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Strip Club Memories – Color Me Harold

Working at the strip club wasn’t always bad, in fact, there were a lot of good times I shared not only with the girls, but customers as well. Over this past weekend, while writing another Strip Club Follies installment, I remembered an instance where all the dancers I worked with showed kindness and compassion to a very special customer.   His name was Harold.   The first time I met Harold, he came bumbling into the club with a big smile on his face, and a backpack slung over his shoulder. He…

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Artist of the Week [Be You Media]

I am extremely excited, honored and proud to be the Artist of the Week on Be You Media Group! Please take a moment to check out the article and of course, the rest of Be You Media Group’s site!    Grazie Mille!      

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“Sexy Disco” Haiku [poetry]

When I traveled to Italy in 2011, I learned the phrase “sexy disco” from Matteo, my sexy Italian tour guide on my ride to the Amalfi Coast. I found that “sexy disco” is the term for strip clubs when I told him where I worked at the time. From what I understand, they are nothing like the gritty clubs of the US. Matteo wanted to take me to see a “sexy disco” when we returned to Rome. Unfortunately, I did not take him up on that offer.  The following haiku (I took some Jack Kerouac…

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