The interior at Swinging Richards, which bills itself as "America's gay male strip club," is like a Hollywood set that is trying to reproduce a Las Vegas sin palace that is trying to evoke someplace in ancient Rome. Large and decorative columns foster part of that effect, and a unique wall-mounted sculpture (which cannot be described here) engenders the rest. None of which matters a bit to the patrons of this large and rambling establishment. During one visit, although mostly men surrounded the runway where performers (clad, semiclad and otherwise) strutted, in one corner a bachelorette party appeared to be getting into the swing of things. Visitors tothe nightclub should note that patrons may not wear either short skirts or short-shorts on the premises.