I stopped here for the first...

I stopped here for the first time about an hour before closing time on Tuesday. Pulling into the lot, I wasn't feeling very encouraged, because the building looks like an OTT pretentious gentlemen's club, and I usually can't stand that kind of place. And it looked pretty dead from the number of cars. The interior is actually pretty nice, I'd have to say. Not the riot of neon, chrome and ugly glitz that typically passes for "classy". Just a simple "classical" motif that doesn't distract from the business at hand. And no useless tuxedoed flunkies getting in your way at every turn. However, the place was certainly dead, with with maybe 10 customers and 6 or 8 girls still working.

I noticed a cute slim blonde across the bar from me whom I took to be a waitress. In no time, she came over to enlighten me as to her true job description. After a bit of flirting and a well-timed flash or two, she led me back to one of the semi-private dance booths. (Nice decor back there, too.) I expected to only go for one or at the most two dances, but DAMN she was good, and, yes, hands did roam quite freely both ways, so I had no doubts about springing for four.

After a long night of offers from girls in the nearby clubs that just didn't push the right buttons for me, it was great to finally meet one who made my choice easy. Her name is Gia. She also dances at the Sundowner, although I didn't ask her whether she's Gia there, too. If not for her alone, I doubt if I'd have much to report on for Cristal's. But the fact is that she was there, so my rating, skewed or not, says don't miss this place. Gia did say that it gets a lot busier on weekends.