PRIVATE BOUNCER

NY Post ^ | 11/10/05 | BRIAN NIEMIETZ

[Millee]

If you want to flirt with Darcy Smith, beware. You'll have to get through her personal bouncer first.

Brendan Reed, a 6-foot-5, 315-pound tough guy Smith affectionately calls "the medium-sized one," is one of three muscle-bound diplomats Smith uses to ward off admirers when she goes clubbing with her friends.

For $10 an hour plus expenses, Reed ensures that unwanted Romeos don't start dirty dancing or asking for the women's phone numbers.

"Some men can be really aggressive," said Smith, a 30-something entrepreneur from South Orange, N.J. "It makes the experience a lot more pleasant. My bodyguard's my most valued accessory."

A free-lance bouncer trained in judo, Reed hovers stealthily in the background of bars and clubs, and Smith often forgets he's there.

"Guys don't know when to draw the line," said Reed, who goes out with groups of women three to four times a month. "The club scene is getting worse. Bouncers [at the door] are there to collect their money and go home. They don't care" what happens on the dance floor.

Smith is married and owns the West Village restaurant Andavi with her husband David Kokakis. But waving her ring does little to dissuade cocky New Yorkers.

[teenyelliott]

if she would just put her baby feeders back in their pouch

heehee

[Maximus of Texas]

How back the seat of my car?

[teenyelliott]

I have to say, I used to have a bodyguard when I was a bartender. He was a biker ex-con friend of mine, and I didn't have to pay him anything. He took care of me cause he was my friend. He saved my butt more than once! Sometimes we'd scare the crap out of bothersome boys just for the fun of it.

Men can be rather relentless.

[Dashing Dasher]

If she needs a private bouncer or two - imagine how many we'll need!

Perhaps we could hire the French Foreign Legion - they don't seem to be doing anything these days!

[najida]

Erm,
She's not wearing a pouch, that's the problem.

And mebby she should just date the bouncer??

[patton]

Has france surrendered to Germany yet?

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

"Skankorexic."

Glad someone said it!

[Dashing Dasher]

You are such a tease.

Flannel Granny gown and maybe curlers in your hair - irresistible!

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

I don't need a bouncer. I hit them myself. Why would I want to give a bouncer all my fun.

[wallcrawlr]

even if they wore a suit of armor....they still got it.

[Dashing Dasher]

Men can be rather relentless.

Stalking is just another way of saying, "I love you!"

/sarc

[Tax-chick]

And what or who is her husband doing while she's out clubbing with her girlfriends?

That's exactly what I was wondering. The lives of the trendy can be truly alien.

[Dashing Dasher]

I've got dibs on the bouncer!


;-)

[peacebaby]

I don't need a bouncer. I'm in to dirty dancing, quite frankly!

[Millee]

ooohhhhh is that the new spring line???????

[Dashing Dasher]

I'm checking Fox News now....

Nope - not yet... but chirac was seen buying yellow paint for his back.

[PaulaB]

When I read this I thought

What doesn't she just take her husband?



I think she may frequent clubs a little more

than a married woman should..but thats just my opinion


Dealing with the Immigration and Naturalization department this morning

so I am cranky

[Tax-chick]

hmmm, thats seems cheap

Maybe it's $10 an hour per customer, so if he was guarding a group of women, he might pick up $50 an hour or so - plus expenses, which I guess means his cover charge and drinks tab, and maybe a clothing allowance - just to hang out in bars and look impressive.

[Dashing Dasher]

I was having a business breakfast the other day and some swanky breakfast place in town.

This woman actually walked in with CURLERS IN HER HAIR!!!

She was probably late 40's and was reasonably dressed - but had these big friggin' curlers all over her head.

I stared. It's what I do.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Tell them the biker chick says, "BUILD THE WALL AND DEPORT THEM ALL!!!!!