Playcation

Vacations are often times to travel with friends or loved ones, seeing new places and sharing the camaraderie of one's traveling companions.

But since I became single a few years back, that paradigm hasn't been available to me. Traveling alone, I often find the most appealing way of touring a new place is to get a taste of the men that live there.

In other words, my vacations are very often playcations.

As with many travelers, I often end up in a part of the country where my family resides so I can renew those ties and see old acquaintances. But even then, I can't resist taking some time to check out the local attractions — or distractions.

This week's erotic nonfiction recalls just such an occasion, when I took a chance on meeting a local man I met on the Internet. The chance paid off big for both of us. For the full scoop, see the latest dirt from my diary in Instant Date, now available in our True Sex Stories department.

Refresh your desktop with new wallpaper

The blooms and flowers of summer are fading and will soon be replaced by the falling leaves of autumn. But you can recapture some of the summertime color and bliss by updating your collection of desktop wallpapers, background images for your virtual desktop.

This month's crop features some idyllic naked-friendly outdoor weather along with some more cozy indoor fun.

You know the drill: Head over to the Desktop Wallpapers section. Underneath any thumbnail representation, click the image size you want to download. When the image opens in a new window, use your browser's save feature to store the image on your system and apply it to your computer's desktop background.

Now you can "like" what you see on Nakedism

The sharing links at the bottom of each story, video and gallery on Nakedism have been updated to include a Facebook "like" button and a Google Plus button to give any Nakedism content your personal "+1."

Clicking the Facebook Like button also records that fact on your Facebook "wall." If that's not what you want, you can remove the post from your wall by clicking the X in the upper-right corner of the post and choosing Remove Post.

If you have a Google Plus account, you can also register your approval by clicking the +1 icon to give a post your thumbs up.

And don't forget, you can still use the share icons to tell your friends about Nakedism content via email, tweet, Facebook link, or more.

Dancing with the starkers

For the gay male nudist, many organizations exist around the world that cater to his interests. One of the best way to find such clubs is at Spike's Naked Planet, an international compendium of gay nudist groups.

It was through this directory that I first learned of P-CAN, the Pacific-Canadian Association of Nudists, located in Vancouver, British Columbia. A few years ago I attended a couple of their dances and even marched with them in one pride parade, appearing naked in front of hundreds of thousands of people in a downtown street.

Gay nudist groups vary widely in the degree to which eroticism is tolerated at activities. The Naked Heaven dances tend to walk the line between the nonsexual and the erotic by providing a mostly sexless area for dancing and socializing while providing a small room or curtained-off area for intimate play.

But even at nonsexual events (gay or straight, nude or not), the mating game goes on. People flirt, exchange numbers, or just hook up and go off to let nature take its course. But at a nudist dance, with nothing to hide a man's growing interest, that flirting process becomes especially interesting.

This week's story revolves around a particular encounter at one such dance. It not only heightened my appreciation for the simple joys of naked dancing, but it gave me a renewed appreciation for our Canadian cousins. Or at least one in particular.

So what are you waiting for? Go read Bringing home the beef, now online in our True Sex Stories department.

Stripped by sunlight

There's something extra sensuous about window light. Even on a cold morning, the sunlight becomes warmer as it filters through the glass and caresses your skin, running over every contour and finding its way into each window-facing crevice. It's a welcoming blanket that reveals rather than covers.

And of course if there is an appreciative audience on the other side of that window, all the more reason to strip down and feel the sun — and the searching eyes — over every inch of your skin.

Those were the feelings I experienced when photographer Andrew Caldwell got me naked in his studio a couple of years ago. We had fun playing in the light and letting the light play its way all over my naked body. You can check out the results in the Window Light gallery in Nakedism's Photo Sets section.

Maybe it will inspire you to take a window bath of your own.