Strippers in Hod HaSharon

A city of houses, not of buildings

Most of the places we cover are cities of flats. Hod HaSharon is the reverse: the bulk of the bookings here come from a private house with a yard, and often with a pool as well.

That sounds like a technical detail and it changes the evening from the first line. There is space, there is a hard floor, there is somewhere to change, and there is no neighbour under the floor. Almost everything that limits a show in a flat simply does not exist here.

In practice this is the city where we least often ask how much room you have, and where a club set or go-go fits without compromise, unlike flats in central Tel Aviv.

“Hod HaSharon” is not an address

The city was formed by merging four old villages — Magdiel, Ramatayim, Hadar and Neve Neeman — and the map still shows it.

There is no single centre everything radiates from. There are several old cores with narrow one-way streets, and newer quarters with wide ones in between. A street name on its own is sometimes not enough, because some of the old villages have streets with similar names.

What we ask for: the quarter together with the street and number. “Magdiel, street and number” is far more precise than “Hod HaSharon”. If you are in one of the old cores, tell us which end of the street to come in from.

The gate, not the door

This is what delays evenings here more than anything else, and it has nothing to do with the show.

At a private house the way in is through a gate, and the gate is locked. A street intercom does not always work, and sometimes it is on the far side of the fence altogether. Add a dark yard and a long path and you have five minutes of waiting on the pavement.

What solves it: one person who knows when she is due and comes out to the gate. If there is a dog in the yard, tell us in advance. This is the only city where we ask, and not out of fear — a happy dog ruins a costume in two seconds.

Parking is usually easy, on the street and free. In the narrow lanes of the old cores, give us a junction rather than “outside the house”.

How bass behaves between houses

In a flat the problem is the neighbour below and the bass travels through the floor. Here it works differently, and most people do not think about it beforehand.

Between one house and the next there are fifteen metres of air and a hedge. Walls carry nothing, so music in a closed living room disturbs nobody. But the moment the show moves outside, the sound travels straight into three gardens around you, particularly after ten at night.

What works: an outdoor set early, between seven and ten, and a move indoors afterwards. Or a speaker aimed at the house rather than at the fence. It sounds like a small thing and it cuts the noise outside considerably.

A pool in the garden: what to sort out first

Pool parties are routine here in summer, and almost all of them ask for go-go.

Three things to prepare: a dry area to one side rather than wet tile by the water, light at eye level rather than only from inside the pool, and a large towel within reach. And if most of the guests are in the water when the set starts, half the audience misses it — better to time the number around the food.

In winter the answer is different: a large living room, burlesque or fashion, and side lighting instead of the ceiling light.

Who books here

The common profile is a birthday between thirty-five and fifty, at home, with a group who have known each other for years. After that, evenings of neighbours and friends with no particular occasion, and only then bachelor parties.

There are no hotels in the city, so nearly everything is at your home. Some evenings happen in rented villas at the western edge, where the space is usually large enough for a duo.

What is nearby

Hod HaSharon is bounded by Kfar Saba to the north, Raanana to the west and Petah Tikva to the south, with only a road between it and Herzliya. Travel times to all four are close, so if you are near a boundary just give us the street and we will give you an exact hour.

Where it happens in Hod HaSharon

• Private houses with gardens
• home pools
• paved terraces
• large living rooms
• rented villas