"To do" list

AN, sorry about the typos, I usually proofread because my typing is terrible but didn't have time yesterday. BTW, Kimberly is one of only two girls on the whole planet who knows who FONDL is. Tell her I said hello.

AN, here's what I recommend. Take an afternoon off, preferably Wednesday, and drive to the Bentlemen's Gold Club in Baltimore. It's easy to get to from DC - take NY Ave to route 295 to I-895 trough the old tunnel to route 40, GGC is about 3 blocks west of I-895. On Wednesdays the laps are $20 vs. $30 the rest of the week. And if Kimberly is there, and she often is on Wednesday afternoons, splurge for a VIP room, she's worth it. You won't have any trouble spotting her, she'll be the long-haired blonde who is the best dancer you've ever seen. Stay for dinner, GGC has a decent kitchen. Then head east on route 40 for a mile or so and you'll see the Wheel on the right on a side road, I tink it's called North Point Road or something like that. And enjoy yourself. Oh, and take plenty of money.

Chandler, I assumed you were half joking, but it really is kind of sad. I live within driving distance of one of the top ten clubs for over a dozen years now, and I still haven't been there. Where are my priorities?

I was just having fun with the contrast with Jpac's situation, AN. I didn't mean to knock your list. Although the club I visit most often is a 70 mile drive, it's freeway with a 70 MPH speed limit practically door-to-door. Traffic is light in the evenings, and you can exceed the limit by 5-10 MPH without risking a ticket, so it takes well under an hour. I realize you can't cover distances like that around the big eastern cities.

Near the top of my list until recently would have been the Playhouse near Detroit. I used to like it years ago, before it went downhill a bit and got overshadowed by the nearby Flight Club. I'd been seeing a lot of rave reports lately. Then last week Friday came news of a raid. More rumors than solid fact so far, but apparently it was mainly liquor and drug related. I've heard they searched everybody's car in the lot and gave them a breathalizer test before allowing them to leave. Anybody who failed was told to arrange a ride. The main busts were a few dancers who hadn't acquired their $100 mandatory cabaret license and so now can never dance in Detroit anymore. At any rate, historically it's taken a long time for clubs there to settle down again after these periodic crackdowns, so I'll scratch that one from my list for now.

Well, I was just trying to start a conversation, but to answer your question you're right, generally I'm not interested in clubs enough to make a special trip. To get to "The Wheel", while it is probably within 50 miles of both home and work, would be about 1.5 hours driving time one way (through the city, beltway traffic, etc, etc). Three hours of driving is generally more than I'm willing to do for a club visit. If I find myself in the area I'll likely make a side trip, but I don't get over to Baltimore as often as I used to. Same with Philly and a few clubs there I wouldn't mind seeing.

AN, you can't be more than about, what, 40, 50 miles from the Wagon Wheel? Hell, I've been hearing about that place for over 10 years. I can't believe you, who take enough interest in strip clubs to post here, haven't been there yet! What I wouldn't give to have one decent club within 50 miles of me. I have to drive 70 miles for anything good, and another 70 miles past that for the next good club. And think about poor Jpac, who drives 80 miles to get to a lousy club where a DJ-harpy heaps abuse on the patrons. Forget making up a list, JUST GO ALREADY!

AN, see the comments I just posted under "Wagon Wheel ..."

The only MD club on your list that I didn't comment on is McDoogals, which would be my favorite club if they were open during the day. If they did that and had a little privacy for the laps I'd give it a 10. It's got just about everything I like in a club. It's a smallish neighborhood Cheers-type BYOB place, friendly atmosphere with very friendly and mostly girl-next-door-type ladies who not only dance fully nude but then crawl around on top of the bar in the nude to say hello and collect tips, nude hands-on medium contact laps on comfy couches (although there's no privacy and laps are closely monitored), no hustle, no bouncers or any male employees for that matter - it's run entirely by women, moderately priced (as MD clubs go), easy to get to. There aren't any tables, everyone sits at the large rectangular bar with the stage inside of it. It feels more like a party than a strip club. Sometimes they even have girl-girl shows on a side stage late at night. But it has the same problem that a lot of popular clubs have - if you're not a regular it's hard to hook up with one of the really hot girls, they're tied up. But it's definately worth a visit, preferrably early in the week, and arrive as close to opening time as possible, it's a very popular locals place.

Partner's Tavern has the same problem with many of the more attractive girls being tied up with regulars. But they have an interesting and unusual solution - you purchase dances in advance from someone else (dj or mgr? I forget.) You catch the name of a dancer on stage, then just walk over to this guy and say you'd like to buy a dance from whoever, pay your money, and sit and wait and she'll eventually come over to get you. And if she's sufficiently friendly you can then proceed to a VIP, which I highly recommend. Private dances are done in the nude and are very high contact with lots of privacy. It's as much contact as I've ever encountered in a club - you'll think you're in Florida. This is another popular locals BYOB place and is very easy to find. I don't recall prices but it wasn't particularly expensive.

My "to do" list is to get to some of the good Florida clubs that I haven't seen yet, especially those in the Tampa Bay area. I'd also like to do Niagara Falls, Canada, someday. And maybe Rhode Island.