Strip Club Tour
rickdugan
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Soon I will find myself in the exceedingly rare (for me) situation of being unencumbered by homefront obligations for an entire week. This has left me wondering if I should consider spending part or all of that time on a leisurely strip club tour.
I am open to thoughts from the board as to where I should go, but please bear in mind the following caveats:
1. It has to be within a one day drive of NE Florida;
2. If I was to visit a "stretch" location like KY or WV, it would have to have a good Sunday/Monday night shift as I will be unable to drive more than 4-5 hours on a weekday because I still have a business to run;
3. I cannot club much during the day for the same reason provided for number 2 above - business to run; and
4. Any place I stop has to have at least a few decent club options to explore. I recently learned the hard way during my last stop in Martinsburg WV what happens when I burn a valuable night visiting a club with no local competition.
I'd be very interested to hear any thoughts.
I am open to thoughts from the board as to where I should go, but please bear in mind the following caveats:
1. It has to be within a one day drive of NE Florida;
2. If I was to visit a "stretch" location like KY or WV, it would have to have a good Sunday/Monday night shift as I will be unable to drive more than 4-5 hours on a weekday because I still have a business to run;
3. I cannot club much during the day for the same reason provided for number 2 above - business to run; and
4. Any place I stop has to have at least a few decent club options to explore. I recently learned the hard way during my last stop in Martinsburg WV what happens when I burn a valuable night visiting a club with no local competition.
I'd be very interested to hear any thoughts.
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SJG
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter ('Havana Moon' Live) w/ Sasha Allen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clGX_J19…
SJG
Hopefully that narrows things down a bit.
SJG
Stones, Gimme Shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clGX_J19…
Then their is that black Furnace in Birmingham, a membership model venue.
SJG
Somehow I don't think you have a shortage of area's to visit.
Pasco County, FL
Huntsville, AL
Knoxville, TN
Louisville KY (stretch)
Morgantown, WV (stretch)
Greensboro, NC
Raleigh-Durham, NC
And of course I am not lazy and have definitely sought reviews, but a number of these areas are thinly covered.
I would also appreciate any intel on the alcohol situation re: BYOB clubs in each location. For example, in some places BYOB means you can bring in anything but in others it is limited to beer and wine. It's just mind boggling how many times I see a BYOB club reviewed with no discussion at all about this - just something like "so I ordered a coke."
Anyway, thanks anyone for any advance thoughts.
Idk the southeast outside of Florida seems like a black hole of strip clubs. But maybe I’m wrong on that.
For OTC Charlotte might be have a lot of opportunities. Of that list I like Louisville particular PT’s downtown but Foxy Lady seemed promising too.
Another one although it might be too far but Evansville has got this whole scene of like 5 clubs, seems like it’s match for what your kinda of looking for.
As far as SE Florida, the problem is that if I go there I'll be (1) largely seeing the same types of club mixes over and over; (2) unable to avoid large groups of Cuban dances, especially as I move south; and (3) stuck with touring mostly in FL given its size and my midweek time constraints.
I have a fair amount of experience clubbing in FL it's basically a mix of tourist traps, country dives and straight up brothel clubs. The only difference is that as you get closer to the larger cities the ratio of tourist traps to country dives increases and there's the added mix of urban clubs. Now yes I can certainly have a lot of fun in FL, I want to experience some different local flavors, which is often hard to find in FL clubs because so many of the girls are transplants from other places.
If you do go to Pasco and don't like the scene, about 30 minutes up the road in Pinellas is Diamond Dolls and Oz. Oz has a ton of young girls of all shapes, sizes and races during the day and at night. Diamond Dolls is known for fun ITC but very heavy on Cubans. Both have cheap drinks but individual dances are expensive. The timed rooms are relatively at par with the Tampa area.
I used to club in Charlotte a lot and had very mixed experiences. The group that owns all but a couple of clubs in Charlotte definitely work to live down to the Spanish definition of their name - MAL (which means bad in Spanish) Entertainment. I also found Uptown Cabaret, one of the two independents, to be no better.
Fayetteville NC was also no fun for me. I found the clubs to be depressing or Grade A tourist traps. Some of them seem to rely heavily on milking military guys of their paychecks.
Greenville SC might hold some appeal to me, but I'm afraid that I would be too disappointed in returning there after all the fun I used to have. An update of the Greenville scene by anyone familiar with it would be appreciated however.
Three suggestions:
1. Sample the clubs in Tampa, St. Pete and Pasco County
2. Longer drive to Pompano Beach
3. Indulge in a stop at one of the well-reviewed Orlando Amps, Milk Massage, New Day Spa, Blue Ocean, Golden Gate would be good choices.
If you are actually coming this way, I'd suggest Lexington. It's a couple hours closer, and right on I-75, plus they have nude clubs. Not sure which clubs would be best, but I've heard decent things about Cowboy's, Diva's and Platinum. Haven't been there in a decade or more though.
I know Florida to Atl can be a long drive, and I’m not sure Atl is still so good without Follies.