dedication

this blog is dedicated to a friend of mine at work named kristen. she told me that some magazine or something had named charlotte the manliest city in the u.s. because of all the things for men to do there. she said the report did not specifically mention strip clubs but it mentioned nascar and other things like that but she and i both know it is because of the strip clubs. charlotte has alot of them of all shapes and sizes (the clubs too). most women would actually probably enjoy going to strip clubs if they can manage to leave their jealousy at the door. some women can, some can't. most women will say that if a man has it at home, then why does he need to look at someone else. ladies, its because he's a man. we have to look. its genetic. it can only spice things up for you. he might even come home and "lay the pipe" to you.

first love- baseball or boobs?

i got to squeeze in both of my hobbies this past weekend. the penthouse club in spartanburg, sc and i did get to see some of the yankees-dodgers series from chavez ravine. i got to see them crush the yankees 9-4 on saturday and i got to see closer jonathan broxton blow a 4 run lead in the top of the ninth and george sherrill add to his astronomical era in the top of the tenth to lose 8-6. i know the yankees are probably the best team in baseball but damn! you have the perfect shit storm forming on the los angeles dodgers horizon. a cheap ass owner going thru a $20 million divorce, a manager in joe torre (joe's gotta go) who, when not surrounded by $200 million in talent and payroll, is not much of a manager, and a minor league system who's best talent is 2 or 3 years away from being major league ready (if ned colletti does not trade them away for has been major leaguers), and you have a team that is on the verge of a couple of 90 loss seasons. thank god for strip clubs! i need somewhere to drown my sorrows....i can wipe my tears on some strippers' boobs...

the penthouse club

6/25/2010- tonight i went to the penthouse club in spartanburg, sc. it was not hard to find and located only about a half mile from I-85. plenty of parking, nice looking from the outside, you step in the door, and the receptionist is behind the counter right there in front of you. i was really kind of put off by the $15 cover charge but i was there so i paid it and after i passed buy the security waving the wand over you, i went inside. the security thing is not a big deal and a very minor incovenience and a necessary evil. the club is as nice on the inside as it was on the outside. it has a huge center stage and two side stages. the club is totally nude and i did not know this until i got there. i was supposed to meet some friends there but i was there first so it gave me a chance to take the place in and see what was going on. i hadn't been there five minutes when two girls came over and started talking to me. i had one of them lay out the ground rules for me ($10 table dance, $30 VIP, $40 two-for-one specials about once an hour-they threw in a porn video which was pretty cheesy but it was still the best deal) and the night got started. they have these girls that go around and offer "shooters" to customers which to be honest is a real annoyance. that does not qualify as a necessary evil. it was not that crowded for it to be a friday night and there were probably 20+ dancers there and all with the exception of about two or three were hot. i got one lap dance and it was just average but the VIP room was a different experience. its located in the back of the club, you pay your money to the man holding down the fort, and then you go into a room where its just you, a couch, and the dancer with the door closed. the dancer that took me back there for the two-for-one made me feel very comfortable and we had a good time and it was worth it. i stayed about 3 hours and had a pretty good time. i would and will go back
my rating for the penthouse club itself would get a 9.0
my experience at the penthouse club would get an 8.5

undercover part II

taxpayer money was spent lavishly on this six month so officers could have a good time and enjoy themselves in these strip clubs so they could get six misdemeanor arrests. thats one a month. one misdemeanor a month for six months. i would love to see the final bill for this investigation. also on the front page of the charlotteobserver.com was the fact that several branch libraries in mecklenburg county were closing. god knows we can't afford that. teachers being laid off (lets be serious- they were fired) and libraries closing and an expensive six month investigation into bottomless strippers. it sounds like everyone in county government needs to be laid off, hire the teachers back, open the libraries back up, and leave the strippers alone. i believe i'll run for mayor.

undercover part I

on june 17, 2010 the lead story on the charlotteobserver.com website that afternoon was about the arrest of six female entertainers from charlotte area strip clubs on the charge of indecent exposure. indecent exposure at a strip club. what a novel concept. the article went on to state that these arrests were the culmination of a joint 6 month investigation between the CMPD (an off duty Pineville police officer) and the ALE, which i believe is a division of the ABC board or something like that. they went into these clubs posing as customers and these 6 girls were arrested for taking off their bottoms (they were searching for 10 more) thus resulting in the "indecent exposure" charge. six out of the eight clubs targeted were owned or operated by MAL entertainment.

boobs and baseball part II

6/7/2010- i really wanted to take in a myrtle beach pelicans game this afternoon but i did not realize that local college Coastal Carolinas had an NCAA baseball playoff game this afternoon so getting into the stadium was a bit of a hassle with all of that traffic trying to get out. once i got my car parked and everything it was no problem after that. i sat about four rows behind the pelicans dugout on the first base side, the sun was behind me, the temperature was about 80 degrees at gametime, a real slight breeze blowing and it was just a perfect night for baseball. BB & T Coastal Field is a very nice stadium, picturesque with the palm trees beyond the right centerfield fence, very fan friendly and it was a really good experience. Before the game i got to meet Deuce the Homerun Dog in the pro shop while i was buying me a hat, and after the game started i got to see him in action- he delivers baseballs to the umpire via a wicker type basket and the crowd gives him a well earned ovation. after the second or third inning the manager of the pelicans started throwing handfuls of bubblegum to the crowd. it was a real good experience and very professional. the pelicans won the game 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth inning.

after the game i decided to to to derrieres mens club on seaboard street and my gps led me right to it. i had looked up their website online before i left my hotel but it really didn't provide too much info outside of the fact that it was byob. i go in and there is a gentleman at the door and i told him i had never been there before and he gave me a breakdown on all of the rules and everything. you walk in and it is a big club with a large central stage. this was a monday night so i really wasn't expecting much but it wasn't bad. all of the women were very attractive and they did advertise the fact that it was myrtle beach's only all nude review and that they had 3 to 8 girls dancing on the stage at one time. true to their word, they kept three girls on the stage at all times. since they don't serve drinks i really didn't notice any waitresses (they don't need them) and it was just a matter of minutes before one of the dancers came over to me, introduced herself, and sat down with me. after a minimal amount of small talk she got right down to business but i politely declined her invitation for a VIP dance with the excuse that i wanted to get a better feel for the place. the next girl that came by (it was her first night) and she was learning the "rules" pretty much like i was. i took the plunge and got a VIP from her and the VIP room was monitored by an attendant who played a song on a system and the song was shorted after about three minutes and the dance was over. i did get a dance from an experienced dancer at the club and the dance was alot smoother but it still only lasted about three minutes.

The Derriere's Mens Club gets an overall rating of a 7.0
my experience there gets a 5.0

boobs and baseball warmup part II

6/6/2010- after i made it to myrtle beach i decided to go to thee dollhouse late in the afternoon/early evening. it has been 11 years since i have been to this particular strip club and alot has changed over the years. the first strip club i ever went to was thee dollhouse on yonkers road in raleigh, nc but i think it changed over into something else a few years ago. this is a nice club and because of the time of day that it was, it was pretty slow. there weren't many customers or girls in there at this time. it is a fairly sizable place with a big bar located kind of in the center of the club as well as a smaller bar along the left hand side of the wall. the stage is huge and comes out of the back wall with plenty of seating around it. i sat at a table kind of in the center and i was approached almost immediately by a waitress, ordered my beer, and she kept coming back to check on me so that wasn't a problem. there was a placard on the table listing the prices of the entertainment in the club ($10 for tableside, $20 for VIP couch dance, $25 for a "friction dance", $50 for 30 minutes with a dancer of your choice, and $100 for an hour i believe). those are not actually bad deals but i found out later on from one of the dancers that those prices are very misleading. for example, the dancer may get $100 for the hour but the club gets $600 for "rental" of the room making the total $700. if i looked hard enough i could probably find a high class hooker for that kind of money and should would do more than dance. one of the dancers finally approached me after about 30 minutes (i had tipped her while she was on stage) and struck up a conversation with me, spent quite a bit of time talking to me, before she ever asked me if i wanted a dance. i appreciate that kind of effort and time spent so i bought a couple of the $20 dances from her. she led me to a "private room" (they had the rooms numbered but i don't know what that was supposed to differentiate) so it was just me and her and a love seat in a back area of the club. it was very nicely decorated and is a very nice friendly club but you had better ask what the price is going to be before you agree to anything.
Thee Dollhouse rating gets a 7.5
my experience at thee dollhouse 5.0

warm up to boobs and baseball part II

6/5/2010- before i headed to the hickory crawdads game and the "afterparty" at thee playhouse, i stopped by leather and lace gastonia. i remember the first time i ever went to this club was probably around 2006-07 when i lived in gastonia and it was a dive of a club that actually had a hand-printed sign on the door saying "open" when i first walked up. this club has made great strides in appearance since then undergoing a complete remodel and it is much nicer and more spacious. the bar is on the right as soon as you walk in and it is bigger and better as well, the wait staff is excellent about always making sure you have a drink, and the dj's play the usual brand of rock and roll. there are two tables (maybe three) in the center of the club and everything else is up against the walls. they have a fairly small stage that comes out from the back wall and extends towards the center of the club. overall a very nice looking club. granted i got there at about 2 p.m. on a saturday afternoon which is not the optimum time to go to a club if you really want to have a good time but they had about 7 or 8 dancers there which i consider alot for a saturday afternoon at any club. the lap dances were either $5 or $10 (i'm thinking $5) and i had to pay $10 to get in. the VIP's are $20 (although i didn't get any). i stayed exactly one hour and only one girl approached me the whole time i was in there. there were only 3 or 4 male customers in there and in an hour, only one girl talked to me and i did buy a couple of dances from her. that brought my experience way down.

my rating for Leather and Lace Gastonia- the club itself gets a 7.0 but my experience while i was there gets a 2.5.

boobs warm up tour

6/4/2010- i did a little warm up before i started my official "boobs and baseball tour" on the 5th by going to Leather and Lace on South Boulevard in Charlotte and the Gold Club on Old Pineville Road in Charlotte. i have been to L & L South more than i have any other club since i began going in the early 1990's and it really hasn't changed much over the years. a very small, intimate club it has the bat to your right as soon as you walk in, a pool table a litle to the left of you as you walk towards the stage, the VIP area to you left as you walk to the seating area beyond the pool table and in front of the stage, and a small central stage area against the back wall.since this club opens early in the afternoon, there is a day and a night shift as far as the dancers ago with the night shift trickling in anywhere after 7 p.m. the dj's are good and play mostly rock music. the club is very small and intimate and has a mostly regular clientele and it is very easy to become a regular here with enough visits but i don't think i would consider this a club that needs to be actively sought it but you cannot beat the $5 lap dance (and they are usually good lap dances-the dj's don't short you on the songs) and the $20 VIP with alot of 2 for 1 specials there. there is also alot of diversity as far as the dancers are concerned on most nights. the club also has a nightly beer special, so if you don't want to spend alot of money but still have a reasonably good time then this is the club for you.
Leather and Lace South overall rating 6.0

My second stop of the evening was the Gold Club and this has always been one of my personal favorites. i love the atmosphere of this club. the door girl is right in front of you as soon as you walk in the door and you walk around the corner and the club is laid out in front of you. the L-shaped bar is on the far wall and the stage is to your right against that wall. the club is ornately decorated, has high back easy type chairs, tables with tablecloths and lit candles in the center, and i always feel comfortable and relaxed as soon as i sit down. the waitresses are always a constant so you never lack for anything to drink. the large VIP area is upstairs with several couches in which to choose from (the attendant is always on duty), its fairly well lit (i like to be able to see the girls). the club does offer a few extras-they usually have a masseuse on duty (i believe its $25 for 15 minutes and she is good as i have had several massages myself). the lap dances are $10 and the VIPs are $30 so this club is a little pricier but it is more upscale. they don't offer any drink specials that i know of. i usually have a good time when i go in there but it is a little pricier. they also open early in the afternoon but i have not been in this club before about 9 or 10 p.m. in forever. it is usually a late arriving crowd for this club.
the Gold Club overall rating 8.5

boobs and baseball part I

6/5/2010- i started my "boobs and baseball tour" of the carolinas tonight at a Hickory Crawdads game. I had to make sure i took in my nourishment so i went to the Hooters in Hickory before the game. Hooters are not all the same and i would have to rate this one as a good one and would rate it at a 9.0. i had nice friendly waitress who went out of her way to strike up a conversation with me and since i was by myself i really appreciated it. I had read on the Hickory Crawdads website before i left Charlotte that it was Madison Bumgarner bobblehead night and i didn't think it was a big deal since i had no earthly idea as to who the hell he was. evidently he was a big deal because i got there two and one/half hours early and i was just going to sit in my car and write in my journal. i figured i would be out there by myself but even that early, i was like the 5th car there. i was amazed at the flood of cars that came pouring in there and the line that developed 45 minutes before they opened the gate. i went ahead and bought my ticket but i wasn't about to fry standing in that line in the hot sun. i gave hope of getting a bobblehead because i figured there was no way i was going to be one of the first thousand to get in. i collect a little bit of sports memorabilia but still not a big deal because i did not know who he was. I have always liked L.P. Frans Stadium in Hickory. Its a great place to watch a game. i looked madison bumgarner up on thebaseballcube.com after the game and he is a big deal. a combined record of 27-5 in the minors and already in AAA baseball with the San Francisco Giants. he got in a few innings for them at the tail end of last year. he was a local high school product (south caldwell) and pitched in a different organization and i was impressed that the crawdads would honor him with a bobblehead.

Now for the boobs part of my review. My emphasis in this review will be on the clubs themselves and not really the dancers. i went to Thee Playhouse after the game and i had never been there before. Its easy to find and not too far from the stadium. i walk in and its $12 cover just to get in. that is steeper than most but i paid it and went inside. Its a sizable club with a large central stage that extends from the back wall to well past the center of the main floor with a couple of much smaller stages on the sides with the obligatory stripper poles. They had a bar on the opposite side of the stage and along the far wall. i sat at a table to one side of the stage but in the back row of tables. as in much of everything in life, location is everything and i did not garner much attention throughout the evening but that really wasn't why i was there. the waitresses kept coming by to check on me, and occasionally a dancer would come by. the "lap" dances were $10 (they moved you to a little couch area near the tables for that) and the 2-for 1 extravaganzas were $20 plus a test tube full of something with liquor in it, and regular VIP's were $20 as well. The VIP areas were in plain view of the rest of the club and they were fairly comfortable love seats. they also had a "champagne room" is i believe what they called it and it was a completely separate room that i did not go to. the best thing that thee playhouse had going for it was they had this segment where they did $1 dances (they would play pieces of songs and strippers would rotate after each piece of song) Overall i would rate this club a 7.5 and if i was in the area i would go back again.

Thee Playhouse- Overall Rating 7.5