[sudo-discuss] Russian bathhouse SudoRoom Bonding Experience

Romy Snowyla romy at snowyla.com
Tue Apr 1 22:01:48 PDT 2014 

Thanks for the kind suggestions! There are a lot of bathhouses in the Bay Area.. Don't think this one is the one for me! (Distance , clientele on the website ) it's not bad as a place but I'm just not that into it 

My friends have recommended several excellent bathhouses in the east bay over the years .. I'll confine this thread on a positive note and update you / invite you along on my adventures.

I've had incredible fun at the north Berkeley bathhouse . The lighting makes you feel weirdly like a sex worker.  I'm not sure id want to go there with sudoroom (or would I?
 It feels sleazy but that's why we love it. 

It feels like a place people elope to. It should be in a hip hop video. The tinny radio makes you feel even more like you're eloping with some navy guy listening to Bon jovis living on a prayer   

There's no pretense of wellness at the north Berkeley bathhouse .. Which doesnt mean it's better! But it's weird. They should have a gigantic blow up poster of al Pacino from taxi driver on the door and Jodi foster projected against a wall. That's how apocalyptic the flickering bulb is. It's like how you used to walk wasted to Times Square from the limelight in the 1990s at 5 in the morning and shut yourself in a booth with sva people watching horrible horrible things wiping the grime off your face and laughing while holding a bunch of cast off flowers in your arms you found in the floral district 

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> On Apr 1, 2014, at 9:06 PM, Andrew <andrew at roshambomedia.com> wrote:
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> Did you watch the video?  You should totally watch the video.
> 
> Also, you don't have to be bougie to want nice things. I completely reject the notion that only grungy things can are worth while.
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>> On Apr 1, 2014 3:27 PM, "Romy Snowyla" <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:
>> Cool! Maybe if I'm convinced that they are cooler than their website design I'll check it out, branding and marketing are important
>> 
>> If it's new Russian it sounds cool. The website makes it not look rad like that.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Apr 1, 2014, at 3:21 PM, Marcus Owens <owens.marcus at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> just wanted to chime in having frequented the archimedes banya, the russian turkish bathouse in NYC, and having been to russia few times. I can most def. back Sonja's assertion that the banya in question certainly not "bougie", but more "new russian". The historical context and intersections between these two descriptions is another discussion, but if anything I'd describe the clientele at the Russian-Turkish bathhouse in NYC as more "bougie". 
>>> 
>>> After all, it's the bourgeois who is concerned with unobtainable authenticity, right?
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>>> m
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>>>> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 5:55 PM, Romy Snowyla <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:
>>>> Alls fair! Bathhouses are expensive to run 
>>>> 
>>>>  Well I'm not sure it's my kind of place.  The marketing was a big turn off ... Onwards pirates there are bathhouses in the east bay!
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>>> On Apr 1, 2014, at 2:02 PM, Sonja Trauss <sonja.trauss at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> the NYC bath house costs $35 to get in, the one here is $30. Russians love fancy shit, and building and running a bathhouse is expensive. There is no russian analogue to our American fetishization of financial insecurity. 
>>>>> When I went to Moscow I was surprised to see that 5'8" looked like the median height for a man my age there. Then someone pointed out that we were teens in the 90s, when almost 50% of Russians were living under their poverty line. I was seeing the long term result of a generation starving during their growing years. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Romy Snowyla <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I'm interested in the real deal bathhouses with working class Russian guys splashing themselves east village style .., not so much where a tech girl like me would pay for $200 yoga classes with my girlfriend sex in the city style or getting my douchebag boyfriend to pay for me with his bonus .. :)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Let's find a punk rock spa! Oh wait isn't Andrew founding one?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Feb 15, 2014, at 10:35 AM, Sonja Trauss <sonja.trauss at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> You have to be silent at the Japanese one. And it's not co-ed, so my male friends report a very strong pick up vibe. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Saturday, February 15, 2014, Romy Ilano <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> http://www.kabukisprings.com
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Is Kabuki springs any good?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I'm highly into this Russian Bath / Turkish bath experience. 
>>>>>>>> Turkish bathhouses kept my sanity during cold Berlin winters... I think the post-bathhouse experience drinking wine and eating cake with our toes curled around persian carpets is just as awesome.. 
>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Romy Ilano
>>>>>>>> romy at snowyla.com
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>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Andrew <andrew at roshambomedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Is this the place you are talking about? 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> http://www.banyasf.com/
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> It looks awesome. I would suggest watching the video :-)
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 9:05 PM, Ronald Cotoni <setient at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> This sounds like fun but I should visit sudor om first.  Speaking of that who is going to be around tomorrow night.  I would love to see the space
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Feb 14, 2014 3:55 PM, "Andrew" <andrew at roshambomedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Sudo kill -9
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Also an actually co-ed bathhouse in sf? I didnt think those existed anymore. Can this be a regular thing?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> -Andrew
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Feb 14, 2014 1:47 PM, "Romy Ilano" <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Will the safe word be "Sudo kill ps"?
>>>>>>>> Sorry just kidding! Feeling cheesy  today 
>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>> Snowyla.com
>>>>>>>> Romyilano.com
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Feb 14, 2014, at 11:52 AM, Sonja Trauss <sonja.trauss at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Friday night is teacher discount night :p $25 instead of $30. You have to ask for it. 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> A lot if people wear bathing suits especially lately. But also a lot if ppl take them off after a while when they realize it is normal to be naked.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> It's funny, I was there once thinking, "obviously this isn't a sex bathhouse, there are women here." Because an all male bathhouse would obv be for gay sex. Ha. 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Friday, February 14, 2014, Max Klein <isalix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>  I support this entirely, and will attend with commitment to safespace and boundaries.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Romy Ilano <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Yes it is! And my sympathies .. My ankle is going to swell unpredictably for some time to come so I understand your situation much much better 
>>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>>> Snowyla.com
>>>>>>>>> Romyilano.com
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Feb 13, 2014, at 9:43 AM, johanna faust <female.faust at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> its coed?  
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> that would be good for my leg.....
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Romy Ilano <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> My broken ankle is healing. When the time comes I will soon shed my walking boot, and in return for all that SudoRoom has given to me I would like to organize the first:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Russian bathhouse SudoRoom  Bonding Experience
>>>> 
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