Playboy After Hours

July, 1971

Ordinarily, a pizza convention might not have piqued our journalistic curiosity, but this one--a "regional symposium"--happened to be just four blocks from our office and afforded the opportunity to stretch our legs and maybe even score for a slice or two. At first glance, it seemed like a typical hotel-ballroom gathering: a few hundred conservatively dressed types milling around the tables and displays, wearing name badges and talking loudly. But we left, some hours later, staggered b...