Part 29: East St. Louis

I got off work in Champaign, Illinois mid-afternoon on a Friday. Since I was within three hours of St. Louis, I decided to head down for a weekend getaway. I stopped on the way to get gas and a tuna sandwich at Subway. I arrived at the Holiday Inn in Fairview Heights around 6pm and got washed up.

I started the evening at Casino Queen in East St. Louis. This is probably my favorite casino in the Midwest. I lost around $160 over the course of a couple hours, then headed out to Miss Kitty’s, which I had not been to since December 2012. I asked the bartender for a 7UP or a ginger ale. What I received was a club soda. The strip club was very dead and all but one of the dancers exhibited damage from pregnancy. The one dancer who was not “stretched” would have been the only one I would have banged. I decided to leave after an hour and headed for a door with an exit sign. The only problem was that I had just walked into the VIP room. The bouncer shouted and chased me down. The exit is the same door one enters the building.

I decided to jump over to Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club a quarter to 1am. I had always avoided this strip club because Deja Vu/Hustler Club chain is the McDonald’s of adult entertainment, but I decided to give this strip club a go being that it is one of the only ones I have yet to step foot in the St. Louis metro area. I was impressed how the club was decorated so exquisitely for Christmas. I sat in the back next to a Christmas tree and enjoyed a few Cokes. I took in the sights for most of the night, scoring the line-up and occasionally walking up to the stage to throw a few dollar bills. I ended up getting four couch dances from a pale brunette from Kentucky named Skylar. I would’ve loved to put a carrot in this filly’s mouth, but the Hustler Club is one of the few “clean” clubs in Washington Park. Around 3am, I was feeling burnt out and headed back to the Holiday Inn for the night.