WEEK 2
Friday December 12, 2003
It's easy to have a good opening night, so tonight is the start of the test of if we can last. It's always a risk with a new club, especially in an untested territory (the burbs).The night started off with the predictable panic of making sure we have enough dancers. (By the way, our cover charge is now $10 - it was $20 for opening weekend) By the time we opened, I won't even try to tell you how many phone calls were made here and there, and I also won't mention that Rabbit partied too much, didn't show up, and didn't have either Mandy or my phone number, so we didn't even know if he was ever coming back. "Welcome to the world of male dancers," Mandy said, in that way she has. "They are like children."But tonight was a great night, in my opinion, the Lounge is starting to find itself and its niche. We're not looking to have a big strip club. One customer who lives in Mississauga said "It's like there's a gay bar in our neighbourhood that happens to have strippers." There ended up being only 5 dancers available for private dances, 6 doing stage shows if you count our waiter Albert (which you should, he was a great sport and did stage shows all night long - he'd run up, put his tray under my table, take off his jeans, do 3 songs, run back, put his clothes back on, and continue trying to make a buck selling a few drinks - kudos to Albert for being part of the team). The dancers were great tonight - they started to see the potential for the type of place the Lounge can become. They all did way more shows than would normally be done, because of their small numbers. The visuals in the room are great, you can see boys on boxes hanging off a chain, and a spontaneous duo show even erupted at the end of the night between Lucca and a new dancer who we'll be introducing on the website next week. Mitch seemed to be super-popular in the VIP booth, I think everyone wants to see that great ass up close. "Baby Mario" danced tonight for the first time - he is someone who you'll probably see at one of our nights working as door person or waiter, and he's trying out stripping to see how he likes it. I'm not sure he's coming back, so I'll keep his photo from you for now.I sat down with the customers and talked, and tried to see how they felt about the atmosphere. Overall the feedback was incredible. Thanks to the 20 or so guys who stayed literally all night from open until close, you were great. And don't hesitate to say hi next time you're there, I'm always working Friday at the DJ booth.
It's easy to have a good opening night, so tonight is the start of the test of if we can last. It's always a risk with a new club, especially in an untested territory (the burbs).The night started off with the predictable panic of making sure we have enough dancers. (By the way, our cover charge is now $10 - it was $20 for opening weekend) By the time we opened, I won't even try to tell you how many phone calls were made here and there, and I also won't mention that Rabbit partied too much, didn't show up, and didn't have either Mandy or my phone number, so we didn't even know if he was ever coming back. "Welcome to the world of male dancers," Mandy said, in that way she has. "They are like children."But tonight was a great night, in my opinion, the Lounge is starting to find itself and its niche. We're not looking to have a big strip club. One customer who lives in Mississauga said "It's like there's a gay bar in our neighbourhood that happens to have strippers." There ended up being only 5 dancers available for private dances, 6 doing stage shows if you count our waiter Albert (which you should, he was a great sport and did stage shows all night long - he'd run up, put his tray under my table, take off his jeans, do 3 songs, run back, put his clothes back on, and continue trying to make a buck selling a few drinks - kudos to Albert for being part of the team). The dancers were great tonight - they started to see the potential for the type of place the Lounge can become. They all did way more shows than would normally be done, because of their small numbers. The visuals in the room are great, you can see boys on boxes hanging off a chain, and a spontaneous duo show even erupted at the end of the night between Lucca and a new dancer who we'll be introducing on the website next week. Mitch seemed to be super-popular in the VIP booth, I think everyone wants to see that great ass up close. "Baby Mario" danced tonight for the first time - he is someone who you'll probably see at one of our nights working as door person or waiter, and he's trying out stripping to see how he likes it. I'm not sure he's coming back, so I'll keep his photo from you for now.I sat down with the customers and talked, and tried to see how they felt about the atmosphere. Overall the feedback was incredible. Thanks to the 20 or so guys who stayed literally all night from open until close, you were great. And don't hesitate to say hi next time you're there, I'm always working Friday at the DJ booth.
posted by Todd Klinck at 7:55 AM
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