus, most of the people that go to things like that are "seasoned" nudists, so they are pretty good with "controlling" themselves. and, did you NOT see the pics? i dont think that would be a problem!

i can imagine a very cruel prank that involves viagra

Viagra does not work untill you have an erection.

 

[The Stigenator]

interesting.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: Spydey
wtf

9 posts in 4 years? you're amazing :Q

 

[Lola]

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: Lola

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: mchammer187
i wonder how uncomfortable it is when someone pops a wood

Studies show that it's hard to get hard in public.

i am not surprised, plus, most of the people that go to things like that are "seasoned" nudists, so they are pretty good with "controlling" themselves. and, did you NOT see the pics? i dont think that would be a problem!

It's weird that nudists seem to be mostly unattractive people

LOL! thats what it seems to be!

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Lola

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: mchammer187
i wonder how uncomfortable it is when someone pops a wood

Studies show that it's hard to get hard in public.

i am not surprised, plus, most of the people that go to things like that are "seasoned" nudists, so they are pretty good with "controlling" themselves. and, did you NOT see the pics? i dont think that would be a problem!

hehe

 

[ActuaryTm]

...organizers specified no hot soup on the menu...

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: mchammer187

Originally posted by: Lola

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: mchammer187
i wonder how uncomfortable it is when someone pops a wood

Studies show that it's hard to get hard in public.

i am not surprised, plus, most of the people that go to things like that are "seasoned" nudists, so they are pretty good with "controlling" themselves. and, did you NOT see the pics? i dont think that would be a problem!

i can imagine a very cruel prank that involves viagra

In order for viagra to work, you still need to have thoughts that would normally cause a woody. So if they are controlling them without it, they can prolly do it with it too.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: Lola
hmm.. good for them! she is right though... most nude-events are very non-sexual!

true, but i disagree with the part about the men only looking the women in the eye when talking. thats bs, you hold a conversation as normal, and if she is insecure with a man looking at her naked body then she shouldnt be a nudidt.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Baked
Idiots. The restaurant should just turn up the AC to the max.

What makes them idiots, exactly?