I have yet to visit Houston....

I have yet to visit Houston. I haven't been to the strip clubs of Tampa. And I haven't visited those of Las Vegas in a while. But I become more and more convinced that, pound for pound, St. Louis -- East St. Louis, to be more precise -- is the best strip club city in the country. Washington Park alone has three clubs that have given me a great time. I feel so comfortable there that I haven't even bothered to go to Brooklyn or Centreville or Sauget. Am I missing something? I could have become restless if Dollie's wasn't all that I hoped it would be, but because of my visit, I don't think I need to go anywhere else.

Barrel down Kingshighway, past the first-line sentry of Miss Kitty's, Hustler Club and Hollywood Show Club and into the heart of this rundown town. (As I've said in numerous reviews of WP clubs, I wouldn't feel safe at night this deep into the city, so I've always gone in the day.) Turn right when you see the sign telling you to go right. Go past the town police and fire departments (and ain't that a kick? At first I started laughing that these stuffshirts don't know what really goes on in a place just under their noses, but then I thought, maybe they do know but have better things to do on the job, like going after drug dealers and making sure kids are safe walking the streets before and after school and stuff. I hope they've made a commonsense decision to leave consenting adults alone. But anyway) and drive until the paved road become sandy pebbles. No problem seeing the shack, which is across from -- and this blows my mind because I thought this was the hood -- a cornfield. Be careful, the parking lot is as unpaved and uneven as the road getting there.

I went on a weekday afternoon. Cover is $2, and the guy gave me two tickets, if I recall correctly. You go to the end of the bar and give the bartender down there a ticket each time you want a drink, and it's free. This bar is to the right of the entrance; the "lap dance" area is to the left. Halfway down the room (and the club is just this one room) there's the restrooms to the right and one of three stages to the left. The second stage is just after the women's room, and the third is at the middle of the back wall. It goes from neon-bright to fairly dark as you go down the club, but there's a huge TV screen in the corner to the back stage's left.