You know, my never-ending quest to find the place to see and be seen in St. Petersburg has taken me all over this special little city. Do you remember when they were running that super secret club out of the bathroom at Ratchada? I do. It’s totally played now, but you should go in there and check the bathrooms anyway. It’s like some gilded, half-controlled explosion of art deco. Who knows, maybe it’s still going on. Just ask one of the servers if “the prawns are feeling belligerent” (*wink*). If she says yes, then you know it’s on like hipster Donkey Kong. Last time I was there, they were handing out hallucinogenic toads and Amy Winehouse was line dancing to early Kraftwerk.

Anyway, apparently the next thing I have to check out is The Prohibition Club that’s run out of the Gayle Hotel down on Beach. What’s that? Make with the web copy, Jeeves:

With a nod to the Roaring Twenties - we present: The Prohibition Club - St. Petersburg, Florida’s newest world class social club. Located in the historic Grayl’s Hotel on Beach Drive, you’re right in the center of all that’s happening, yet a step away from the ordinary. The Prohibition Club - Thee place to see and be seen! Whether you are enjoying Packard’s Lounge or music and dancing, you will be surrounded by friends and business associates who share your appreciation for good company, and excellent service.

Lolwut? Er, I mean, dope! It’s so cool you need to put an extra e in “the” just to talk about it. The minute I saw this, I knew I had to check this place out. The website beckoned me. F. Scott Fitzgerald appeared before me and said, “Dude, it’s the shizznizzle.” Indeed, the Twenties, apparently they roared. Rawr. I figured there would be a cover; that’s ok. Writing this blog pretty much gets me on every list you can think of. I’m not sweating a cover.

Wait, what’s this? Membership application? Holy shit! $995 per year plus a one-time initiation fee of $2,500? Are you fucking kidding me? What the hell goes on in there, kids? You better have a crapload of absinthe and a historically accurate hologram of Ella Fitzgerald for that kind of money, and that’s just the beginning. Oh, who am I kidding? Judging by the quality of the website, I’m sure there are very large buckets of unadulterated awesome happening in there. It is “a vibrant social club,” after all. Vibrancy don’t come cheap.