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I am still in Brazil and decided to visit Lagoa tonight.Being a Friday night, of course, the place was crowded with lots of paying clients and lots of paying garotos. Lagoa is a fairly large facility. There are several sections of the sauna and it never gets "too crowded" for comfort. Unlike in European saunas, clients have a separate locker area from the garotos (rent boys). Rodolfo (now, the sole owner of Lagoa) charges garotos fifteen reais (R$15) as an entrance fee. Certain handsome, (large penis, and favorite) gatotos do not pay an entrance fee provided they regularly have sex with Rodolfo, at a discount. Even though Lagoa has the largest selection of handsome and attractive garotos of any remaining rent-boy sauna in Sao Paulo, not all rent boys are successful at meeting a client to recoup the entrance fee paid. Even though the garotos' entrance fee is only fifteen reais, there is still transportation expense to and from the sauna for the garoto. Therefore, it could be more than twenty reais for a garoto to visit Lagoa. Given these costs, together with the possibility of not meeting a paying client, many garotos do not go to Lagoa as often as they did before Roldolfo increased the entrance fee to R$15 for the garotos. One must question his business decision with regard to charging garotos the amount of the entrance fee that is charged. My explanation for this comment is explained as follows: To be blunt, the garotos (rent boys) are the "inventory" of the sauna. Paying clients go to Lagoa to engage the services of garotos. Paying clients do not go to Lagoa to visit the owner or visit other paying clients; they go there to engage garotos. If there is a shortage of garotos, clients stay away from the sauna. Rodolfo loses money. The problem with charging garotos the amount that is charged, is that many garotos cannot afford to pay and fear that they will not meet a paying client in order to recoup the entrance fee and transportation costs to and from Lagoa. Many garotos told me that they stay away from Lagoa except on busy nights (Wednesdays and Fridays) because there is a good chance they will not meet a paying client and the garoto is out his entrance fee and transportation expense. Bottom line? If garotos stay away from the sauna for fear of not making any money, obviously, there are fewer choices of garotos for paying clients. Given the facts and concerns of the garotos, it is an obvious dumb business decision to charge garotos the amount charged as an entrance fee. Consequently, because of the high entrance fee for garotos many nights at Lagoa are "slow" nights, i.e., the sauna has only a fraction of the garotos and clients usually found on Wednesdays and Friday nights. Comparing the quality of garotos (handsome) at Lagoa with garotos at Fragata (average looking) it is clear that Lagoa champions over Fragata, the only remaining competition to Lagoa in Sao Paulo. I had a good time and will return.

117 charges R$ 20,00 on tuesdays and Fridays,and Saturdays, R$15,00 The other nighs, they tried R$20,00 all nights but did not fly. For The best of my knowledge Lagoa is charging R$15,00 for at least a year and a half, way before The new owner. Point 202 charges 15,00 but pretty boys that happen to be barely legal and white don't pay anything if they are willing to sleep with Junior, boys from out of state that fit the bill can sleep and Live on The premises, until Junior gets tired of them. I Was in Rio when Monik (117) jacked The prices and The place took a sudden beating, no more hour (or more) to get a room on a tuesday, and semi-dead The other nights, I even wrote about it here. I haven't been there in a Year, but taking from post by others, including The latest Tomcal, Monik hás not learned her lesson.

- I do not know what garotos currently pay as an entrance fee at 117 or at other Rio saunas. I do know how much they pay atLagoa and Fragata in Sao Paulo ($15 and R$10). If a garoto at Fragata pleads no money, he is allowed to enter without paying full price. At Lagoa, no entrance is permitted unless garotos pay or are one of Rodolfo's pets. I have seen many saunas come and go. Some had been in existence long before I ever arrived in Brazil. For example, sauna Rogers, in Rio charged garotos a R$2 entrance fee and that sauna was busy most nights it was open. Spa 73 charged R$5, Estacao charged R$5, Pointe 202 charged R$ but I don't know the current price. Those saunas were busy most nights but other issues caused them to close or change. In Sao Paulo, sauna Alterosa did not charge the garotos a fee and that sauna was busy most of the time (day or night) until it closed because of complaints from the church that was across the street from the sauna. Unquestionably, garotos are why clients visit saunas. Garotos draw clients to a sauna. Sauna owners should not make it a financial burden for garotos to enter the sauna. Without the garotos, there would be no clients. Without clients, there would be no saunas. The sauna owners would have to seek other ways to make money. It is tantamount to the egg and the chicken syndrome. -

Great photos and great stories as always. I loved the last photo and the girl in the background doing a photobomb. LOL

Well that was kind of underwhelming BY DAVE ROSS on November 21, 2014 @ 6:04 am (Updated: 10:29 am - 11/21/14 ) As I understand it, the immigration policy announced by President Obama - or as I assume the Republican leadership will now address him, His Magnificence Emperor Barack The First - is that since we can't afford to deport all of the 11 million people who are here without papers, we'll concentrate on deporting the undocumented terrorists, felons, and gang bangers who no one likes. For the approximately 4 million undocumented-but-otherwise-law-abiding parents who have been here for at least five years and whose children were born here as of Thursday, and who agree to pay all taxes, and who make it through a background check, we'll sell them some valid documents for a fee. So the government is telling these 5 million people, register yourselves, pay us and you won't be any closer to citizenship, but we will agree not to rip your family apart. Which I have to say is certainly very nice of the government. In fact I'm sure these 4 million people are right now composing thank you notes. THANK YOU government for letting us pay you not to rip our families apart... But I admit that what I don't get is how that could be called amnesty. After all the warnings this past week, I was envisioning some sweeping Imperial Directive saying the borders are open! Free Obamacare and medicinal pot for everybody who speaks Spanish. Instead, it's basically a memo saying we're clamping down on the border - which everybody wants, we're kicking out criminals - which everybody wants, and those of you with families who pay us a little protection money we'll sell you an immunity necklace that expires in three years. Merry Christmas. Dave Ross

Actually almost all studies of the subject indicate that , once they obtain legal status, immigrants start shifting into more stable and better paid employment. Surprise, surprise. Actually the shift starts as they they become more fluent in English but it accelerates with the green card. ==== That's a little bit of a fudge. Sounds to me like the committee chair critter would really rather duck the issue as much as possible.

The "new" work force will get uppity now there is no threat of deportation. They will want more money for less work. It is the American way. I am just kidding with those comments. I hope it works out exactly as lookin thinks it might. Best regards, RA1

Growing up in the deep South, I also grew up listening to Country music. I loved it as a kid, although I longed for something more. I still find solace in listening to some of the older songs. The music industry is full of gay men and women but in Counrty Music, it has not been that way. I was happy to read that Ty Herndon came out as gay and says he is an open and proud gay man. Here is one of the songs I really enjoy from him: