Anyone been to Vivide at night?
I have only gone during the day shift, has anyone tried the place on a Friday or Saturday night?
Vivid. V live follies day shift
When I was there late December, they closed up at 7. I was surprised and pissed, I was about 5 drinks up, I planned on stop drinking and sober up a little before I hit the road. Nope! They kindly reminded the name of the club was " follies day shift" They said they were working on making it a all day / all night strip Club. I am under the impression it turns into a normal club after 8. If I am wrong I am sure I will be quickly corrected.
Strokers. Put a fork in it
Made the rounds of a few clubs yesterday. Started at Strokers around 3:45. Pre and even post Covid there was a pretty decent day shift at Strokers that could be hit or miss like many, but in total there were many fine looking women to be found on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday. It now appears to be a wasteland during the afternoon. I think I saw one or two dancers in the back corner along with maybe 15 customers. I left within 2 minutes and when I rolled into Pin Ups I recognized a Strokers regular that was literally a fixture attached to a high top near the stage on almost every visit to Stokers. So confirmed what I already knew. No more Ryder, Little Bit, Meagan, Alana, Tip, or any other quality spinner in sight on my last 3 tries at Strokers. Even the pool player regular has shifted over to Pin Ups. No clue where the women went. If I were the manager I believe I would create some type of incentive to get that caliber of women back. Maybe it's a night shift only thing now. That's my last trip until someone on the board posts up with some additional information. Thanks.
Tumble weed to the main stage.
To my understanding uncle joe is going to start sending 250-300 a month per kid under 18 starting in July till December. Toss in 1,400 per person in the house with the recent checks. Tax refunds, ppp, no evictions, unemployment, only fans, and 13 other government sources, I would suspect it will thin out the stripper population. I think there will be only two types in the club. Those that are driven enough to realize there is plenty of money that can still be made in the club and that have a demon problem that needs to be fed. As long as uncle joe has rent, the phone, door dash the nail lady and the weed man paid off, stripping is becoming less and less appealing. The club I am most familiar with (Nikitas in Welford, Sc) was the busiest I ever saw it on a Wednesday earlier this month. They had more customers in the club. By 830 then they would have had all night. Just 2 years ago. They have increased the minimum number of dancers per shift. To minimum. Of 7 but usually have 10 , now vs 5 in the past. I saw more incidents of dudes making it snow / rain in the last 3 visits then I have in the last 19 years. Despite how bad they say the economy is I think dudes have money to spend and with covid injections rolling out. Dudes will have the confidence to go to the club. I think it will unfortunately be a sellers market. Higher prices, fewer dancers, less options. There is a club in Charlotte that now charges 40 bucks at door for " non club members" good luck! YMMV.
The US economy is a freaking joke
[QUOTE=Ozymandias;5256140]Bitcoin kissed $60 k when the first checks hit; I'm sure it was a factor!
$1. 9 T is an almost incomprehensible sum of money. It's going to impact a lot of things.
(Not that I'm complaining about the bitcoin!).
O.[/QUOTE]Just giving you welfare recipient's a bottomless never ending supply of worthless free printing fiat US dollars. LOL. This is the most fraudulent free spending / no accountability economy that I've ever seen in my entire life. Smh. Time to move to Beijing. LOL.
Vivid, Diamonss, and GoldRush
[QUOTE=BangingBasil;5254662]Hey everyone. First time poster (in a while that is) but long time listener. Precovid I was glad to have met up with many of you at our beloved Follies. I became a regular there with first name basis with many dances, the entire bar and security staff. Man I miss clubs but wanting to get back into the swing of things. My question is this, of the clubs now open, are mask an acceptable thing or is it few and far between. Honestly I've loved the extra anonymity to be honest. Been hitting the streets but stripclubs is where my little friend comes alive. Appreciate the info in advance.
P.S. - anybody up for a day exploring at a club let me know. Since working for home I like to get in early since I make my own schedule and have to do the family thing in the evenings. Cheers in advance and happy hunting![/QUOTE]No employee, except male security) is wearing a mask. Patrons are hit or miss, no one says anything.
At Diamonds a month ago, employees wear them, many of the dancers had them on their face but must below the chin and none while dancing for a patron unless the patron was also wearing one. But remember that Diamonds is close quarters, if it has a decent crowd, you are rubbing shoulders with others.
Gold Rush, last time there was January and bar tenders were wearing them, MGRs / Bouncers were hit or miss, dancers were except when dancing for a patron unless the patron was also wearing one.
RE: The US economy is a freaking joke
[QUOTE=JohnnyMapalo;5256211]Just giving you welfare recipient's a bottomless never ending supply of worthless free printing fiat US dollars. LOL. This is the most fraudulent free spending / no accountability economy that I've ever seen in my entire life. Smh. Time to move to Beijing. LOL.[/QUOTE]Orange Scumbag was kissing Xi's ass, just like he was kissing Kim Jong's ass and Putin's ass. Biggest Commie I ever saw.
RE: All star weekend at Club Platinum
I pretty much agree with your review of the Platinum. It's about the closest thing to Follies, which doesn't mean it matches the level of quality and fun that Follies was famous for.
In particular, I don't like how small the club is and how tiny the parking lot is. Follies parking was not ideal either but still way better than dealing with the insanity of Platinum, and was actually easy during early day shifts. I think I'm only going to take Uber or Lyft to Platinum from now on to avoid the hassles of trying to find a place to park.
I'm glad to hear the billiards table to the right was replaced with couches. It's basic common sense that patrons come into the club for pussy, ass, and tits, not to play pool.
I hope more white and Asian dancers show up at Platinum, but I ain't holding my breath. It's always been a black club and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
[QUOTE=EvaSparkling;5242215]This review is a result of my visit to Club Platinum on Saturday March 7th, 2021.
This's my second visit ever to Club Platinum.
The Inside of this club has been described multiple times by various contributors. The major difference I observed while there since my last visit was that the pool table by your immediate right is gone and replaced by multiple couches. Also there is a VIP area couple of stairs down by the DJ Booth that cost $50 to enter & is opened from 2:00 PM to 9:00 PM Nightly.
I arrived at this club around 7:30 PM & didn't leave until closing time around 2:45 AM.
Entry fee on this particular night was $20.
I got multiple dancers from various strippers and there were some truly memorable ones.
Something to be aware off seems that from 8:00 PM until closing time this particular club turns into a Make it Rain club & it can be difficult to get a hot dancer attention if you're not blowing a bag.
Overall music theme is HipHop / Rap with mostly Black dudes throwing stacks upon stacks on dancers.
I ordered a Red Bull at the bar which cost only $5..[/QUOTE]
New York. Never seen her. What's the deal?
[QUOTE=PChops1;5261271]Yes she does work at blaze and she is still giving those great dances. I saw her on a Sunday around 4 pm. She said she typically works around that time almost everyday. Go get that dance![/QUOTE]Been to a few clubs over the years. Mainly pinups follies and strokers. A little at club wax.
I've heard New York mentioned several times over the years. Mainly those asking if she's back or if she's working anywhere.
What's so good about her?
Is it worth a drive just to see her?
Update on Vivid, Goldrush, Pinups
I was at Vivid yesterday afternoon from about 4-6, place was OK but not hopping. Got a few decent dances but no stick shifting. The one redheaded gal with store boughts won't play as nice as she did the very first time because I won't take her to VIP where she said she charges $2-$3. 3. 3. I have not seen the Boppsy Twins, also known as Dumb & Dumber, in a few weeks.
Anyway, I spoke to one of the managers who used to dance at Follies, she it the one that is sometimes on door-guard duty. She said that the place is essentially two business in one, she called it a hybrid. After 9 PM it becomes an almost regular nightclub but with dancers. All the chairs (not couches) and stages are removed and most everyone is up dancing. If you are there before 9 you can stay, otherwise it is whatever the door fee is for that night and last night was $100/ person and it was pretty much reserved already for some rap-star's birthday or something.
As for dayshift, they are still trying to get the girls and customers to show up regularly. There are two pretty hot looking Latinas who won't get off their asses on the couch at the bottom of the stairs and their phones unless you go sit with them. Bad for business.
Then went to GR and it was totally dead, one dance. Security said it was trick change but the girls are hovering in back, from 8-8:30 not a dang thing happening.
Then to Pinups for the first time. Three rooms, one large main stage area with one-side blocked off for VIP seating, a middle area which was OK but no real back wall, and a pool room\hookah bar where there are way too many lights on which prevents any real fun. Dances are $5 each but parking is $10 and entrance is $20 (no military discount). I started in the main room and did not realize when I sat down that I was right next to the door leading to the girls changing room. The air circulation was such that I was constantly breathing the smoke and weed of the guy to my left sitting 10 feet away. I then moved to the pool area which has far less smoke. Got a dance but did not have time to stay later.
Sorry for the novel.