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Flying with an adventurous fµ©k buddy is the first step…on a redeye, if possible. Secretly plotting stuttered or non-synchronized departures to the lavatory is normally second. When it comes to doing the actual deed, specific logistics are of utmost importance…especially considering the limited leg room of the particular locale. Unfortunately, Kama Sutra position number 69 is probably out of the question (unless maybe contortion is involved). Women: straddling your partner while he’s seated upright on the throne is probably most feasible. Sounds complicated, doesn’t it? Joining the “Mile High Club” used to require somehow successfully coordinating a quickie on an airplane at 5,280 feet. Thanks to the jet fuel–Kostas Kouremenos, Thanh Hau and Michael Guerrero--behind our Mile High City’s newest lounge, DC10 (formerly the Palace Event Center), the membership process has been considerably simplified.
With a city nickname as blatantly suggestive as our own, it’s kind of surprising that it took so long for a venue to employ “The Mile High Club” in its marketing campaign. The slang phrase denoting globe-trotting, nymphomaniac adrenalin junkies who’ve engaged in a specific initiation ritual was practically begging to be exploited here. It begs no longer. The “sexpression” has been put to work promoting DC10's daily 4 p.m.-8 p.m. happy hour. Perks include the usual cocktail cost-slashing, as well as slightly more “personal attention” from the bar’s white hot cocktailers, conveniently clad in fantasy-enhancing stewardess uniforms. Cockpit, Redeye, Layover, Non-Stop and even the Mile High Club (Amaretto, OJ and crème, fittingly enough:) are just a few of the menu’s promised concoctions. Notice a theme emerging yet? Named for the three-engine medium to long-range airliner (similar to a Boeing 747) of the same name, DC10's thematic continuity doesn’t stop there.
“One wall resembles the fuselage with a curved wall and plane windows that look out into the clouds going by. The opposite wall is made to resemble a plane wing; a slanted wall with a metal exterior finish. There is also a large structure hanging from the ceiling made to represent the plane gauges and controls,” explains Hau.
Roth Sheppard Architects are apparently responsible for the previously described interior design, but the nature of the joint’s theme, along with the purity of its color scheme, leave it open as the skies for regular changes of scenery, if you get my drift. Just as other less aerodynamic clubs throw theme parties to ward off patron boredom and keep things interesting, this “flight club” has got “destination parties” on its horizon. Appropriately enough, Ibiza, Spain’s nightclub capitol, is perched atop the itinerary for August. The lounge will land in London come September, the city of romance--Paris--in October (hooking up on Halloween sounds happening to me), and Amsterdam in November (Thanksgiving’s always been a perfect day to get the munchies:). Around America in 80 minutes (plus or minus) is the ambitious agenda for New Year’s, then it’s off to Rio, Acapulco, Buenos Aires, Berlin and Mykonos next spring.
Catching cabin fever yet? Join the Mile High Club already.
940 Lincoln
DC10denver.com
