I've met many Sissies in the past two years. My first were Elly Ott Ness and exena at the Gino's East in Rosemont. There was some sort of wrestling event at the Allstate Arena, which I was unaware of, which meant it took me over an hour just to get off the expressway. They got stuck in the same mess. They were a delightful pair, on the way from D.C. to their new state of residence, California. Gas was $2.50 a gallon, and I had a blow out on the expressway on the way home. I grew a new appreciation for State Troopers after that night.

I met Mad Hatter and his beautiful wife at Chicago Joe's for dinner. He was the first Sissy from my home city of Chicago that I met. I remember being delighted at finding another Sissy from Chicago, as he was the first I'd encountered outside of myself. When we decided to meet, we were more or less forbade to talk Sissy by his wife and my boyfriend, both non-players. We did pretty good, while still managing to squeeze in some Sissytalk. I remain friends with him today, and we've gotten together several times, and will continue to do so.

bleu limburg came to town just prior to leaving the States for Europe, where he now resides. After a couple of near misses, we finally managed to meet at the Star of India restaurant, where I had my first taste of Indian food. bleu was shy, yet incredibly adorable.

jonay flew through O'Hare International Airport on a Friday morning. This was prior to all the new airport rules, which now forbade non-ticket holders to enter the terminals. I met her at her gate, where we got cash from an ATM, and "fought" over who was going to buy the popcorn (I won) and who was going to pay for the sodas (she won). We sat at the gate for her connecting flight, yammering on endlessly, laughing our glorious butts off, and stuffing our faces with popcorn and Veggie Booty (well, SHE did - I only had a piece before grimacing).

wooman and tripinthehed were two more Sissies from Chicago that became addicted to the game. We planned a full-on meet at the Ten Cat Lounge, or so we'd thought, which ended up being the three of us. I was very nervous about going, and almost didn't, due to a server crash which prevented me from seeing my private messages containing pertinent meet info. I'm now glad the message boards came back up, because I made two great friends that night!

Then came a big one. It was May of 2001. This is my first photo-documented Sissymeat.

Sabine came in from California to visit family. Phoebe99 decided to make the trek from Iowa, and kewpie from southern Indiana. We were all to meet at the Field Museum of Natural History. As Sabine and I walked up towards the steps, we heard a popping noise, which was followed by a puff of smoke from some electrical-type box outside the museum. We thought nothing of it. We got inside to find the power was off. They were still taking admissions, so we waited in line, thinking it would come on any moment. Sabine got her entrance, and as I was at the window to get mine, they announced entry was being denied.

We quickly explained that we needed to get in to find a friend we were meeting, and they let us through. Not knowing who we were looking for, we spotted a man alone on the bench near the Elephant's Butts. We walked towards him, and found our Phoebe. During this time, I noticed that while the Great Hall still had plenty of light due to the numerous windows, the side halls, which I knew and loved, were completely black. I can't imagine what it'd have been to be in some of those areas when power was lost.

The museum security was trying to get all visitors to vacate the museum for safety, telling us all that they did not know if they'd reopen. The line for refunds was astounding. Not knowing where our fourth was, we wandered outside to see if she was out there. After standing around a while, laughing at the peculiarity, we spotted kewpie, and she spotted us simultaneously, which was strange, considering we'd never met or even seen her. It was just this weird instant Sissy recognition.

Not knowing what we were going to do, since our plan had been foiled, we waited around a while. Just as we were preparing to leave, the power returned, and we were allowed entrance. The museum was blissfully empty that day, and we had a blast.

We met wooman and trip for dinner at Giordano's in downtown Chicago that night. We spent many hours there, laughing and carrying on.

At the end of the night, Sabine and I dropped off kewpie and then got lost trying to find the expressway to get her back to her sister's. She got a lovely view of the city.