by Charisse M. on Weird how I walk into a gay bar and feel more insecure than I have ever felt anywhere else. Maybe it was the fact that it was a Monday night. Nobody likes Mondays. I'm definitely the outcast/minority... especially walking in with a group of four other straight girls. All eyes on us. Burning. "What do THEY think they're doing here?" Sigh. My mind is probably overactive and I am overreacting. However as we get settled in and order some drinks I am feeling good and more at home. Have a few conversations here and there, even get in a little dance move or two, take some pictures-- but let's face it-- it's a meat market and I am the grade D cube steak. Oops, self esteem drops another 10 points as soon as the drag show gets under way. Why do they all look exponentially better than I do? Why isn't my ass that perky? I want to dance and twirl too. Really, the truth is that I am entranced. I don't want it to end. I love the hood white girl with the big ass. I want to watch her shake it all night long. She let me touch it. I almost got electrocuted. In summation... I had a great time at Blake's. Drag show is six days a week, you can't beat that! I will be returning for sure and will aim for a weekend night. Because nobody likes Mondays.
by Lucy H. on I didn't think I would like this place, but it kind of grew on me - it had a nice crowd. The bar keeps are extremely friendly and my husband loved his tuna steak sandwich - he especially loved the fries. I thought the food was reasonably priced. I say it's well worth a visit and plan to hang out for a bit and some of their great beers!
by Lewis Hadden on Man, WTF??!!??? Had a HOT date Saturday night. I chose a great dinner spot (Ruth's Chris), was dressed as fly as can be, and allowed my date to choose what we did for the rest of the night. She wanted to dance and have (more) drinks. No problem, right? She chose Suite 181. Yeah, WRONG choice. Needless to say, parking in the Tenderloin is impossible. The DJ was Wack. He played some songs 3x (and even 4x) during the evening. Who does that? I mean, we were only there for 2 hours. Plenty of newly turned 21-year old fellas tried to hump (not dance with) but literally HUMP my date...then they'd see me roll up and cease fire. From there, they'd kiss my ass and tell me about how pretty she was. Yeah, thanks fellas (This happened on at least 8-10 diff occassions) SIDENOTE - Does anybody actually dance anymore, or just dry-hump in the club??? - END SIDENOTE Drinks were priced reasonably, and the place has plenty of bars. But it took 15 minutes to retrieve babygirl's jacket from coat check. The coat check chicks (say THAT 5x fast) were a lil inebriated, and had a hard time "matching things up". O...K As it was "Ladies Night", the club had MALE STRIPPERS on the lower level from 1100 until midnight. (Of course, she wanted to go down there, right??? Dammit!!) it was Sick! These dudes should have been ashamed. No shirts, bikini draws, healthy guts, and sunglasses?? Dude... ...I'm not the hating type and maybe I am too old, but I'd rather not attend another "party" at this joint.
