Subject: (ASSC) ASSCon-SF4: Impressions from an ASSCon rookie
Date: 1999/07/11
Author: the_rave <the_rave@my-deja.com>
  
Even though I live only an hour from San Francisco, I don't go strip 
clubbing there too often. Basically, I need a reason...either a feature 
I'm *dying* to see or a gathering of like-minded individuals I know. In 
last night's case, we had both. Presenting: ASSCon-SF4. 

I started my night at Mitchell Brothers...my activity was limited to some 
stageside tipping, because the night was young and I didn't want to put 
too much of a workout on my wallet before meeting up with the group. So, 
no lap/wall/VIP dances, just some observing from the corners of the NY 
Live stage for a couple of hours. Of the six or seven dancers I saw at NY 
Live, Rochelle gave the most compelling performance and the nicest views 
:-)

Now, on to Crazy Horse for the main event, around 8:30pm. First off, kudos 
to DragonFly, our de-facto host for the evening. De-facto in the sense 
that the plan was "go to Crazy Horse sometime between 8pm and 11pm." End 
of plan. After a bout of deductive reasoning, I finally discovered our 
group, which by the end of the evening numbered around a dozen. I will say 
that my tastes in strip club dancers tend to run somewhere between "real 
world beauty" and "gentleman's club gorgeous", so my initial impressions 
of the CH were not so hot. "Wannadances" bounced off me as if I were a 
trampoline.

Finally, after an hour of just watching, I saw Shanelle, a cutie with 
curly, shoulder-length blonde hair, wearing a black teddy. At  last...the 
seal was broken, and we were off to the lapdance room. $20/song "regular"
(clothed), $40/song  topless...I will talk about the differences later. 
Shanelle and I go for a couple of regular dances...at the start, she 
wanted to grind on me with the subtlety of a triphammer...gentle whispers, 
and my hands on her waist guiding her eased her into a rhythm more in with 
the beat of the song. Once she curbed the *bap-bap-bap* nature of her 
initial grind, I found the experience with her very satisfying. Thumbs up 
to Shanelle :-)

The feature performer of the night was J.R. Carrington, with help from her 
sister Jenna (brunette, stacked, gorgeous), and her "sex slave" Tatiana 
(blonde, pretty, not stacked like the Carringtons). The crowd just ate up 
their three-girl show, complete with oil, dildos, spanking paddles, and 
plenty of on-stage coupling and tripling. Hot stuff! And I loved the 
choice of the song "Sit On Your Face" (I don't know who it's by, but it 
has a female vocalist to a rough, grungy-type guitar riff). The view was 
best from the sides of the stage, because if you were sitting towards the 
back of the theatre, facing the stage, there wasn't much to see but 
indiscriminate grinding.

The other performance I was closest to the stage for was the two-girl set 
featuring Paradise (after the JR Carrington feature). My apologies for not 
remembering who her partner was, because, she didn't make it over to where 
I was sitting w/Dara. Much thanks to Dara for intro'ing Paradise to me...she 
was a gem to behold; time and funding permitting, I will definitely want 
an closer-up-close look & feel.

My favorite of the night was Farrah. She's blonde & drop-dead gorgeous. 
After *playfully* twisting my arm and convincing me to dance with her, we 
were off to the VIP room. This woman is a sweetheart, to boot! As with 
Shanelle before, it took a little guiding to keep her from giving me a 
triphammer-like pounding...but Farrah was very  receptive, very sensual, 
and VERY sexy :-) Initially we did a four- song regular set...then later 
in the evening before we adjourned, we did a two-song topless set. My own 
personal take: the only difference between the two types of dances was the 
toplessness. There was no discernible difference in the intensity of the 
dance by going topless. Farrah *DID* make the second go-round very very
enjoyable...and it was disappointing for both of us when she had to "get 
off her horsey" :-) 

Highlight of the night was later on when Farrah came to visit and I gave 
her a backrub for about 10-15 minutes. Idle hands need to keep busy, you 
know :-) I did promise Paradise an appointment with my hands next time I'm 
in the City.

All in all, it was a wonderful night. Great to meet some of the people and 
put faces to the names I see on the NG and in #ass-c. Thanks again to 
DragonFly for putting it together...to DF, Laar, Jem, Tallguy, Dara, Bob 
Smyth, Edgewise, everyone I met...it was great to meet you all.

The_Rave in Cal