Chicagoist: Avert Your Eyes, Little Billy

kimistry101

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:57:59 -0600

Pole dancing and booze - is that really....ummm...exercise? I have been looking for a reason to bypass my local watering hole after work and actually sweat (and not bcs the wings are too spicy). Heard of a place called S Factor that just opened in the West Loop on Hubbard, they started the whole pole dancing workout thing. I have seen a slew of imitators (cough, cough…Flirty Girl, cough!), but only S Factor truly caters to the body and mind, focusing on empowerment over kitsch. No mirrors, no alcohol, no wild parties, tanning beds, nail salons or Coyote Ugly-esque brashness - just real women unleashing their sensual power in a private, comfortable atmosphere away from schoolyards.

Shannon

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:17:20 -0600

E, i was confused about that too. if they only serve booze on weekends or at certain times of the year, there should be no problem.. unless, of course, the montessori academy goes weekends too. the whole thing's making a drunken mountain out of a sexy molehill, but people love their quasi moral outrage.

E

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:35:02 -0600

From the article you linked to: "Ald. Walter Burnett (27th) said he’s all for lifting a moratorium on new liquor licenses to allow Flirty Girl Fitness, 1325 W. Randolph, to serve booze during weekend bachelorette parties and quarterly bashes." Now as far as I know there's no specific "occasional party" license, and the article is vague, but if they're only going to be serving liquor on limited occasions as the article seems to imply, then I really don't see the big deal.

guest

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:24:10 -0600

Tankboy, are you really that unfamiliar with why someone with an 18 month old might need day care? You also should familiarize yourself with the atmosphere at Montessori (it's far from being like "school" at that age) before you make assumptions and call people "fucked up". Just sayin'.

Tankboy

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:58:17 -0600

Wait a minuter, I think we're all missing the point here: What kind of fucked up person sends an 18-month old to school?! (OK, even the head director says it's not a school, but obvs the people bringing their kids there think their kids are getting a head-start or something ...)

Wes Sabi

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:19:42 -0600

Nothing says girl power like learning how to ride the pole.

guest

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:12:03 -0600

Awww, a young mother can drop her kid off at day care and then go train to be a stripper. Isn't that so cute. Seriously though, unless these women are stumbling out of the place drunk, what's the big deal? Has this woman ever taken her kid to the beach? Some people get way to worked up over the stupidest things.

Margaret

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:50:41 -0600

Now granted, I haven't been to Flirty Girl (although I like to think that I am one), but the Sun Times said the pool and where you can drink your "flirtinis" is totally enclosed. So this 18 month old is looking at a fence with some ladies in bikinis drinking flirtinis. Big deal.