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    Smiley Going to Portland!!!

    YAY!!! I'm heading down to Portland in June for the month!! I'm taking a "working vacation".

    I'll be staying in an apartment smack downtown but I don't know what my transportation situation is gonna look like just yet. I'm doing my best to make sure I have a car available for me by then.

    To all the Portlanders, are there any clubs you recommend for lil' ol me?


    (I'm so excited! I love Portland! It's gonna be awesome . . .)
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    There are a couple clubs that are right downtown. Mary's and Magic Gardens are the two that I recommend. Mary's can be pretty hard to get on the schedule, and if you do you may only get one shift a week. Magic Gardens really needs new dancers. Oh wait, I see in your ticker that you're under 21?? I'm not sure about Mary's but I don't think Magic Gardens would hire a minor. Minors CAN work in clubs with liquor here, but a lot of the smaller clubs are reluctant to hire them. I've never worked here as a minor so I don't really know what clubs to recommend, but a lot of the girls I know who started dancing before they were 21 worked at Union Jacks. In case you don't know the rules, under-21 dancers can't be out on the floor, they're supposed to go straight from the dressing room to the stage, and then back. As far as I know they're not supposed to do private dances either, but I've heard that Union Jacks does allow them to.

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    Default Re: Going to Portland!!!

    Do the lasdies there make lots of money?



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    Minors can do private dances since the private dance area is considered a "performance area" like the stage. Mary's doesn't hire them though.

    I think the DI is supposed to be good for minors though it's kind of far from downtown.

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    You should look into Mary's, Union Jacks and maybe The Hawthorne Strip. Those are the only clubs I can think of that are close to downtown and allow minors. Sassy's is close to you and I think they keep busy, but they book through an agency, Rock Star.

    The bigger clubs that I know have lots of minors working will all be about 20-30 minutes from you: Dolphin, Dolphin 11, Exotica and Stars. But if you are used to larger clubs, they may be worth the taxi ride.

    Send me a pm when you get here though, if you want to check out a club
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    ^^^ Mary's doesn't hire minors! Also, didn't anomar post a while back that Exotica wasn't hiring them lately, either?

    What about Cabaret? I haven't been there (how, I don't know, since it's so damn close) but I bet they get decent traffic.

    Mandy, you should really just come here for the fun of it and check out clubs when you can 'cause your situation age- and transportation-wise might limit you from working a lot/profitably. But it would be fun for you to pick up a few shifts, I'm sure, and see what it's like being in a club vs. a peep.

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    Sassy's no longer works through rockstar. However, they do employ lots of seniority in their booking and w/ 3-6 girls on a shift it can be hard to do.

    Exotica doesn't hire minors anymore, except for a couple of girls that have been grandfathered (heh) in. They let these two tiny blonde minors work but 90% of the time they appear on stage together and do only double dances. I've also noticed that they let another minor work but she has to get there at an ungodly time (like 9:45 am!) to be allowed to work.

    Do you want a hustle environment or a stage dancing one? Portland has both.

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    I don't think Hawthorne Strip hires minors either. I'd say Union Jacks is your best bet. It's not far from downtown (just on the other side of the river, and it would be super easy to take the bus there, or cheap to take a cab).

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    aw dang im gonna be down there sept./ october =(
    if i like it ehough i might just move there... washington is so strict about everything
    anyways tell me what its was like when you get back =)

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    If you are wanting to take a working vacation but don't know about your commitment options, you might want to try working with rockstar. Although they have some shitty business practices, they will a) hook you up with places where minors can work and b) get you lots of shifts. Probably more than you will want, in fact. But then you just have to audition once & then you'll get sent to clubs, instead of having to tromp around not working.

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    I forgot about Cabaret, that would be a good one. I haven't been, but it would easy to get to and from.

    Exotica is weird. I was working while they hired like 3 minors just a week after they kicked out all of the old ones. So I have no clue.
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    Thanks for all the info girls! I think I'm going to go ahead and give RockStar a call ( They sound terrible, btw. ) and try to work the clubs that way. But I am really interested in Union Jacks too.

    I don't mind working the floor but I think the stage is good for me.

    I know alot of the PDX clubs are hailed for being "alternative" friendly but I suppose it doesn't matter if you're not as long as you can put on a good show, yes? Do the girls with all the pole tricks up their sleeve make better money on average? Oh, did I tell y'all I'm gonna be taking Krisha CatZen's Pole for the Soul classes? I met her a few weeks ago and was totally determined to join in after that, lol. It's not even that expensive!c

    So, do you think my idea to take a "working vacation" down there is realistic or would be profitable? Cuz I'd rather have all my information straight before I make the commitment of staying down there for a month. Thanks alot for everybody's help on this! I really appreciate it.

    Oh, I forgot, I'd love to go check out any of the clubs but don't I need to be 21 to get in anyway? Damn 20! The most useless age EVER!! lol.
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    Theres a juice bar downtown called carnival.You can make some big$$ doing private shows there.Paula is one of the bartenders shes really nice shes also a member here.

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    Hi there Mandy! This is Paula from Carnaval. June is an excellent time to come down to work in downtown Portland. That is the time of our rose festival with many navy ships to dock. My club is a juice bar which means dancers between 18-20 can mix and mingle with the crowd. Private shows are our selling point. No sexual contact is allowed which means no "lap dances" but our private shows are priced at $140 for half an hour(you get 100) $80 for 15 minutes( you get 60) and $40 for 1 song(you get25) Only legal conduct allowed. Vip rooms are monitored by camera. Another fantastic aspect is that Carnaval is open until 4 am. We are surrounded by many nightclubs that get out at 2:30 so we have alot of men trying to sober up(and get talked into going to the atm) PM me for more info

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    Quote Originally Posted by anomar View Post
    Sassy's no longer works through rockstar. However, they do employ lots of seniority in their booking and w/ 3-6 girls on a shift it can be hard to do.
    I heard that Sassy's used to be high contact, but this was a few years ago. How are they now?

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    Quote Originally Posted by shane333 View Post
    I heard that Sassy's used to be high contact, but this was a few years ago. How are they now?
    ha!do you mean "grinders"
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    hmmm i thought you said you were a newbie and just started dancing.it doesnt sound like it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tinkerbell-blue View Post
    hmmm i thought you said you were a newbie and just started dancing.it doesnt sound like it.
    Me or Shane up there? I did just start dancing but then I came across an offer for a free apartment basically so I figured, why not see what Portland's like? Anyway, it doesn't look like I'll be able to stay down there for a month like I wanted to. Maybe 3 weeks AT MOST. But I still wanna go, if for nothing else than to just hang out in PDX.

    Anyway, thanks for all the suggestion girls! I'm definitely looking into it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tinkerbell-blue View Post
    hmmm i thought you said you were a newbie and just started dancing.it doesnt sound like it.
    I started dancing at the end of January at the Bang and the Cove, and I applied at Mary's but getting on the schedule was a bitch. I'm not sure who you think I am, but there's a few people on here who have met me and I've worked with PDXGrrly at the Cove/Bang. I've also posted a few times, including a review of the Cove when I first started working there.

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