pulling chicas from clubs / bars
I have to disagree with Judd's assertion that it is next to impossible to pull regular Portenas from clubs / bars. Obviously, your own personal looks will be 90% of the equation in terms of the quality of regular Portena you are capable of pulling. The other 10% of the equation is if you have the "chamuyo" (lunfardo for the ability to smoothtalk) to charm the chica into leaving with you from the club or arranging a meeting at a later date. From my own successful experiences, I find that it is easiest to meet girls in places like Milion (parana between santa fe and marcelo t. Kilkenny, Shamrock, and other popular bars that are in general more conducive to conversation than a disco. Many higher class girls go to these places before going out to dance at a discoteca, as such, it is possible to meet these girls at the bars, work your mojo to break down the stranger barrier, and dance all night with the newly met girls (among other possiblilities) in a way that just meeting them in the disco usually is not possible. Ironically, one of the best regular Portena scores I made was at a gay club, Palacio Alsina, which is only open on Friday nights. A smoking hot girl, a certifiable 9, who was at this place with her gay cousin and his boyfriend, approached me in admiration of my bodybuilder like appearance-we spoke, I got her number, and we met 5 times over the next 2 weeks for what basically amounted to no more than dinner and sex. Judd is accurate in that Portenas DO NOT view Americans as celebrities as other more third world chicas latinas are known to do. Buenos Aires is similar to all cosmopolitan cities worldwide in that if your a young stud guy with good conversational skills (in this case, good conversational castellano skills) you can get pussy.
Obviously, if you don't speak any Spanish, and you are either old, out of shape, short, lack any resemblence of "chamuyo" or any combination of these factors, you only way to get laid in this city is through professionals- and there is absolutely nothing wrong with this.