Detroit Strip Clubs: Aints to Saints: how the New Orleans football team won the hearts of the nation
February 8, 2010 at 11:00 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsBack in New Orleans, in Bourbon Street, Jackson Square and the French Quarter, in neighbourhoods that were until recently scenes of dereliction, the city erupted in one giant party that lasted till dawn and set the scene for the ultimate Mardi Gras celebrations over the coming week.
People poured on to the streets in the team’s black and gold colours, dancing, hugging and weeping. “Who dat? Who dat? Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints?” they chanted. Jazz bands let rip. Bars blasted out When the Saints Go Marching in. Fireworks exploded.
Police officers gave up the pretence of staying aloof and joined the pulsating throngs. Strippers stopped dancing. Priests and nuns joined the uproar. The city’s newspaper, The Times-Picayune, printed nearly 200,000 extra copies of an edition that is certain to become a collector’s item. Even dogs were dressed in Saints shirts, and Mitch Landrieu’s election on Saturday as New Orleans’ first white mayor in three decades was overshadowed.
See the full article from “Times Online”
Detroit Strip Clubs: How the New Orleans Saints emerged from the chaos of Hurricane Katrina to win …
February 8, 2010 at 11:00 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsLas Vegas has the gambling dens and bright lights but when America wants to party hard, when the people want to let their hair down and not give two hoots how it looks, they head for the Crescent City.
The Big Easy has long had a reputation as a modern-day Sodom, a place where anything goes, where you can drink all day and all night, and where you are viewed a little strangely if you don’t.
It is a city of strip clubs and street hustlers, home of Mardi Gras and a place where, in the middle of the afternoon, women rip off tops and bras, and let it all hang out on Bourbon Street for no more reward than a baying crowd and a few necklaces of festival beads.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Early Mardi Gras at New Orleans
February 8, 2010 at 11:00 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsLOUISIANA: Ecstatic fans poured into
the streets of the French Quarter late on Sunday as storm-scarred New Orleans
celebrated its first-ever Super Bowl win by their beloved Saints.
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city famous for diversions – Mardi Gras, music and colourful politics, to name a
few – set aside distractions to focus on the big game. Even the strippers on
bawdy Bourbon Street stopped dancing. Instead, they joined thousands of
revellers cheering the Saints on live television sets at nearby bars.
“We have no music, no stages. It’s the first time I’ve seen a club
shut down and I’ve been doing this for five years,” said Sam Stonebraker, 34, a
host at Rick’s Cabaret. “The game is pretty much a once-in-a-lifetime event in
this city.” White fireworks burst in the distance. Strangers hugged, whooped and
hollered in the streets, waving flags, shaking cowbells and dancing to
spontaneous brass bands. College students embraced restaurant waiters. A
homeless man toasted beers with well-dressed tourists. Cameras flashed.
Motorists honked horns with a cheerful cadence usually heard only at Carnival.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Strippers and Vegans Raise Local Funds for Haiti
February 8, 2010 at 4:12 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsHaiti fundraising continues on a local level, featuring vice and virtue. A Toledo, Ohio strip club donated all the money from the day’s regular $10 cover charge to International Services of Hope, or ISOH/IMPACT. They raised $1,000. Two Detroit clubs the Landing Strip in Romulus and Subi’s Place in Southgate, have scheduled similar events this month with a goal of raising $5,000, the cost of sending a container of supplies to Haiti.
Meanwhile, a group of Los Angeles vegans raised $$3285.43 for the Red Cross with a bake sale. Yum!
Detroit Strip Clubs: Federal prosecutors call Detroit consultant a ‘political pimp’ at end of …
February 8, 2010 at 4:12 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsShe pleaded guilty last summer to conspiracy to commit bribery and resigned. She faces up to five years in prison when sentenced March 10.
The government said Riddle and Conyers worked together to shake down or attempt to extort thousands of dollars from strip club representatives, the head of a wireless company, a downtown businessman and a developer.
“Sam Riddle was a political pimp and he sold Monica Conyers’ vote to the highest bidder. … In Sam Riddle’s Detroit, the city is for sale. This cannot stand. It must not stand,” Gardey told the jury.
Riddle, 63, did not testify. Defense lawyer Edward Wishnow said Riddle worked part-time for Conyers and had a legitimate business helping people navigate the world of big-city politics.
“We all have special interests,” Wishnow told jurors. “If anybody needed a consultant, it’s a strip club. … Sam would be the perfect candidate.”
Detroit Strip Clubs: New Orleans explodes with joy after Saints win
February 8, 2010 at 4:12 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsNew Orleans explodes with joy after Saints winPosted: 09 February 2010 0311 hrs
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana: A city nearly destroyed by a hurricane five years ago exploded with joy as the New Orleans Saints upset the Indianapolis Colts, 31-17 to win their first Super Bowl.
Happy hangovers awaited the ecstatic fans who poured into the streets of the French Quarter late Sunday to celebrated the win by their beloved Saints in true cajun style.
A city famous for its diversions – Mardi Gras parades, Jazz music and colourful politics, to name a few – set aside all distractions to focus on the big game.
Even the strippers on bawdy Bourbon Street stopped dancing. Instead, they joined thousands of revellers cheering the Saints at nearby bars.
“We have no music, no stages. It’s the first time I’ve seen a club shut down and I’ve been doing this for five years,” said Sam Stonebraker, 34, a host at Rick’s Cabaret.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Government: Sam Riddle ‘political pimp’
February 8, 2010 at 4:12 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsGovernment: Sam Riddle ‘political pimp’
(AP) DETROIT – The government has given its closing argument in the first trial of a long-running investigation of corruption in Detroit.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David Gardey on Monday said political consultant Sam Riddle is “a political pimp” who “sold ex-councilwoman Monica Conyers’ votes to the highest bidder.” Gardey says “in Sam Riddle’s Detroit, the city is for sale.”
Riddle is accused of working with Conyers to shake down people for cash if they had business at the city council or Detroit pension board. A strip club executive says Riddle was wearing a gravy-stained track suit when he sought $25,000.
Closing arguments continue in federal court. Riddle’s lawyers say he was a legitimate consultant just seeking business.
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Detroit Strip Clubs: The Super Bowl XLIV Timeline O’ Sarcasm: New Orleans 31, Indianapolis Colts 17
February 8, 2010 at 4:12 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments1:00pm Central time, February 7, 2010 – CBS’s pregame for Super Bowl XLIV begins, brought to you by chips, beer, Bourbon Street, and Dwight Freeney’s ankle.
3:45pm – Katie Couric interviews President Barack Obama on the Super Bowl. Next, Keyshawn Johnson and Cris Carter debate health care.
5:00pm – Rihanna and Jay-Z open the kickoff show on CBS, brought to you by Hyundai, who proudly announce they are not Toyota.
5:12pm – Solomon Wilcots reports from the Saints sideline, wearing a pink tablecloth and a pink-yet-still-horribly-mismatching tie. HD TV was made for moments like this.
5:20pm – Carrie Underwood performs the National Anthem, clad in white stripper heels and an outfit that can only be described as “Naughty Ice Cream Truck Driver.”
5:21pm – The camera pans the players. Nice of Jeremy Shockey to wash his hair for the occasion. He looks like Kid Rock’s big brother.
See the full article from “Examiner.com”
Detroit Strip Clubs: Woman makes meeting to look at car, gets robbed
February 8, 2010 at 4:12 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsWoman makes meeting to look at car, gets robbed
MOUNT CLEMENS — A woman from Casco Township thought she was meeting someone in a parking lot to check out a used car she was interested in buying. Instead she was robbed.
According to Capt. Anthony Wickersham with the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office, a 24-year-old woman planned to meet with someone she had been talking to on Craigslist that was selling a car. The pair decided to meet up in the parking lot of the Traffic Light Limited, a topless bar located at 24500 Joy Boulevard in Mount Clemens.
The woman arrived at the location at around 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 3, with another female friend and two male friends, when a man approached her pointing a gun.
“While they were waiting in the parking lot a black male come up to her, pointed a gun at her and took her purse and money,” said Wickersham. “He kind of just rushed up on her and took her stuff.”
Detroit Strip Clubs: Riddle’s Detroit corruption trial nears a close
February 8, 2010 at 9:24 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsRiddle’s Detroit corruption trial nears a close
Associated Press – February 8, 2010 4:14 AM ET
DETROIT (AP) – Closing arguments are next in the first trial in the government’s long-running investigation of corruption in Detroit government.
Jurors have heard many witnesses talk about political consultant Sam Riddle and his work on behalf of Detroit ex-councilwoman Monica Conyers. They’ve also heard taped phone calls in which she tells him to get her some “loot.”
Riddle is accused of working with Conyers to shake down people for cash if they had business at the city council or Detroit pension board. A strip club executive says Riddle was wearing a gravy-stained track suit when he sought $25,000.
Closing arguments are set for Monday in federal court. Riddle’s lawyers say he was a legitimate consultant just seeking business.
See the full article from “WLNS”
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