All Business in SoHo House Bathrooms

If you're feeling down about the economy, maybe you'll find some comfort in the latest story about cutbacks being made...at the members-only SoHo House. No, no one's cracking open a fresh can of PBR there just yet, these are more like decadent rich people cutbacks. The House has put up a sign reading: "Anyone found in pairs in the toilet will be asked to leave the club immediately and their membership will be suspended." The sign has reportedly caused quite a stir amongst the well-heeled on a Facebook page that's since been taken down, and Guest of a Guest theorizes the bathrooms were not just being crowded with coke buddies, but fornicators, too, "Drug use has always been a common concern for bathroom attendants at our city’s hot spots...but apparently, sex is the new cocaine. It makes sense too…sex is a lot cheaper, and even the young, rich, and famous need to save up their pennies." Members, don't fear, there's a loophole with this sign which makes threesomes totally acceptable.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on March 12, 2009 3:47 PM

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Felix Hoenikker

A more pragmatic way to deal with this would be to add a web cam and sell subscriptions to the feed.

tingo

There are much cooler places with much funner people out there, who aren't always putting on delicate pretenses. And those places will let a dozen clowns in the stalls. It's New York...not some stiff trying-to-look-cooler-than-you imported clubhouse.

But having been to these members-only places on numerous occasions as a guest, I can say they're nothing special. Sure, they're fun at times when you see a few B stars and get to hear braggarts go on about their 10 million dollar investments. And they have a pool on the roof in the summer, though it's a warm mix of suntan oil, chlorine, sweat and spilled $14 caipirinha's (never pay, it's a guess).

Knowing a few people with memberships, there's no point to pay just to feel like part of some silly club. It's all quite douch-ey, really. VIP status is only granted, never bought. Real New Yorker's have always known that.

thelexiphane

Sex and coke are not mutually exclusive. God, what a bunch of killjoys at SoHo House. Come on, it's the worst of times! How 'bout some best of times?