More naked men thanks to Dieux du Stade
It’s the new Dieux Du Stade coffee table book which features ripped (mostly) French rugby players. I have the last one from 2005 which is beautiful as well. The new one for 2010 is available from amazon.com for under $38, while it really is worth much more than $100. I gave it to myself as an early Christmas present. I am a happy girl.
The one rugby player in it that I’m gaga over is Henri-Pierre Vermis, perhaps 29 when the pictures were taken, he is truly a man – with an intimidating physique and eyes that appear a crystal blue even in the all black-and-white photos. He’s mesmerizing. Most of the other models are young rugby players maybe aged 20-25 who I’m sure will please many of you. I would like to know for which teams they play, but at least one can search in the index who the hottie on page XX is and research him yourself.
This one features a ton of architectural and gritty outdoor locations. The art connoisseur will love this book as will those who enjoy sex with men. There is a homo-erotic flavor throughout, which doesn’t bother me a bit. Why interrupt the images with an errant boob?
I do wish that European men would believe in circumcision – it would have enhanced their lovely manhoods – but I’ll just appreciate what I’m given. Unfortunately, I can hardly see American athletes posing and exposing all given our still giggly society, so I’ll take the Frenchies without complaint.
Merry Christmas to me! I’m so good at giving myself gifts I lick my lips over.
European bachelorette party packages
In line with the previous post, here’s a great site for your European bachelorette party / hen night needs. stagsandhens.com. They put together travel packages so you can just do the drinking/ogling without worrying about what’s coming next.
A sweaty, sexy reason for women to go to the U.K.
So I was heading back to Philadelphia for a girls’ weekend and remembered a strip club featuring male dancers called “The Cave” which has sadly retired or become awful depending on the review. In my google searching, I found an alluring link with a shiny, chocolaty chest on it and found the lovely multi-city Dream Men Show site. Even their video is fun to watch. Female clients can be of any size, but if you’re a man who works there, you’re built like an Adonis and have a face to complement your body. Yumm. So if I never had a reason to go to the U.K. before, I think I’ve changed my mind. I feel the sudden urge to go British! Many of their dancers have modeled for fashion labels or appeared on television shows or in film. You go, boys!
A movie you’ll never see in the States
I had the pleasure of seeing the uninhibited film Mentiras y Gordas (Sex, Party and Lies) in Madrid in the spring. It’s a gorgeous raw little film full of smoking hot young Spaniards f*ing, doing drugs, f*ing some more, and in general doing bad s*. There was also note-worthy drama so you do get pulled into these people’s lives as well. I enjoyed every sweaty minute of it. Unfortunately, you’ll likely not be able to see this in the States as it is not so-called artistic enough for general release. Or, you could say, foreign film aficionados in the States would be too high-brow to be so indulgent.
The brooding hottie at the middle top is Maxi Iglesias, who co-stars in a television series Física o Química.
My friend Javier Albarrán was art director for a Spanish GQ photo shoot that featured the angel-faced, naturally porn-bodied Ana de Armas and six other Spanish starlets. A lovely homage to vintage B films with lovely ladies.
Another film I’ve seen but far less controversial is the Chilean En la Cama (In Bed). There’s enough suspense that it doesn’t warrant a second viewing, as the virginal experience is spoiled, but it’s a simple, concentrated emotional look at a one-night-stand. For me, it was riveting and easy to identify with both characters – the only actors in the entire movie. This one you can get from Netflix.
Update October 30, 2009: I just bought this DVD in Madrid a few weeks ago. What luck! Now I can be the American expert on this oeuvre.
Quick, get your love on, Bruce Lee style
Bruce Lee’s former Hong Kong home will only be a love hotel until plans to make it into a museum take effect. A design contest jump-starts the conversion plans, while the current hourly-rate hotel serves its most expedient customers. Check out Yahoo! News article to see where I found out. And no, I’m not saying that the dude in the picture resembles Bruce Lee in any way besides sharing a possible few DNA strands. It’s just a photo that’s supposed to elicit a similar emotion to that possibly experienced in a love hotel.
Rugby and Nudity
I had to mention nudity in the title because I wouldn’t have discovered this sport had it not been for the nudity. It all started with a “taping of” DVD I’d rented done by Pedro Usabiaga, a photographer who has shot some of the best-known European celebrities and athletes but has a penchant for shooting hard male bodies. It’s called Private Diary if you want to go check it out. Anyway, when I was searching for it on amazon.com, Amazon’s clever recommendation tool told me I may also like Dieux du Stade, an almost-nude or nude celebration of some of the hottest rugby players of the French Stade rugby team and others they’ve recommended for the honor. So, I bought a couple of their DVD’s and the heavy coffee table book. Inspired by what I saw therein, I began investigating some of the teams these players were on, and thus began my interest in rugby as a spectator’s sport. It looks even better that soccer. Their shorts are shorter and sometimes they wear muscle shirts. They’re big dudes and they have pecs, which soccer players tend to lack in favor of speed and leg strength. It’s very aggressive and they don’t wear pads. What a celebration of human potential!
