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Steak, strippers & sweet rides: Wall Street’s back
Guest Contributor | Raj Mahal
The 2014 holiday season is expected to be the best for retailers in three years. Whether it was lower gas prices, confidence in the job market or egg nog-related, the Main Street consumer decided to splurge.
So if Main Street is spending money again, 2015 just may be the year that Wall Street and the rest of the 1 percent go back to doing what they love — and what the 99 percent loves to hate them for — spending money.
I hit up some of Wall Street's favorite spending haunts and here's what I found.
So if Main Street is spending money again, 2015 just may be the year that Wall Street and the rest of the 1 percent go back to doing what they love — and what the 99 percent loves to hate them for — spending money.
I hit up some of Wall Street's favorite spending haunts and here's what I found.
Sports bars
Sunday Fun Day is a favorite Wall Street event. Popular NYC Sports Bars like Bounce and Ainsworth turn into Sports nightclubs on Sunday afternoons. It combines bottle service, sparklers and attractive waitresses wearing referee outfits while the DJ is spinning Calvin Harris. Football also happens to be on in the background.
Sunday Fun Day has taken a dip in the last few years but I went out last Sunday and it felt like 2007 again. I frequent one place but still had to grease the bouncer to get in. The table minimum they were asking for was twice last year's asking price. The next table had members of my beloved New York Giants celebrating their successful 6-10 season. (Thank god I hit my three-team parlay. The meaningless touchdown in the Seahawks game gave me just enough money to afford the inflated price of that third bottle of Moet Chandon!)
Strip clubs
First, let's get one thing straight: Entertaining at strip clubs is now strictly prohibited on Wall Street. If you try and expense a lap dance at Roberts Steakhouse, you will be fired! However, even FINRA can't tell you not to spend time at a gentleman's club on your own dime.
The 2008 recession hit strip clubs hard initially, but the industry made adjustments to survive and to capitalize when the economy picked up. For example, Sapphire Gentlemen's Club runs a party called SINS every Sunday night.
Sunday Fun Day is a favorite Wall Street event. Popular NYC Sports Bars like Bounce and Ainsworth turn into Sports nightclubs on Sunday afternoons. It combines bottle service, sparklers and attractive waitresses wearing referee outfits while the DJ is spinning Calvin Harris. Football also happens to be on in the background.
Sunday Fun Day has taken a dip in the last few years but I went out last Sunday and it felt like 2007 again. I frequent one place but still had to grease the bouncer to get in. The table minimum they were asking for was twice last year's asking price. The next table had members of my beloved New York Giants celebrating their successful 6-10 season. (Thank god I hit my three-team parlay. The meaningless touchdown in the Seahawks game gave me just enough money to afford the inflated price of that third bottle of Moet Chandon!)
Strip clubs
First, let's get one thing straight: Entertaining at strip clubs is now strictly prohibited on Wall Street. If you try and expense a lap dance at Roberts Steakhouse, you will be fired! However, even FINRA can't tell you not to spend time at a gentleman's club on your own dime.
The 2008 recession hit strip clubs hard initially, but the industry made adjustments to survive and to capitalize when the economy picked up. For example, Sapphire Gentlemen's Club runs a party called SINS every Sunday night.
That is until the new rethuglican controlled congress fucks up everything that The President has accomplished so far.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102306197
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