The entrepreneurial spirit runs strong in the face of disaster. Witness the French Quarter, which knows it's customers.
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - In a sign that things may be returning to normal in New Orleans, strip shows are back in the city's famous French Quarter.You can cross silicone off the list of things New Orleans is short of...
Erotic dancers and strippers are entertaining crowds of police, firefighters and military personnel instead of the usual audiences of drunken conventioneers and tourists in Bourbon Street's Deja Vu club, which reopened this week.It's the first strip joint to resume business, three weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck in the worst natural disaster ever to hit the United States.
"It's nice to get back to work, and all these men need some entertainment," Dawn Beasley, 27, a dancer at the club, said on Tuesday night. "They haven't seen anybody but their buddies for two weeks."
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Ugliest strippers I ever do... (Below threshold)1. Posted by JimK | September 22, 2005 8:36 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Ugliest strippers I ever done seen in my life: French Quarter. Faces that could stop a hurricane.
But of course I wasn't blind drunk either... ;)
1. Posted by JimK | September 22, 2005 8:36 PM |
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Posted on September 22, 2005 20:36
2. Posted by pennywit | September 22, 2005 11:10 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
My grandfather used to hae a sign in his den. It said, "This weekend, the red light district will be closed for the policeman's ball."
--|PW|--
2. Posted by pennywit | September 22, 2005 11:10 PM |
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Posted on September 22, 2005 23:10
3. Posted by B Moe | September 22, 2005 11:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Strippers have faces?
3. Posted by B Moe | September 22, 2005 11:39 PM |
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Posted on September 22, 2005 23:39
4. Posted by Bryan C | September 23, 2005 12:46 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Strippers have a big advantage in flood situations, what with their built-in personal floatation devices and all.
4. Posted by Bryan C | September 23, 2005 12:46 AM |
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Posted on September 23, 2005 00:46
5. Posted by mark m | September 23, 2005 6:40 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Ehh...dunno about you but having a skankius maximus in my face amidst the overpowering stench of fecal soup in the air....yeesh, never mind.
5. Posted by mark m | September 23, 2005 6:40 AM |
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Posted on September 23, 2005 06:40
6. Posted by JAT0 | September 23, 2005 7:27 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
With Ted Kennedy hanging around town, what did you expect - that city knows how to pander to the special interests of its visitors.
6. Posted by JAT0 | September 23, 2005 7:27 AM |
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Posted on September 23, 2005 07:27
7. Posted by Cybrludite | September 23, 2005 8:29 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Really depends on which club you go to. Scarlett's actually had cute dancers who lacked boob-jobs when I went there New Years Eve 2001. The place with the manikin legs swinging through the wall certainly matched your description, though.
7. Posted by Cybrludite | September 23, 2005 8:29 AM |
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Posted on September 23, 2005 08:29
8. Posted by spurwing plover | September 24, 2005 9:45 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
TED KENNEDY and BILL CLINTON ill be there if it involves strippers
8. Posted by spurwing plover | September 24, 2005 9:45 PM |
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Posted on September 24, 2005 21:45