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Walking into a strip club for the first time can feel like stepping into a different world. The lights, the music, and the dancers all create a unique environment that can be both exciting and intimidating. If you're new to this, you might be unsure about how to interact with the dancers in a way that feels comfortable and respectful.…

New Orleans had not been my home for long before it was threated by Hurricane Ivan. I went to Club Eve in Metairie the night before they declared evacuations and it was dead. The few staff there said most of the dancers had stayed home to prepare or already left town. I had gone with a friend,…

There is a scene early in the movie "Pretty Woman" where Richard Gere orders champagne and strawberries for Julia Roberts. Noting that he's not partaking, she tells him: I appreciate this whole seduction thing you got going, but let me give you a tip ... I'm a sure thing. Strip clubs are supposed to be sure things The core of the…

Big Tech has done amazing things for language learning. But, it's algorithms are even more prude than your High School Spanish teacher. If you're learning Spanish to communicate with the Mexicanas of Tijuana or the Cubanas of South Florida, you'll no doubt find that Google Translate, ChatGPT, or Duolingo come up short when it comes to expanding your mongering vocabulary.…

Remembering the time just before COVID I had just found out that my scheduled trip to Frankfurt to speak at a conference was cancelled. I was supposed to fly out on Saturday March 14, and I got the notification from the conference organizer Thursday morning. That was my first hint that this COVID thing was not going to be…

A book signing? In a strip club? Read on. I first read about the Mitchell Brothers O’Farrell Theater in a copy of Playboy magazine around 1980. Figured I had to go next time I was in San Francisco. Don’t think I’d had a particularly sheltered upbringing, but it blew my mind. Is this where they invented the lapdance? I’d just taken…

First thing: Ive been going to clubs for YEARS. These are ideas that I use and have discovered and I don't hear repeated. Some of them might be new to you. I welcome any comments. 1) Smarter dancers use hotel prices as a proxy for how much loose money is around town. If the cheapest room is $150…

Looking back, I have been going to Las Vegas since about 1990. Prior to Covid, not too much major change in the clubs, other that the prlifiation of the mega clubs. A number were 24 hours open, and a lot were open till early morning, daybreak! The clubs mostly were low, and sometimes if early no cover…

Strip clubs were once a place where you could get a decent level of intimacy without it crossing the line or it turning into a mechanical, robotic experience. Back in the early 2000's, I frequented a variety of clubs across the Midwest and on the west coast. This is a take on how I believe strip clubs have evolved in…

In an age where you can order sushi at 3 AM and video chat with your dentist from the comfort of your bed, you’d think that strip clubs, those bastions of nocturnal entertainment, would have equally sophisticated online presences. Yet, here we are, in 2024, and strip club websites still look like they were designed during the MySpace era. Why,…