Night 2. Sau Paulo. Eu e Elas / Scandallo
For the record, the CORRECT address for Eu E Ela is
Rua Pires da Mota. 494.
Aclimacao.
SP,
011-3209-2756.
[url]www.eueelas.com.br[/url]
It is NOT really findable in Google. And R. Pires da Mota 414 (address given below) is a PRIMARY SCHOOL down the block which, at 10pm, is COMPLETELY DEAD. So thankfully my buddy called his buddy in NYC who gave us the right address as we were standing there on the sidewalk.
Eu E Ela is in a modern building right at the intersection of Pires da Mota and Av. Aclimacao. It's not got very good signage but it has valet type dudes out in front.
Entrada is R$69 and gets jacked up to R$99 I believe during peak hours. However, TAKE NOTE, peak hours are basically 6pm. 9pm. We got there at 10. 30pm and the place was DEAD. Like 4 cheap Mexican working girls hanging around. Now, the facilities appear pretty nice and modern, but basically all the girls clear out by 10pm according to the server and the counter guy. So I had a R$69 bottle of water (e. G, my entrance fee, which was consumption) and left. I did receive a rarely-seen R$1 bill (not coin) as part of my change so I guess that's something.
At that point, without much hope left, we headed to Scandallo which was the closest place expected to suck the least. Scandallo at night looks like a cross between a fortress and a cruise ship. It's this big solid building the might be a hotel or a sports club, palm trees, lights, annoying valets. Very high airport-security to get in. Wand you down, let you through a door 1 at a time. Have to give I'd and get a card downstairs, then go 1 FLIGHT up in an elevator that they let 4 people on at a time. Another annoying doorman. It's all about access control and creating the illusion of exclusivity. That is, FUCKING ANNOYING.
Upstairs, there is a big cashier counter, a restaurant area, and a trendy big disco area with a bar down one side, a stage, and booths on the other. I would say slightly. Ever so slightly. Hotter girls than Bomboa, in a bigger area with louder noises. Ridiculous drink prices again. Turns out R$100 of your R$150 entrada can go to consumption, as far as I could tell. Then they somehow tag you with another R$50 "Entrada Festa" cost if you go over the R$100. I tried to get an explanation but it was too loud to understand well.
Lots of fake titties on display but still fatter chicks, older chicks, skanks. Nothing to really get excited about. And a TON of douchebag guys and older guys and Asian guys. Not judging, just reporting. I couldn't bring myself to ask a girl about pricing because I could just tell I'd get so angry when she quoted me R$600 or some dumbass thing. Not clear if they have rooms on site either.
Did see some older Asian guy pick a fight with a huge Black bouncer. Which he promptly lost as they dragged him out and started beating the crap out of him. LOL. Drinking makes people stupid.
Left sort of annoyed, more so by the R$40 cab to Eu e Ela and the R$42 cab back to my hotel. Sao Paulo is lame for getting around.
So tomorrow night (Friday) I have to choose between a haul to Connections (which I hear is lame on Fridays until late) or places on Rua Augusta. Suggestions?
-Cartman