Today is all flash floods and emergency warnings, but yesterday the only thing pouring down on us from the sky was golden sunbeams and warm breezes. We greeted them on our favorite rooftop sundeck in Chelsea, where going topless or even fully nude is no cause for alarm. And we brought with us an abundance of treats to feast on, both literary and gustatory.
First on the menu: pastries from Sarabeth’s…
…including pain de mie and blueberry corn muffins, tarts with blueberries and tarts with cherries, chocolate-dipped shortbread and chocolate-dusted rugelach, and, to wash it all down, their divine four-flowers juice. Then, once we had all that laid out and gleaming like a dragon’s hoard, one of our number decided we needed something savory and ordered a pizza for delivery.
Yes, a pizza delivery! Just think of the fun we could’ve had with this classic porn movie set-up. The innocent delivery man climbs to the roof expecting nothing out of the ordinary, but when he steps out he’s greeted by a bevy of… Well, never mind, because this particular pizza delivery man stubbornly refused to climb the stairs, so we had no choice but to put some clothes on, go downstairs, take delivery there, trudge back up, and get naked again. If he only knew what he’d missed…
Beer followed, bottles opened painstakingly, in the absence of a proper bottle opener, with the tooth of a mailbox key.
And there were books, books galore, a profusion of books, old favorites and new. From Lolita to The Gargoyle, from Stephen Colbert to the irresistibly named scholarly work Fuckology, from The Girl With the Deep Blue Eyes to The Martian Chronicles to Uprooted…
We were a small group this time, but we devoured much.
And now you can join us by feasting your eyes. 🙂
A beautiful day with beautiful friends who are equally elegant with clothes or without.
I feel sorry for the pizza delivery guy.
He must have been very busy to refuse an offer like yours.
I’d break out a sweat to give you something good to wrap your lips around anytime.
Who knows? Maybe I’d offer cupcakes in addition to the Pizze.
To be fair, he didn’t know what he was refusing. It’s not like we told him there were a bunch of naked women waiting at the top of the stairs.
Compliments to the Green-haired Goddess! 🙂
I was JUST thinking the saaaame thing! All these woman are beautiful but there’s just something special about her!
Does the same person do the writing for your reports? This one seemed particularly vibrant !
A few different members have written for the blog over the years. 🙂
Anyway thank for continuing to share your group experiences in such an inventive creative manner
I have been meaning to add a comment to your blog for quite some time. The O.C.T.P.F.A.S. is just another reason that it would be nice to be female.(Another being able to wear fun clothes ). And also, if I were a tad younger and female. I admire what you ladies are doing and respect how you limit your activities to females and a few chosen males, otherwise your reading group would probably cease to exist. Maybe someday in the future (unfortunately not mine) this won’t be the case and we will all be able to exist dressed or undressed as we so desire without being judged by the status quo, and maybe even enjoy our sexuality without someone else feeling that that it is a come on. Again, if I were female I would definitely try to create a chapter of O.C.T.P.F.A.S. in my next of the woods, get togethers such as yours is what it is going to take to make this world a more saner place to live.
WOW….What an awesome party!!! Call Ray’s Pizza they will deliver anywhere.
Another idyllic afternoon. If only the phones were left at home.
Then how would we order pizza…? :p
Dare I say the delivery guy missed a pizza the action? No, I thought not.
Forgive me if this has been asked before on here somewhere, but how to you come by your collection of books ? Does everyone bring their own ? Does OCTPFAS have it’s own library ? Are their guidelines as to what constitutes “pulp fiction” ?
We come by them honestly – some we buy, some we receive as gifts, some are sent to us by publishers that are fans of ours (though we don’t accept too many of those, since we’d feel bad accepting donations and then not getting around to reading them). People generally bring there own, though we also always have extras on hand for anyone who arrives bookless. We don’t have a central library, but we each have our own personal library. And we define pulp fiction pretty broadly, as you can see. We also don’t only read pulp fiction. We put pulp fiction in our name, and we do love it, but we love all sorts of fiction and read a wide range.
looks like a great time! if you like full outdoor nudity, you should try gunnison sometime. It’s a short ferry ride from manhattan
We’ve been talking about it! It’s a bit of a pain to arrange, and we’re lazy, but sometime this summer we’ll probably do it. It’s just too much fun not to.
On the picture of a table full of food and books, I did read some book title to check it on Amazon, and eventually buy it, I am so ignare about real pulp fiction (I am French). At last three are in pre-publication stage: Cut me in (jan 2016), The Girl With the Deep Blue Eyes (sep 2015), So nude, so dead (july 2015). O happy readers, publishers love you, or is it the hope of good product placement ?
Who wouldn’t love us? 🙂
They publisher of Hard Case Crime is a friend and always brings us early copies of whatever they’ve got coming up.
As you say, a feast for your group, and a feast for us blog readers. Thanks. I love this blog.
Delightful!
And as winter arrives here in Australia what better consolation than to know that unclad reading – and eating – and drinking – in the great outdoors is still going on elsewhere in the world. Admit it though; you KNOW you are good looking, as well as intelligent and witty, and it wouldn’t be half as much fun if there were no gormless idiots disapproving.
Kudos to the lady with green hair. She is comfortable in her own skin and knows that if you have it why not flaunt it !!
I agree..she could be a model..beautiful smile and nice figure
THIS IS THE BEST STYLE TO CALL PIZZA
is this the same girl who wore those black shorts.. so hot.. glad to see her around.. awesome pics !
Could my girlfriend and I join you lovely ladies some time this summer? Not a perv just a lover of literature who would enjoy reading and socializing in the nude.
Have your girlfriend contact us. toplesspulpfiction@gmail.com
It’s great. Wow. Yummy…..
Great photography!
I just discovered your blog, and it’s got me wanting to visit New York.
You all seem to be beautiful ladies.
Hope you continue to have a wonderful summer – and write about it!