Saturday Night at the Pleasure Chest

Maria's friend April threw a scavenger hunt Saturday night for her birthday, which we gladly joined in and formed a team with Tom and Louie. (Now, it was no Mike's Birthday Race, if I can be oh-so-not modest for a moment. But was still much fun.)

Five teams had an hour and fifteen minutes to find as many items as possible on the list. I'll put an asterisk by the ones we got:

1 POINT
*Picture of Ashton & Demi
*Flower for April from someone's garden
*Real Estate flyer
*Rate sheet for a hotel on Sunset
*Condom
*Menu from a tapas restaurant
*Menu from a sushi restaurant
*Chinese take-out menu
*Ad for liposuction
Videotape of a TV show that aired last week
*Picture of your group playing in a fountain
Picture of your group with a black cat
J. Crew catalog
Happy Meal toy
*Bottle of April's favorite beer
*Empty Slurpee cup
*Picture of someone not in your group drinking a Slurpee
*Copy of Playgirl magazine
*Shotglass from a Mexican restaurant
Foreign currency
X-Rated video
*Fed Ex box
*A brick
*Dry cleaning bag with hanger
*Receipt for a hot dog
*Lotto ticket
Toy from a vending machine
Wig

2 POINTS
Picture of your group with a stripper
Picture of guy in polka dot boxers
*Picture of a member of your group dancing at a gay bar
Cup of sugar from a neighbor (with picture)
Picture with twins

3 POINTS
Picture of a member of your team flashing someone
Hub cap
Picture of a member of your group in a Ferrari
*Picture of a member of your group trying on an outfit at the Pleasure Chest
*Traffic cone/Orange pylon

We kicked some butt with the one-point items, scoring quite a few at the La Cienega/Holloway 7-Eleven. Tom scored the brick from someone's front garden (sorry, anonymous victim) and we were especially proud of the fountain shot, which we got by storming into the Abbey club in West Hollywood (which also provided the "dancing at a gay bar" shot).

But where we fell down were the two- and three-point categories. No one flashed anyone, and Louie's attempt to convince a prostitute to pose as a stripper didn't pan out. (Tom, feeling rebellious, also scored the orange cone for us.) Sad to say, our team wound up fourth out of five groups. But we got to spend some quality time at the Pleasure Chest, and really, isn't that what a Scavenger Hunt is all about?