Woeful Wednesday

Haven't been out in quite some time but was in the Atlanta area and decided to visit Vivide after a long hiatus. Arrived at the club around 1:40, hoping that I wasn't too early. The parking lot seemed pretty empty and the overflow lot had workers and equipment active on it. I was prepared to have to pay the $10 parking but no one asked for it and Deon just did a fist bump hello at the door, no pat down. I paid the $10 cover, though the door girl hadn't even looked up.

The club has been described many times and nothing of note has changed. As expected, the upstairs was closed before 2pm on a Wednesday. I always use the "back staircase" to drop down into the first floor to better see what things are looking like. Things looked pretty sparce, with 5-6 other customers and 16 dancers out on the floor. Next was a quick stop in the restroom, which was clean and stocked, but the usual attendant was away.

Approached the bar where a bartender I hadn't seen before got my $5, off brand, water which was disappointingly room temperature. As a first, I had two different dancers approach me while I was still buying my water to ask my name and did I want a dance.... I plopped down in the second section near the DJ but moved when the beer delivery guy began loading in product with accompanying bright light. I wound up over next to the back staircase. My preferred two sections across from me already had customers getting dances.