Category Archives: Nightlife

New Year’s Eve 2007 Pattaya

On the afternoon of December 31, 2007 heavy lorries, pick-up trucks and 125cc motorcycles with sidecars exited from the distributor at the end of my soi with thousands of beers every minute. Thousands of Thai and farang tourists were flocking into the city for the year’s final drunk in the beach resort’s countless bars, go-gos, […]

Bible Reading Stripper Pool Party – 1995

Scottie Taylor Joel Bernard and me in LA BBQ for a Strip Club in North Hollywood 1995 Easterners – New York City, Haiti, New England imported for color. The months I was in LA, I never heard a joke or a good story, but the three of us had a good time. Scottie and I […]

Train Travel By Night – July 27, 1983 – Paris – Journal

Night time Someplace in America Friday night Travel by night o fun Nothing to see, but Darkness Sometimes passing through small town. The semi-blue TV glow In the living room window Marking the passing houses Upstairs All the children asleep___ Mom and Dad have gone out For dinner, for drinks, with their friends In the […]

It’s Da Shoes

As a doorman in New York, London, Paris, Hamburg, le Sud de France, and Beverly Hills from the 1970s I to the 1990s the bosses always asked about my criteria for admission. Many other doormen said, “Shoes.” Me, it was a look. A look like you wanted a good time without any trouble, although I […]

May 29, 1995 – LA – the Milk Bar

1995 Los Angeles Beverly Hills to be exact. May 29. My birthday. No cake. No candles. My life was not BEVERLY HILLS 90210, but the stars from the popular TV show came every night along with many others. The Milk Bar was something no one had seen in Los Angleles for a long time. Grace […]