It was 8:00 PM Wednesday night...

It was 8:00 PM Wednesday night when I stopped into Jiggles for the first time in a couple of years. There’s a $10 cover charge and that includes your drink. Soft drinks only, this is an 18 and over club. I ordered a diet Coke and stood (there are no seats) at the bar to watch the show for a while. The crowd was small because it was still early and there was approximately 10 girls working. I have never found that the girls here match up to those at the larger, fancier, full bar clubs in the Portland area. Most here tonight were between 4 and 7 with one somewhat older dancer who I thought was an 8.

There was one stage going and I could see another one that would probably start up later in the evening. The girls don’t get tipped very much at Jiggles when they dance on stage and frankly they don’t deserve any tips. The only dance one song, each of which is done without enthusiasm. Most just flash their boobs and don’t even get totally naked. They only want to sell lap dances. If I owned this club all dancers would dance two songs and be fully nude early in the second song. Their income would go up significantly from tips at the stage plus they would sell more private dances. I’ve often seen girls pickup $30 (and more) at Portland clubs for two songs when they put on a good show. I suppose this is mostly the fault of the owner.

After about 20 minutes the older dancer (mentioned above) came over and started a conversation with me. She was an attractive 30 year-old who had just driven down from Seattle that day. She told me was going to stay through the weekend to try and make some money. Despite the fact that the adult population of Seattle is fairly liberal and have on several occasions voted down silly proposals restricting adult freedom, Seattle’s sanctimonious mayor, Greg Nickels continues his bizarre crusade to stomp out the evils of unclothed women. Currently police are raiding the Seattle clubs on a regular basis and no one can make any money.