I'd Go, But I'm All Tied Up

As a landlocked city, Dallas is home to very few sailors. Without their oceanic seasmarts, our collective knowledge of knot tying is held captive in slow-buffering You Tube tutorials. That’s fine, unless you’re attempting to slipknot your lover to an antique headboard, in which case you’ll look like such a...

By Jamie Laughlin

April 25, 2013

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As a landlocked city, Dallas is home to very few sailors. Without their oceanic seasmarts, our collective knowledge of knot tying is held captive in slow-buffering You Tube tutorials. That’s fine, unless you’re attempting to slipknot your lover to an antique headboard, in which case you’ll look like such a chump. Nobody wants to hear “Just a minute; it’s about to load,” while they’re blindfolded. Learn to be a silver tongue-tied sadomasochist at this weekend’s Bondage Expo Dallas, which runs from Friday through Sunday. There you can brush up on technique, and meet like-minded enthusiasts, during workshops like: “Tying for Speed and Efficiency,” “Predicaments and Endurance in Hogties” and “Mummification.” And since spending an entire weekend doing book learning is a drag, each day’s sessions close out with Open Play. Which I imagine is like recess, but with ropes, sex and pain. Tickets cost $129. Things get all ropey at the downtown Crowne Plaza Hotel (1015 Elm St.).
April 26-27, 2013

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