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The Myth of the Perfect 36: What I Learned About Stripping and Life From Carol Doda

Nov 16, 2015 08:35

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duccio November 16 2015, 17:37:27 UTC

I only went into the Condor once. My cousin and I were wandering around bar hopping - mid 70's. We'd started at Mission and Embarcadero (Riordan's it was called - the place that is kind of French/Parisian architecture that is now a power lunch place for the elite, across from where the fireboat's dock). We worked drinking our way along the Embarcadero to Fisherman's Wharf and then up Columbus to the Condor. We went in and got our two drinks; we sat at one of the small tables. Somebody was doing a desultory strip and we were the only people there except for a rapt Asian man sitting alone at another table. It was pretty sordid. I had been tripping when I met up with my cousin and we started on our Odyssey, so the alcohol wasn't affecting me too much (heh, now I learn it was mostly water). I think we went to the Li Po on Grant after the Condor, then went back to my house and crashed ( ... )

kdotdammit November 19 2015, 01:35:35 UTC

Every time I went there, Carol Doda was sitting at the end of the bar, white dress and fur boa or stole, next to the grande twin cylinders of the cap machines, sort of holding court with well dressed dudes who looked like financial district types or district attorney-looking people.

Yep, you nailed it!

I'm glad I wrote it too. I needed to and wanted to.

johnny9fingers November 16 2015, 19:23:07 UTC

Wow.

As usual, when you write this sort of stuff, it is the most unbelievably gripping read.

Your servant, Ma'am.

kdotdammit November 19 2015, 01:36:05 UTC

And as usual, when you respond to my writing like this, you give power to my voice and give me the inspiration to keep going. THANK YOU!

alicetiara November 16 2015, 22:13:40 UTC

This is incredibly well-written and compelling! You took me right there, to that time and place.

kdotdammit November 19 2015, 01:36:31 UTC

Thank you so much! I'm inspired now. I feel really good about it. And as far as I can tell, it only has two typos!

oh my pigshitpoet November 16 2015, 23:42:26 UTC

that's some read!

thanks for sharing it..

where does that leave you in the picture now? stripping is such a tease, but then so can sarcasm be..

i think men strip with fists, they beat each other into naked submission, like apes.

at least the girls have taste, and pasties!

; )

Re: oh my kdotdammit November 19 2015, 01:37:20 UTC

Where does that leave me now? Writing something like this to demystify the romanticization of stripper culture etc. To take out the tease and put in the reality.

Re: oh my pigshitpoet November 19 2015, 06:37:50 UTC

OK!

danthered November 17 2015, 05:10:25 UTC

Awesome! And I mean it-here's proof I actually read it. It's still a thing, as it seems.

kdotdammit November 19 2015, 01:37:53 UTC

YAY!!!! Proof, and of course you approve of that period detail. BTW -- I tried that stuff. It's really shitty for collages, but the packaging is awesome. :)