Breathless: That Time I Went to a Sex Party

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Started by a small group of artists in San Francisco inthe weeklong event is held around Labor Day every year. Most of the tens of thousands of attendees go to experience the openness, art, whimsy, freedom and — let's be real — the nudity. Nowhere in the desert basin, or the playa, do all of those elements coalesce more magnificently than in the orgy domean air-conditioned sex haven where guests can visit in groups of two or more. Its creators claim that 5, attendees cavorted within its folds last year. An art installation at Burning Man, I didn't realize there was such a process to getting in.

En route for revist this article, visit My Contour, then View saved stories. Photographed as a result of Mark Peckmezian Styled by Jessica dos Remedios Last weekend, in the penthouse of an upscale, downtown hotel, I attended my first sex party. Adequate enough, I thought. I was skeptical.