Warning about City of Houston clubs
In 1997, the City of Houston passed a draconian anti strip club ordinance. Eleven years of fighting in the courts started. On Monday, the US Supreme Court refused to hear any further appeals by the clubs. The ordinance includes a three foot rule, and a distance requirement (1500 feet) from any possible place children would gather-church, mall, theater, park, school, and community center. For years, the vice squad has waited for this day. What this means is that if you have a good lawyer on retainer, and your employer, family, and friends don't mind you striking a blow for freedom, go ahead and get an upclose personal dance in the VIP room. If you can't risk it, travel beyond city limits to get your fun.Got something to say?
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I live in a town that used to have whorehouses, nude juice-bars and alcoholic topless bars. The "City Fathers" finally decided that was unacceptable, and they clamped down in a quiet but determined fashion. Now this town has none of the above three types of establishments, but no headlines were generated.
Alas, I had some of my best early experiences in Houston during the "good old days". My first lap dance ever was at the Colorado Bar and Grill. My first experiences with "extras" was at a now-closed place called "Paradise." Indeed, it was. I knew I was going to have an interesting experience there when I got out of my car and noticed that a dancer was blowing a guy in the car parked next to me. They must have wanted to leave the club to get some fresh air, because they certainly didn't need to leave the club for the activity that they were engaged in when I saw them. Their VIP area was the balcony area of what had previously been a theatre. You could lean over the edge of the balcony and motion for the girls onstage to come upstairs to see you. I think that this building has most recently housed a club called "Cover Girls."
Sic transit gloria! (Actually, her name may have been Esmerelda, not Gloria)