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You’re Invited! Pleasure Queen Festival 2022.
Imagine: you’re invited to attend a delicious intimate gathering in an 12 bedroom villa in the Tuscan countryside.
Just after you arrive, you are given a sweet elixir in a graceful etched crystal goblet, fashioned for a queen. And, announced by the town crier with your full title.
The scene is decadent-dresses of silk in every color adorn the women around you, who are hugging and laughing, getting caught up with each others’ lives. You feel welcomed, held, loved, adored. Your cheeks are rosy and eyes bright as your eyes feast upon the beauty of hundreds of lit candles illuminating the crimson and gold colored foyer. Giant bowls of grapes and platters of figs, persimmon and strawberries atop long oak tables beckon your perfectly manicured fingers to touch and then to taste.
You are called to the dining room with an angelic chime. Seated at a long table all the women dine on the most luscious made-to-order Italian dishes, served on fine ivory ceramic plates edged in deep burgundy to match the color of your lips.
As you sip homemade limoncello, you’ll feel the delicious chill of hazelnut gelato on your sun-warmed lips.
After 2 hours of feasting and chatting, you hear music off in the distance and stand up to follow the lilting rhythms and melodies to an outdoor…