I Love the Nightlife by Carla Ridge

 
Greetings Fellow Bons Vivants! 
Carla Ridge here, your intrepid MASH nightlife correspondent, bringing you dishy dispatches detailing after-dark dalliances. Like several of your favorite MASH writers, I live in Los Angeles, so I hope you'll forgive the local angle of my reportage. Luckily, L.A. offers an amazing array of evening amusements, thus enabling me to ensure the varied entertainment value of this forum. 
What are my qualifications to relay news of the night? I like to go out and I have the wardrobe to prove it. I will mostly cover trips to dance clubs, bars, strip joints and parties, though you never know what else may creep in (and despite the title of this column, some newsworthy events may actually occur during the day). These pages will also acquaint you with my partners in crime. Alexander is my chief collaborator, but a few others can regularly be relied on for fun in the lack of sun. Their qualifications? A hearty appetite for sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll and reckless spending. 
Speaking of which, I should also apprise you here of my fascination with ecdysiasts, deshabilleuses -- strippers. In my humble opinion, there's nothing quite like the one-two punch of a cocktail and a semi-naked goddess undulating on stage for your delectation. Alexander and I will frequently visit one of these establishments on our way to or from some other event, but we will just as often make a night of sitting at the rail (or if we're feeling a slight puffiness in our wallets, relaxing on a secluded banquette with the aforementioned nymphs hovering inches from our persons). 
Just Monday night, Alexander and I joined J. and K. for a visit to Crazy Girls. I've been trying to catch a dancer there named Castle who has proven an elusive little minx (she was, in fact, not in attendance that evening). We shared a small table in the center of the room and proceeded to make a dent in our drink minimum. 
We happen to be fans of the natural breast and there were many to be spied that night. Among the stars in attendance was Heaven, a minute black girl with smoothed-back hair who is a practitioner of one of my favorite skills -- rhythmic butt cheek clenching. There's something a little carny, and thus wonderful, about this type of display. Katherine also took away our collective breath. A regal, Slavic beauty with her hair pulled up in an elegant do, her presence was spellbinding (on a subsequent night, I eavesdropped on her conversation and discovered that her accent indeed bore a distinctly Eastern European lilt; I seem to gravitate towards the foreign -- if I had a nickel for every guy I've given the eye who finally approached me only to reveal his charming but impractical lack of English...). Imagine Katerina Witt gliding by with bare breasts. She was so stunning that I found it hard to look at her once she left the stage. 
 
After about an hour, we moved on to Cheetah's, where upon entry we were nearly paralyzed by the sight of a perfectly diminutive specimen called Sophia (remind me to explore my predilections for the tiny). Alex immediately signed up for a lap dance. We three ladies sat at a table nearby, keeping a respectful distance and trying not to peek. At one point, however, the always hilarious J. exclaimed, "Oh my god - she's hammering his chest with her pubis! Should I make her stop?" The canary-eating look on Alexander's face assured us all was well (he didn't even flinch when she tweaked his nipples with great vigor - brave boy). 
We saw a smattering of pole work that night, for which Cheetah's is generally known, but not enough for my taste. And we were dismayed to discover that the captivating Heather, who had stolen K.'s heart a while back, was no longer employed by the club. Take it from me, gentle reader, there is nothing more heartbreaking than when a favorite dancer disappears. Sigh. Faced with that unhappy news, we departed. 
And as we did then, I must do now, but I'll be back before you know it to report on forthcoming adventures. Thanks for reading, and don't forget to ask yourself whenever possible, "What good is sitting alone in my room?" You know how Carla would answer: "Life is a caberet, old chum - so go get your groove on!" 
XO, 
Carla 
 
Table of Contents
 Flip back
© 1999 MASH magazine, All Rights Reserved.