[sudo-discuss] Russian bathhouse SudoRoom Bonding Experience

Tue Apr 1 21:06:55 PDT 2014

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.
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
>
> 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?
>
> m
>
>
> 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
>>
>> 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..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> =============================
>>>>
>>>> Romy Ilano
>>>> romy at snowyla.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> ----
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> ----
>>>>
>>>> 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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