Video: Ping Pong Appears to Be Great Way to Meet Hot Babes?
Have you ever been to SPiN, the surprisingly trendy Ping-Pong club on Park Avenue and East 23rd Street? It is a very strange place. You already know about their Susan Sarandon connection, and that polished stainless steel Ping-Pong table with a glass net worth $60,000 in their sweet back room. They also have decent upscale bar food, and lots of tables in the main space which you can rent for $30 per hour per table. Nothing extraordinary there—what's shocking about SPiN is the clientele.
We recently visited for a "black tie" all star Ping-Pong event hosted by TV's Judah Friedlander, and found the place packed with pretty young things (plus Heather Graham) (kidding, she's still got it!) lounging around watching dudes play table tennis. You couldn't toss a ball in there without hitting a model. If we'd known women were so impressed by Ping-Pong, we never would have made the ill-advised jump from table tennis to Nintendo. Check out this short video by Gregory Stefano if you don't believe us:
They even play Ping-Pong, too! One of the best was Sooyeon Lee, a professional table tennis player and model, who hit the ball around wearing crystal-embellished stiletto heels and a strapless dress. SPiN also flew in the two of the world's best ping pong players for the event, Mikael Appelgren and Jan-Ove Waldner. How they stayed focused on the ball with all those distractions in the bleachers (yes, bleachers!) remains a mystery.
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Lol, yeah, because women are so interested in ping pong!
And I guess if Duane Reade paid models to hang out at their store like these guys do then "shopping for necessities" would become a good way to meet women too?
So where can I meet this Sooyeon Lee girl again?
Rocknrope
Last chick in the vid, way to step all over your friend's joke.
Guest
found the place packed with pretty young things (plus Heather Graham)
So wrong and yet so damn funny!
Potty Boy
Can Soonyeon use her forehand grip on me?
Mr. Shankly
Google image 'ping pong hot babes' with safe-search 'off' for a different perspective.
longacre
Ping Pong Appears to Be Great Way to Meet Hot Babes?
Any event involving TV stars is a great way way to meet hot babes.
longacre
Almost positive that's Elena Kagan in the clown hat (pic #6).
matty
JDS, I love you and everything you do...I might be gay for you.
rlhbomb
I like places such as this.
It keeps all the douche bags together in one place.
edward_g_robincat
Yes, what a relief it is to know there are no douchebags anywhere else but there, playing ping pong and enjoying themselves like the douchebags they are.
Matthew
Duh, I think the first "Two Wild and Crazy Guys" sketch took place over a ping pong table. Too bad I'm having trouble pulling up the relevant clip...
ozik
I want to know about the guy in the polka-dot jumpsuit, and I want to know exactly how awkward that guy felt wearing such a get-up.
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