strider1620

I thought it might be interesting to start a thread comparing strip clubs region to region, as they vary incredibly... Calgary: No CRs, no private dances, nada... due to local bylaws apparently. The dancer is escorted on and off stage by a bouncer(!!). After her performance, you are invited to toss loonies and toonies into a rolled up poster that she catches the coins in. If you get the most money in, you win... the poster. I learned these sad facts at the French Maid in downtown Calgary two years ago. If the situation in Calgary has improved, please advise (I do travel to Calgary often). Otherwise I will be staying away from the SCs in Calgary. If I want a Budweiser poster I'll go to the damn beer store!! Winnipeg: Sat at a club for an hour, not approached by anyone. Club was dead dead dead (don't remember the name) - maybe 5 customers, maybe 2 dancers. I wouldn't have stayed at all if I hadn't paid for a cab to get there! Do not know if CRs or private dances are available in Winnipeg. Please advise if you know. Toronto: Have not been in a club in Toronto in over 5 years so I really can't say what they are like now. Don't know if they have the same open concept rules in force as in Ottawa. Ottawa: My hometown. About two years ago, new rules came into force making open concept CRs rather than the private booths they used to allow. You can still get a damn fine dance though. Thank your lucky stars you don't live in Calgary! My very favourite club is Barefax, followed by Nuden. I have a very special favourite dancer at the Fax right now but sorry guys, she's my little secret for now. She's a real treasure. Friday Showcase is a particularly good time to be there (lunchtime) but I do hear that this is now common to all clubs in Ottawa. A tip - chat up the dancer you like before Showcase and maybe she'll pick you, otherwise you might end up with anyone. Gatineau: It's too damn inconvenient for me to cross the river, but I've heard it is worth it. Might have to try sometime. Montreal: Strangely enough I have never been to a club in Montreal. My French is too lousy to work in the city so I'm never in Montreal. I've heard the clubs are the best in the world, but that one legendary club on St. Laurent is closing down for a condo development or some damn thing. Moncton: I worked in Moncton for close to six months, and had the marvelous opportunity to spend countless evenings in a nice little club just inside Dieppe. Don't remember the name. Some very nice girls in Moncton, although some were hit and miss. They still have private booths, and most girls were really friendly. Special mention to Katrina who sat with me for almost two hours drinking with me, and then took me for a very memorable dance (not nearly long enough as we drank so much of my dance money!). Unfortunately never saw her again, not that I didn't go looking for her for weeks. God bless you Katrina, wherever you are! St John's: I went pretty early into a club on the main drag of St John's one Friday night. Again, don't remember the name. Lots of girls were there, but none approached me. Stayed for an hour or so. Don't know what the rules are like. Please advise if you know. Still in St John's, I tried a burlesque show the following evening. Big mistake. If you're used to exotic dancers, burlesque girls are definitely not up to the same standard. It was going so-so until a very old, ugly man in drag appeared on stage and sang "cocksuckers for love". Yuck!! The crowd loved him but not me. I fled at intermission. Will not go to a burlesque show again!! Please share your cross country experiences so we can know what to expect when we travel across this great country of ours!

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Am I the only one who still laments the closing of not one but ALL Hooters restuarants in Ottawa? When the closing of the market Hooters coincided with the firing of my favourite Barefax dancer in 2006 (Madison, by the way), I seriously asked myself "Why do I even work downtown anymore??" Posted via Mobile Device

My name is also from Lord of the Rings. Strider is King Aragorn's Ranger name. I've always liked it and have used it as an internet handle before. I always thought King Aragorn was way cooler as a Ranger than as a King. I always tack a semi-random number onto internet names, and this number happens to be a variation of a code that I use all the time. Posted via Mobile Device