End of the Nude Newbies (for now)

Last Monday was our final "Nude Newbie Night". The Monday nights just... well.. died. I could analyze it, but it just wasn't meant to be. Maybe it's a winter thing - because we were standing room only on Mondays - it was our most popular night. So what we decided to do was focus even more on Cyber Saturdays. Now the Lounge is Wednesdays for Shemales, and Saturdays for Nude Boys. This week I'm out of town in Vancouver, but I'm sending in a carload of hot nude boys, including one brand new hottie named Trent.
So come on down - the last 4 Saturdays have been a very nice crowd, and no less than 8 "nude boys" each week. This weekend we might have even more - I know for sure Silverrr, Marcos, Stifler, Rubin, Marshall, Maxxx, and Trent are coming from the studio. Of course Caesar will be there, and possibly Latte. See you next week! (Also of note - our newest video starring Maximus, Oliver, Marcos, Jonas, Patrick, and a couple other auditions is coming out today... check Mayhem North for more details.)

Re-birth of the Lounge

As I've mentioned before, being involved in any new business is scary during the first year - and particularly so when it's the type of business Mandy and I are trying to create. We have a lot going against us - for one, the location. The basement of Diamonds Cabaret is not where one would expect to find hot nude boys and exotic shemale strippers. But we've persisted, Mandy has been at the Lounge with her shemales since March 2003, and we've now been open with nude boys since December 5, 2003. June was slow - but we carried on. I was impressed with Mandy's resilience - she has a lot of experience from the years, and she maintained the environment she wanted to create, and the quality of boys, even on the days when we were a bit slow. Diamonds was slow upstairs as well - partially because of the new No Smoking rules, and partially because June is a slow month - it's the beginning of summer, people want to go outside. The good thing is, the boys always seem to make money, even with a small crowd, because the men who visit the Lounge tend to want to take advantage of the $10 VIP dances as well as watch the shows. Very few people walk through those doors without trying a VIP dance. We put a lot of effort into our Pride promotions, and put new ads in the papers in the 905 area - the View in Hamilton, the Pulse and Echo. Starting last weekend, Canada Day weekend, it felt like the Lounge was re-born. The customers started coming back in in larger groups, our old regulars, and a lot of new faces. The great thing is, even during the dry spell, there was always a show, the boys always stayed until 1:30am, and any customer who came in would stay for most of the night. In my opinion you're doing something right when people come in and stick around. Though we have never promised a packed house with 100 screaming customers (lets face it boys, you're here to meet hot boys, not each other!) we need customers, so it was nice to see the past few weekends and Mondays with a great crowd. Also our Cyber Boys have been a great help, promoting the site on the internet to their chat-room customers, and making sure there is always "fresh meat" (as part of their job, they are required to make an appearance at the Lounge at least once every 3 weeks - we have around 20 Cyber Boys, so that guarantees a lot of fresh faces). Last night was one of the best nights - everything flowed, there were 9 nude boys, including Maxxx, one of our Cyber Boys who worked as your server. We've decided to bring our Cyber Boys in as servers whenever possible, that way they can put down their trays and take their clothes off from time to time, then get back to work. I've updated a mish-mash of photos from the past while, which are posted on the front of the site. I think we're doing something really unique at the Lounge, and we've got a great group of guys - no attitude, no high pressure hustling, less of an emphasis on the "show", more on nudity, so I have faith that we'll be just fine... Mandy and I are very patient.
Hope to see you soon!