Tootsies was the home of my...

Tootsies was the home of my all-time favorite dancer, Yana, who I first met at the Master's Club in Myrtle Beach in 2009. She moved to Miami that summer and occasionally responded via e-mail to me, but I never thought I'd see her again. Then, on my visit to Miami last winter (2010) I went to Tootsies, and there she was! The first thing she did was run back and get me a Tootsies calendar - she was Miss March of 2010. And then we proceeded to have fun for the next three days.

Yana is simply one of the most gorgeous women I have ever seen. She's 22, from Moscow, with long blond hair, blue eyes, a dazzling face and a wondrous body. She's not the world's greatest dancer - sometimes she's even indifferent - but she makes up for that by being very sweet and affectionate. She never pushed for money, and she had genuinely interesting stories to tell of growing up in Russia and emigrating here to America. Sadly, last summer she married a rich Miami lawyer and quit the business. I knew she wanted out. At Tootsies, the girls all make their rounds on stage, which consists of three songs, one on center stage, and two circling the stage for dollars. After her turn, Yana came and sat with me. When I asked her about dancing on stage, she said she didn't like "showing pussy for dollar."

I will miss her.