Alfresco from the "Theives" thread wrote:
Having nothing better to do, I thought I’d share my experience of thievery this last week. I was on my way to Relax and stopped at Del Rey for a beer to get the juices flowing, if you know what I mean. When I arrived I ran into Rebeca, a woman I have had fun with in the past (see pic 11128). She asked if I wanted to go to hotel Asia. When I declined her offer she asked why. I told her it’s only 15 mil at Relax (and more fun). So she asked if she could she have a beer. I bought the beer and after a while she excused herself to go to the bathroom. She was gone for a very long time and when she returned she sat with me for a while and then asked for 5 mil for diapers. O.K. so I gave her the 5 mil because she’s always been good to me in the past. She then said she was done for the day and would be going home. Whatever. I left for the farmacia to buy vitamin c. When I reached for my wallet it was gone. I returned immediately to Del Rey and had security look into it. They returned to tell me the checked the video at my table and there had been no funny business at my table. I resigned myself to the loss of my wallet, driver’s license, credit card and 35 mil. I reported the c.c. loss immediately and reminded myself that the loss was insignificant and that I had not experienced armed robbery. I’m going home for a visit Monday and I need to renew my D.L. anyway so it wasn’t a big deal, just a pain in the ass. That night I received a phone call from a chica to tell me she had found my wallet, minus the cash but with the c.c. When I asked her how she had my phone number, she said she had found it in the wallet. I didn’t remember that it was written down in my wallet but it was possible. She agreed to meet me at the McDonalds in the Plaza de Cultura. When she arrived (two hours late) and identified me, she proceeded to explain that yes, she had my wallet but that she needed for me to give her a finders fee of $100 in order to return my wallet. I replied “Que clase de extorsion es esto?†She said that her friend had told her she should get $100 and that it wasn’t much money to pay to get the wallet back. I replied “De verdad? No es mucho dinero? Tal vez no es mucho para ustedes, pero, para mi es mucho.†Acting as outraged as possible but making no move for the wallet, I stalled for time trying to locate one of the ever present tourist policemen to help me resolve the matter. When I realized there weren’t any in the area, I realized I was on my own. Taking advantage of the fact that we were in a very crowded tourist area I demanded loudly and forcefully “Da me mi billatera!†She finally handed it over and then asked what her reward was going to be. I gave her the 4 mil that I had in my pocket and went home. When I got home I went through everything in the wallet and my phone number was nowhere to be found. The funny part is, the only person in the gulch who knows my number is Rebeca. To summarize, let that be a lesson to me and to whomever else may benefit from the experience. Don’t carry around more than you can stand to lose and don’t give a puta the benefit of a doubt. Oh yeah, a little Spanish can go a long way too.
Wow that sucks

Nononsense from EDB's new club at the old Park Hotel thread wrote:
Just want to follow up on Esposo de Barbie's post to say that the "nightclub" at the old Park Hotel is open. It's called Baby Dolls, and it won't hold much attraction for afficionados of the old Park Hotel.
I stopped by there last Saturday (4th of July... some of us spent memorable 4ths there long ago). The improvements to the physical plant that the last hotel owner made seem to have evaporated, and the place looks even more run down then in the last days of Bill Bullock. The "nightclub" opens at 5PM. I was there around 3:30PM, and would have gladly given it the benefit of the doubt and stayed if there were the slightest glimmer of hope that it might be enjoyable. I left after five minutes.
The place looks like a very run down Tico bar. Of course the old bar was torn down, and a new one is in its place. The old one looked very classy compared to this one. As for the club -- it reminded me of 1970's era New York Adult Emporiums... a doorway in the back led to the "club." The place was seedy and smelly, and even the bathroom was in worse shape than it was in the old days... and that seemed hardly possible.
There were a couple of girls coming in... but the quality was terrible. Think older and skankier.
Wow...that sucks too
