Say it ain't so! A downtown Vancouver institution, The Cecil was home to one of the city's most legendary strip clubs (and the food wasn't bad either). The landmark 101 year old hotel, prior to being a "peeler bar" (yes, this is what Canadians call strip clubs), was the gathering place for many writers, artists, poets, musicians, and environmentalists back in the day. It is scheduled to be demolished as part of a larger neighbourhood redevelopment. Many entertaining Friday nights were had here with the boys during our college days. If I close my eyes, I can still smell the stale beer and cigarette smoke lingering in the air, and hear the chants of "Shower! Shower!" echoing off the walls, while the DJ asks, "Who wants to see one more dance?" I do...
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Thursday 30 September 2010
Stripped
Say it ain't so! A downtown Vancouver institution, The Cecil was home to one of the city's most legendary strip clubs (and the food wasn't bad either). The landmark 101 year old hotel, prior to being a "peeler bar" (yes, this is what Canadians call strip clubs), was the gathering place for many writers, artists, poets, musicians, and environmentalists back in the day. It is scheduled to be demolished as part of a larger neighbourhood redevelopment. Many entertaining Friday nights were had here with the boys during our college days. If I close my eyes, I can still smell the stale beer and cigarette smoke lingering in the air, and hear the chants of "Shower! Shower!" echoing off the walls, while the DJ asks, "Who wants to see one more dance?" I do...
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hey, i was just browsing blogger and came upon yours. couple years ago my friends and i were traveling and didn't make plans for a hostel in Vancouver, so we called around till we found a cheap hotel.
This was where we ended up staying, when we told the cab driver where we were staying, he thought we were joking. But we stayed, and they were very nice to us ha.
Other hotel guests kept asking myself and my friend if they would see us on stage
:) good times
haha, that's hilarious. what kind of people stayed at that hotel? (i mean, apart from girls who unknowingly book a hotel above a strip club..)
i dig your little creatures n things, btw.
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