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September 15, 2005
New Orleans opportunity
Now, just to be clear, I'm not completely down on New Orleans, its culture, or its residents. I've visited there and had a blast. But I'm pretty sure the culture will rebound. Here's a bit of an article in today's Austin American Statesman:
NEW ORLEANS — Saint Jones just needs lights and women. Then, he says, he could make a killing.
Jones is the manager of Big Daddy's, home of the bottomless/topless table dancers, famous for the swinging legs — mannequin limbs clad in fishnet stockings that kick suggestively out the front window of the Bourbon Street strip club. The sign promises the "prettiest girls in the South" and the luxury of washing the dancer of your choice.
Hurricane Katrina ran off all of Jones' performers. Now, with a city filled with thousands of men, most of them military and civilian workers, Jones sees opportunity. Dancers could make $500 a night easy, he says.
"This is a bigger convention than any convention we've ever had," he says.
There's a client base and assurances of restored electricity within days. But Jones isn't sure how to get 30 to 40 lissome and lovely ladies into the city.
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Saint Jones is hoping the uniqueness of New Orleans — including its penchant for sin — will not wither. On Wednesday, Jones learned his club was talked about on national TV.
He darts out onto the balcony above Big Daddy's and calls down to friend Terry Fredricks. "Hey, Terry, you know we made the 'Tonight Show?' "
Fredricks' eyes light up.
Jay Leno, Jones says, joked about washing dancers. "The water's kind of dirty," he quoted the comedian, "so they might give you a moist towelette to wash her down with."
"See," he says later, "everyone knows the swinging legs."
Hmmm, now that sounds like some good clean fun. ;)
Politics by Dan at September 15, 2005 09:19 AM