Thursday afternoon I toured three theater...

Thursday afternoon I toured three theater type “clubs” here in The City. These were The New Century Theater, LA Girls, and The Market Street Cinema. All three had decent stage shows. In each case the lap dance area consists of either $40 topless only booths, or full nude booths for $80. Both choices have meters in all three venues, but they are used somewhat differently. All the booths offer a reasonable amount of privacy. In all cases the performers demanded their money up front. I keep swearing to never pay up front again and I need to stick to my guns. I was one of three customers at The New Century, of one at LA Girls, and of two at Market Street. My personal opinion is that the process (meters and monitors) and the “promise them anything, get the money up front, send them away disappointed and pissed” has put a damper on the business. Clubs in other parts of the country where the girls are more prone to fun and the dancers pay the club rather than run a meter, are full to overflowing. Try Treasures in Houston or Rick’s in Seattle for instance.

There were three or four reasonably attractive, but not very salacious, dancers working The New Century at 2:30 PM and one or two customers other than myself. After watching about three sets, I accepted a lap dance proposition from a silicone enhanced brunette who was probably in her late 20s. I was very clear about what I expected, paid the dancer $80 and fed the machine $20. While I don’t think she quite lived up to our agreement, the length of the meter run, at least, was not an issue. When I returned to the main stage, there were no other customers nor any performers. I left.