ASSC-CON EAST at Wagon Wheel, Baltimore

 Have just a few of hours between flights. Just returned from
 DC and ASSC-CON EAST, next stop: Hawaii.

 Had a GREAT time at the Wagon Wheel. 

 Let's see: DrD, the Bishop, Dave from New York, DunkonYou and 
 three or four lurkers. Great time meeting you guys. Thanks for the
 free beer. DrD, see you at CP in two weeks.
 
 The Wagon Wheel is a great down and dirty strip joint. Quick one song
 sets with audience participation, loud music, liquor everywhere, laps
 everywhere, guys hooting and hollering and drinking all night long.

 It looked like a scene from Sodom and Gomorrah: utter debauchery in every
 direction. Picture about 20 bikini-clad lapdancers writhing at all angles
 on top of men thru out a crowded small club. At both ends of the club are
 small stages with dancers surrounded by bachelor party goers. Loud, fast,
 and fun.

 I got laps from about 10 dancers and the level of lapdance ability was
 very high ( Personal favorites: Tess & Brawney ), higher overall than
 my home club, Chez Paree in San Francisco. Dancers were mostly in the 
 6 - 8 range, friendly, easygoing. ( One dancer did report to us that she 
 had just kicked a grabby customer in the head with her high heels. )
 
 Only downside is the waitresses hitting you up to buy a dancer a drink
 about every 10 minutes ( The dancers each need to sell 12 drinks, else
 they pay the difference. Drinks are $5.25 a piece, non-alcoholic. Most
 of the dancers just order a "regular", i.e., water, and sometimes just
 order a glass of ice )

 This club is worlds apart from ASSC-WEST headquarters, the Chez Paree
 in San Francisco. Overall CP attracts a more subdued, older crowd. WW 
 attracts a younger, louder, and raunchier crowd. At CP the ASSC members
 retire to a nice Italian dinner. At WW everybody is too busy drinking and
 shouting to even think about dinner. At CP the 3 song sets slow time down
 giving one time to talk about the meaning of life with fellow ASSC'ers
 & dancers. At the Wagon Wheel the 1 song sets speed everything up, it's a
 blur of activity. 

 Probably the biggest difference is liquor. At CP customers and dancers
 take breaks from the club to go out and get a drink. At the Wagon Wheel
 there are coolers full of beer, six-packs, bottles of Jim Beam at every
 table. The guys are all drinking, the dancers are all drinking - all
night
 long.  
   
 At Wagon Wheel the lapdances are all out in the open and the dancers are
 in bikinis. I guess the fact that the girls can see what other girls are doing keeps
 the overall lapdance level there quite high. At CP the lapdances are in private
 booths so there is a much wider range of lapdance proficiency. Everything from
 plain boring to unbelievably hot. At the CP one can get full nude lapdances,
 steamy private shows, etc. That's a plus.

 At the CP there is no bouncer "presence", it's too quiet for that. At the
 Wagon Wheel I was relieved that the bouncer ( "Tiny" ) was bigger than
 the young rowdies.  
 
 I would definitely be a regular at the Wagon Wheel if I lived within a state of it. 

 Aloha