Las Vegas Strip Clubs: Kristi Holden: ‘Las Vegas has always been here waiting for me’
July 20, 2010 by diamond
… When we grow up, let’s move to Las Vegas and be strippers!” said a young playmate of mine out of the blue. “Odd,” I thought, and then, “Well, that is the last thing I want to do! Be naked in front of people?” Growing up in a small Colorado mountain town, Las Vegas seemed scary and otherworldly. Though I had never been to the “city of sin,” I somehow knew all about it at a very young age. Las Vegas, after all, is perhaps the most infamous city on the planet!
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As my life was moving forward and evolving, so was Las Vegas, visibly so. We usually needed to stop off The Strip for gas, but we’d always scramble to remember what exit was the “safe” one for a quick fill-up. Somehow we’d usually end up near a strip club, and I’d remember with an uncomfortable curiosity my young playmate’s idea of our future career. Then we’d hop back on I-15 and leave Las Vegas and its pleasures behind.