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68comments12/02/04 A cruiser reports: Buddy Booths are large and pretty busy. Reasonably clean. Mostly hispanic crowd. Very few gay movies, and the guys at the counter are cool if you keep money in the machines. A reasonable amount of cruising between the hours of 3pm and 11pm. Hit or miss at other times.
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2286 Firestone Blvd, Los Angeles 323-581-6043 Wheelchair: Not accessible
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Cross street: Alameda
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This place has a lot of weird activity
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I was here tonight about 9-10 pm. there was several hot good looking hung guys. don't get me wrong. several was 3.. 2 latin/rican guys and a black kid.. all three were pretty hung and cute.. but about 20 -30 other guys who weren't..
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hey guys, going to check this out late tonight. anything i should know?
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Anyone been there lately? I was there a couple of weeks ago and they had all of the good booths taped off, and there was big Hispanic Guys walking around with a flashlight harassing people. Has things changed? Or is it hit or miss depending on who's working. The guy with the broken leg ( in a cast) seemed to be cool... Let me know!
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ReallyOral. this place always has action. always busy .. but some of the guys may not always be hot. Sometimes there is only one hot dude, or a couple or none but always busy. In relation to downtown. it is on the East side of downtown LA. between the 10fwy and the 105 fwy on ALAMEDA - cross street would be FIrestone. It is 85 percent Latin guy who go there.. and then a (10percent) few black guys and asian.. then.. 3 percent white (usually the heavier white guys) - occassional a hot white kid or guy.
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heading there now for some action, light blue shirt, black pin stripe pants, light blue pants.
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I have been there a couple of times in the past week. No black guys??? Mostly latino (which is cool too)... A couple of older white men.. I was really looking for a brotha or two.... Where ya at??
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marcus any signs of police hastling anyone?
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Was here last night, I did see the police outside.. But they never go intside.. If anything, don't hang out outside, get out of your car and go inside, when done, don't hang out talk on phone, just bolt! bail! dont sit in car or hang out and chat..
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i just left an hour ago they still have glory holes i got off twice
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I am thinking of headed up here tonight. Just hope to not be disappointed and that the booths are working actually.
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anyone going sat noonish
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And to think not long ago this place was the featured cruising spot of the week on cruise....what a shame..
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That is crazy. Just as this place was picking up.. Back to damm hollyweird.
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yeah this place isn't really fun anymore I'll probably stick to early/mid mornings
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It is hit or miss now and then... There is some hot action going on there best time is after work and early mornings.The late night crowd are cheap and tend to lurk around and just hold up booths. The police do roll up. I was sitting in my car getting my wallet ... when I heard a knock on my window... They placed me in the back of the cop car and asked me a bunch of questions. They checked out my car for a good 15 minutes and after seeing I was clean they let me go. When I went in to the shop they grabbed another guy coming out of the store. When the cops are in the area the shop workers do yell so the hypes that are doing drugs can stop lighting up in the booths. Be safe just watch out for the sheriffs they are very homophobic.
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the police knows what is going there already due to bad guys and lots of drugs and homeless..... be careful folks....!
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looking to stop here around 10 pm. any hot dude going?
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I think it just the time of day and when. I was there on a sunday the 8th. It was pretty cool. No trouble that morning. I believe they just look for something to my a case of it. IMHO.
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look guys i'm in my early 30's like 32, i look younger than i am, i'm wht., blonde and a very fit good looking guy. i wallked to my car and for no reason the cops rolled up on me got me out of the car, searched my car which is a middle of the road car and the next thing i know i'm in lynwood jail for 2 days and now i'm doing 18 days of cal trans for a pipe that wasnt even used. They took me in for being under the influence and i really was under the influence of g so i got in trouble for the wrong thing and since i refused the test they got me for parafanalia and the piece wasnt even used, go figure! i would just stay away from there, they are just looking for something and anyone. the cop was actually cool after a minute and told me that they want the drug dealing to stop out of there and even though they had nothing on me, they wrote up a dandy of a police report.
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was there recently. keep away from this plac unless you like being harrassed all the time by the staff. Maybe they have been warned by the police.
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Hi Peeps, Im a TV that will be visiting LA the week of 2/15, is this a good place for a gurl to get action?? Any other suggestions? Cami
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I have seen plenty of nice cars coming in and out of that parking lot. I just don't buy the story on getting put in the police car for nothing. Something else had to have happened for that to occur. Of course the majority are latino guys but I have seen a fair share of other races too. I also have seen the cops here a few times but there just busting someone for drugs, nothing related to the arcade....There's always an older black guy lurking outside this place but I just give him a buck and say keep an eye out on my ride lol Now about the arcade itself, I have seen some guys just chilling in doorways of the booths or just sitting in them with no money, naturally security will have something to say about it so feed the machine or go chill in a non hole booth...
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Ive been here on weekend nights and it seems like there are guys working as security NONUNIFORMED. They just say something if anyone is standing around not putting money in the booths. I have heard them tell a few guys to put money in or get out!!
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that is weird, crazy weird. i have gone to this place a bunch of times, and i am typical, blonde, white, surf kid and never have had a problem. I have seen other young dudes go there who are white also.. but true, it is 75 percent minorities (latin mostly) then black, white then asian but yea, mostly latin.
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You don't know much about the police if you think that you have to be doing something to be thrown in the back of a police car. They have done far worse than that to gay men. haha
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So then I'm guessing a big lawsuit is on the horizon...
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I WAS LEAVING THE PLACE IN MY PLAIN GYM CLOTHES NOT EVEN YET AT MY NICE CAR. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE BACK OF A POLICE CAR BEFORE! THEY THEN BUSTED OTHERS IN THE PARKING LOT FOR DRUGS AND LET ME GO SINCE I WAS DOING NOTHING WRONG!
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that sounds fishy, you had to do something otherwise you wouldn't be in the police car...
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DO NOT GO! IF YOU ARE WHITE AND HAVE A NEW CAR, DO NOT GO. I SPENT AN HOUR IN THE BACK OF A POLICE CAR, MISTREATED, NOT TOLD WHY THEY PUT ME THERE AND THEN SAID THAT IF THEY EVER SAW ME OR MY CAR IN THAT PART OF TOWN THEY'D ARREST ME. THEY SAID "this isn't west hollywood or wherever you come from, someone will put a gun to your head for your car" NEVER AGAIN!
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there are holes here if you scroll back in the comments there's info, I don't feel like typing lol
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any hot dude stopping by tonight?
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Went here today and it was awesome... i blew this really cute latino with a sweet load.. cant wait to go again
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This doesn't bode well for the place. I was in there earlier tonight and every other booth with a gh between it was taped off. This may be the end of the gh's.
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Bob, We have talked about this on this post. IT just means the machine is broken or it needs the money taken out of it. What usually happens. They don't take out the money at night, for security reasons. I think they only do it once a day. But what happens is that the glory hole booths are the most used, for reasons we can all understand. So when the booth isn't working, they tape them off so dudes don't just camp in them. I have seen dude there just rip down the newspaper and still camp in them.
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I think they could be taped off because the machines are full? I was there last week but it was way early in the morning and at first the gh booths where open but then they got taped off.
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blkdude, thats what i thought also.
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I heard the worker say that he was going to call them back. He did say that, I dont know why? Im pretty sure he called them the first time. I ask that everyone use caution!
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well tipsy your initial post gave gave the impression that the cops went inside since the guy at the counter said he was calling the cops again.
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Place sounds Hot! Now where is there one like it in Santa Monica? I'd be there in a flash, but I can't just get on my bike and get there in 20 min?
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I just came back from there, after my depression from the USC game lol and there were no cops anywhere.. biznas as usual.
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that sucks I hope this place doesn't fall by the wayside. maybe it got raided or something? the holes where still open when i went a few days ago..
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Hey Tipsy, Thanks for the warning. This site is good for other things besides hookin' up.
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WTF!?!?!? Who was calling the cops? the people running the place? or what? & if your booth has a door & a glory hole & a cop looks in to see you jacking off is that a bust. your in a private room & he's being a peeping tom? What if a cop press'es the frosted glass button & see you jacking off?
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YUP! ELAC is in fall session so you can run in to the college guys that go in after class. went at 9 last time and there were about 4 young guys cruising around.
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Is this place still happening? How about Friday afternoons or early evenings?
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When is the best time to go here? Help me out man
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Its about a 40 minute drive depending on traffic conditions.
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is this place any where near the Ramada nr Universal studios? Im there 18th-22 sept and looking for fun if I can get some
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yeah glory that booth has the smallest hole, the rest of them are a good size.
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I'm pretty sure the frosted windows don't work, or at least didn't work for a while. The first couple of times I went there, I was able to use them no problem, but the last couple of times, at least for a couple of the booths (including the center one with the gh), they didn't work. The guy in the next booth asked me to press the button, which I did, but the glass didn't clear. Hopefully this was a temporary thing.
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alameda x spot sux. the windows work when the person lets you see , boths sides have to click on the button for it to work.
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Well I got there around 4:30 pm & must say I was not impressed.
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went last night after work. Took 3 loads in less than an hour. Thanks guys.
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glorywholer it is 5 mins from the x spot. If you tell someone that it is 30 min than they would think its in Long Beach or something, obviuosly traffic needs to be factored in. Im not gonna say I live an hour and a half in traffic from West Covina, when its only 20 mins away.
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lol. i second my7.
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Well then why would they look through the GH & keep try to get me to stick it through & even show theirs etc? & not wanna get a better look?
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I plan to visit there today between 3 & 4 pm. I'll be wearing green camo tennis shoes. Hope to have some fun. I've gotta check these buddy window things.
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badboyshh you are prob attracting too much attention to yourself. stand in the stalls if you are going to stand somewhere otherwise keepmoving. No probs when I am there or lights. there are cameras so hes watching you prob just standing there looking like a fool (no offense)
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I've been there a few times in the past month. Everytime there's an employee switching the lights on and off and walking in the back with a flashlight. I only ever saw one gh at the end of the 1st row of booths at the entrance to the left of the entrance. Is there anything in the arcade section immediately to the right of the entrance?
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so does anyone know when that young kid goes in , the one in a white shirt and black shorts?
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Well this one (GH) was very close to a corner, like two inches out from a corner.
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all gh are connected to each other have not seen one just for peeping
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Will be in the area today. Want to check it out after 3 pm. Anyone else plan on going?
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Was just there about 30 minute ago. Was going to head out, but saw this hot latin dude and hooked up with him. If your reading this, your hot dude. Thanks for the hookup
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slots take dollar bills not like those annoying Romantix shops where you have to buy a 5 buck card... Glory hole in about 7 of these.
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how do I get there from Long Beach? where to park? just go in and use coins? pls advise, thanks
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happenning again
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