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Exactly. I used to frequent NYC quite a bit too on business and still have family and a number of good friends there. The hottest clubs where the “IT” crowd went never had signage. Once a venue had to put up a sign they were already long since played out.I learned more about the true rich vs. fake rich in my years in NYC than anywhere else. In Manhattan, you had certain bars that were hole in the wall and even hidden in restaurants. One was in Soho, you'd walk into a casual restaurant, keep walking and turn right, and then walk down a flight of steps to end up at an underground nightclub. It was 70% model tier girls on most nights and 30% guys who were usually from the Ivy Leagues. It was an Ivy League gathering spot for folks that went there.
The bouncers would reject hot girls in groups all the time but only let in people that gave off the vibe of the bar itself. As for the women they let in? Tall model types and really hot girls. The guys? It was based on what you wore, how you came off, when you came, and if you gave off that Ivy League vibe. My hottest night game lays ever were from that bar.
You would go in and make small talk with people who were friendly. They were sizing you up to see if you gave off those Old Money vibes. Overtime, I became a regular there and realized that the owner had a certain mindset. If you were too loud or gave off that try hard new money vibe, people could sniff it up and he said he turned people down that way. Bouncers were told to turn down girls and guys, no matter how hot, who gave off "Jersey vibes". I loved it and met some cool folks from there.
Followed their IGs and they were always set to private and their stories were in this low-key type of resorts and towns blogs and magazines rarely write about. These were old money people and some of them do not even tag the location if their Insta is set to public.
The lines were a block long and it’s always this anonymous looking location somewhere in the Village…I’d frequent perennially hip joints in Soho and pick out a waiter or bartender with the right vibe & chat a bit, relaxed & cool & ask straight up where the cool kids are hanging out in the city…and I’d end up in venues exactly like Jesse described…model hot women mixing with bond traders and Ivy Leagers and everyone was chill. Even the VIP areas in these clubs were chill IF you naturally acted like you belonged there. When my first husband had his nightclub I took him to NYC for a weekend. We walked past the line, I gave one of the door guys a hug, introduced my husband as the owner of XYZ hot club in a super popular nightlife city & said we had heard this was the place to kick it in the city so we thought we’d check it out and the guy was cool. We walked to the end of the line. We were there maybe 5 minutes and the door man walks down, gets us out of line & escorts us in. Place exactly like Jesse described. Beautiful cool people everywhere. Was a fantastic time.
The guys running these places are well versed in reading people. They make the club’s reputation by screening out the fakes, the pompous and the posers. They take it very seriously indeed.