Back then, I spent way too much time and money at two spots. One was Carnival and the other was the Fantasy Showbar in Mt. Ephraim before it went upscale. I liked the Showbar when it was set up like Carnival (only nicer) with the dance hall, the booths for the ladies and private rooms. They had a theater that would show porn unless they were doing a two-girl show. For me, it ended when they tried to become a fancy "gentlemen's club." I know some of us here like it, but I never enjoyed the strip club scene. Every time I would get dragged to a bachelor party at Delilah's or wherever, I would be bored out of my mind.
Carnival could get weird back then. You'd hear guys getting slapped around or see them dragged through the store by a leash because they were doing some S & M humiliation thing. You'd walk by a girl's booth and see a guy jerking off because she had her door open and the guy was an exhibitionist. Men with special needs (Down, CP, autism) would be brought in by their caregiver (usually a woman) to get serviced to satisfy their sexual urges before they became dangerous. One of the strangest things happened one night when I was on my way out. I am walking by this panel van in the parking lot when a woman jumps out, opens up a fur coat to reveal her naked body and asked if I would like to partake. I suppose that the encounter would take place in the van, but I wasn't interested. TBH, she wasn't unattractive, but I knew that I didn't want to end up on the news when they fished my body out of Timber Creek. That shit is how slasher movies start.
In the past, I also would spend a little time at Show 'n Tel in Philly. I still see the painted sign on the building from 95, but, like Carnival, I haven't been in there in over 10 years. Are they still doing their thing there?