The Viewpoint is a spacious and...

The Viewpoint is a spacious and clean facility, rather dark on the whole, with plenty of parking. I went in one afternoon on the way to Home Depot and had the usual vodka tonic, which was measured in a jigger and poured by a polite bartender. There was a beautiful girl on stage, and I figured it couldn't hurt to ask after a private dance. To my surprise, she said that private dances were "$25 for topless, $40 for fully nude."

RECORD NEEDLE SCREECHES ACROSS RECORD; ROOM GOES SILENT

The going rate for a fully nude lap dance in Portland is $20. There are nearly fifty clubs that operate by that standard. That's one song, some grinding and boobs wagging in your face, no hands, maybe some cheesy breathing in your ear. To pay twice the going rate for a naked dance is utterly foolish, especially with The Landing Strip not even a mile away (Columbia @ 60th).