Bay Area Hombre Association (BAHA) Meeting – Photo Mongering at the next level

Wow! What a kick! This meeting had been postponed several times due to scheduling conflicts. It seemed that we just couldn’t get our big heads (or little heads) in synch.

I had done some scouting and found this cool “Mom and Pop” Taqueria with a full bar in the back. They serve great food and have both Mexican and local brew in bottles.

I got in around 5:00 PM because I had gone out of my way to try to hook up with Rooster. I found The Senator and Dr. Planet drinking with a very familiar looking guy. Then I noticed this PILE OF RUBBERS and ASTROGLIDE TUBES! TJ Hombre himself had sent up a box of “Party Favors”! I told The Senator to put that shit away! We didn’t want the help thinking we were a bunch of Pinche Jortos!

The Familiar Fellow introduced himself as Aardvark. We had swapped a bunch of e-mails over the past couple of years and I KNOW I’ve seen him around La Zona before. It was great to swap stories and pound beers with three truly great Mongers. Aardvark and I swapped stories about his favorite “All Pro” and award winning photography. We let it be known that we would be in TJ for the first week in April. The beer flowed. No Rooster.

The Senator and Dr. Planet then showed off the “Got Laid?” T-Shirts that TJ Hombre sent up.

Yoosin snuck in after about an hour. It was good to see him again. We hadn’t seen him since last year. Last year, he had just finished up with a hedonistic journey to the Dominican Republic. The photos he showed then are still etched in my id. This year, he brought his Palm Pilot and showed pictures from Columbia! DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!! He went into gory detail, which started making us all walk with limps. I think The Senator is going to warm up his passport! We may have talked Yoosin into making it to TJ in the first week in April. More beer flowed. Still no Rooster.

Alee made a splash about that time. This crazy Mother has snapshots of ALL our favs! Dang, I hope he goes to Costco to get his film done! Funny, although Yoosin’s pictures were more of The Senator’s favorite flavor, Alee’s tastes turned out to be more like his. Yoosin and I turned out to have very similar taste. I mentioned one name to the crowd, which made him get up and walk around the table to swap a whole new set of stories. He thought he could make it the first week in April. The beer continued to flow.

After looking at all of these great pictures, I brought out my only souvenir. No one could identify the 1x2 black polyester band.

We moved to a bigger table and the owner of the place came over to make sure everything was going well. He was a cool old guy, I’d love to get him down south sometime. A couple of friendly debates started up. Dr Planet and The Senator have said over the years that Gloria (AB’s most popular dancer) appealed to a HUGE cross section of guy’s tastes. It turned out to be true: “Who has the best legs in TJ?” Dr Planet, Aardvark and Alee insisted it was Gloria, while The Senator and went with Valeria at Tropical. “Who’s got the best rack in TJ?” Again Gloria won hands down. “Who’s the best Dancer in TJ?” I said Kenya. But then of course, Gloria won hands down. More beer flowed. But Aardvark had to press on (whaaaa!). As it turns out the poor guy just can’t make it to TJ the first week in April. More beer. Gave up on Rooster.

About that time the FOKKING ANEEMALS showed up! Valentino and CityOG brought the occasion to the next level! Damn it’s great to see these guys! CityOG brought news from down south. He actually introduced me to my current fav a few years ago. I’m turning out to be a big topic of conversation down there! (I was pretty drunk by this time and will probably be corrected by my buds from here on out.)

These fokkers have a photo album going back to the Eighties! They’ve got cool shots of chicas wearing leopard minis and feathered hair. Those fokkers also seem to be a lot leaner in those shots!!! I pulled out my souvenir. CityOG immediately identified it as my fav’s bra strap!

We ordered up some great food. Ceviche, enchiladas and burritos were devoured and washed down with great beer! Valentino and CityOG were merciless in their abuse of each other’s mongering habits, as usual. Excruciating details flow about favs, past favs, wannabe favs and other nasty topics. Then The Senator said “Hey, the last flight for San Diego takes off in an hour”. Aw fuck!!! None of us had the juevos to jump.

Dr. Planet then brought on some excellent cigars! This guy’s a nut! We moved to the back porch to light them up. The conversations turned a little more serious. CityOG and Valentino talked further about my fav. Maybe I had better cool it a little there. By this time, I’m hammered! The old guy came out to make sure we were ok a couple of times. After the cigars, we decided to take it back inside.

Then, a funny thing happened. All of us at once decided that it was time to go back to our normal lives. It was only 9:30! Yeah, we’re big, bad , nasty mongers sometimes. But mostly, we’re run-of-the-mill homebodies!

We kind of missed In2Deep and 2Tall they kept us going into the wee hours last year. I hope you fuckers aren’t burnt out!

The next day, I checked my e-mail. I got one from Rooster that said, “sorry I couldn’t make it, I just got in to San Diego. Going to AB tomorrow. I’ll let you know.” I haven’t heard from him since!

Hombre, et. al.

The three T-shirts went to the only guys who can still fit into a "large" Yoosin, Alee, and the owner of the hosting restaurant. Did I mention that we're all a bunch of fat bastards? No one took any of the other stuff as we were either 1.) Single and only get laid in TJ, or 2.) Paired off and can't bring that stuff home. Hey honey, I went out with the guys and brought home some toys.

The Senator

hum-um-um! I'll take the "fat bastard" label because, well, I am. It was great for Hombre to send some free T's...BUT...ONLY LARGES!!!

I have to disagree with your "only 2 options" for why I didn't take any of the other stuff home!

Aardvark, do tell. Did you take home any of the Hombre goodies?

The Senator posting from the Internet Cafe on Revolution while waiting for AB to heat up for the day.

No, but not for either of the 2 reasons you posted.

Having fun?

It was great to see you guys again. I will bring my new T-Shirt to Cartagena in May. I think I will try it on my novia if she can get those hooters into a large. Thanks Hombre this T-shirt is bound to bring me some great memories (and maybe pics for my personal collection)