Staying out of doors for the moment, there is an annual event that takes place on the last weekend of May at a place called "Hippie Hollow" on Lake Travis near Austin, Texas. Hippie Hollow is a (quasi) legal nude beach, and on this weekend thousands of gay men descend for fun in the sun, and a 48-hour no-holds-barred party ensues.
The difference between these revelers and the sunbathers on the Paris quai (June 8, June 9, 2011) is that these bathers know they're being watched, and glory in it, at once attainable and oh so unattainable.
I wrote a play, "Last Splash!", which played to full houses in two productions in Houston. I made the mistake of taking it to Austin on Splash Day Weekend and lost my shirt. No one wanted to leave the Hollow. Lesson learned.
The model for the program photo was an actor who played in the production. More of him later.
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