Here you will find: Buenos Aires and Argentina information and blogs (tango and non-tango); tango blogs from the rest of the world; links to tango lessons in the South of England. Enjoy ‘the long scroll down’ and make sure you don’t miss any gems…
Pick and Mix of some Buenos Aires Tango: a selection of the well known and the less well known (why not try something different for a change?) These are some places that have webpages. Of course there are lots that don’t…
La Ideal: Despite the fact that it attracts a few non tango tourists wanting to snap a few pics of an historic venue, I like its calm and spacious tea dance feel on Monday afternoons. It’s also a place to catch a flavour of the past when orchestras play some nights. Make sure you watch the men dance before you accept a tanda, and stick to the cabeceo, then you will stay happy. Older crowd. Tourist-circuit place.
La Milonguita: Very popular milonga with a local feel in an elegant salon in Colegiales on Sundays. Tanda of chacarera and a tanda when women invite men to dance. Food available, and I love the coffee and cake offer. One of my favourites because it really feels like Argentina. Older age group but can be mixed and younger folk often turn up later after La Glorieta (outdoor milonga in nearby Belgrano). Traditional but relaxed local scene.
La Viruta: Younger crowd. Informal scene. Where I fell in love… but go late: the crowds start to thin a little after 3.30am on Friday and Saturday, when it’s free to get in and the music is at its most traditional, and breakfasts of medialunas are available at around 4.15am. If you like electronic tango then Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays are best, perhaps after 1.30am.
Praktika 8 and Milonga 10: Younger crowd. Informal scene. Very high energy. Get there early to get a seat or you might end up sitting on someone’s lap (both events are in the same smallish venue, Club Fulgor, and can get mega-busy).
Salon Canning: A popular (sometimes too popular) place to hear orchestras on Tuesday nights. Mondays and Fridays also hectic. On Fridays if you want to dance till dawn you can walk to La Viruta from here. Mixed age range. Youngsters turn up later. Tourist-circuit place.
San Telmo tango: Handy website if you are staying there or if you want to find or see a few photos of places like Dandi, La Independencia, TangoQueer, Centro Región Leonesa (home of the famous Thursday night Niño Bien, but many other more traditional milongas besides).
Caseron Porteño Tango Map and Guide which includes milonga listings: Available online in PDF files which can be printed (though may not be latest version). This really is a great resource for those new in town and I am never without one of these maps.
Dios Tango: A Buenos Aires Tango Magazine including milonga listings
El Tangauta: A Buenos Aires Tango Magazine including milonga listings
La Milonga: A Buenos Aires Tango Magazine including milonga listings
Tango Shoes worth a look:
Comme il Faut (women): Cute shoes at high end prices. They will assess your size, ask what heel height you want and then only bring out what you ask for, so go prepared to offer a selection of ideas eg. metallic, multi-coloured, polka dot, neutral, black plus one other colour, green or blue – you get the idea. It’s a good plan to go with a friend and both ask for different stuff. That way you might get to see styles you hadn’t thought of yourself.
DNI Tango shoes (men and women): Can’t speak for the men’s but I bought a pair of the women’s in May 2009. Very comfortable.
Greta Flora (women): Beautiful shoes that can bear flowers, and they will make to your order as well as sell off the shelf. For Greta Flora shoes in the UK and Europe, head directly to AndTango where my friends Anne and Donna have a great selection available for both men and women.
2×4alpie (men and women): My friend Chacho’s tango shoes and practice shoes, with the unique changeable sole: I have a pair of the women’s tango shoes and rather glitzy but oh so comfy practice shoes in platinum and leopard which I might possibly wear at a milonga if my feet get really sore. The women’s tango shoes are extremely comfortable. Carlos has the men’s tango shoes, Ariel has a few pairs and now my English tanguero friends are getting in on the act too.
NeoTango Shoes (men and women): Don’t work for my feet, but maybe they will for yours. Lots of my friends have enjoyed them.
Taconeando (women): In Arenales, near Comme il Faut so you could kill two birds with one stone. Interesting designs with a younger vibe. Nice metallic leathers. Reasonable prices.
Tango Brujo (men and women): I tried a pair on and they felt great. Plus they have some chic styles. May go back when I have some cash.
Buenos Aires Milonga Venue and Shoe Store Locations: Map and transport information.
Buenos Aires and Argentina: know them better…
The BBC’s profile of Argentina
Argentine Spanish Slang Dictionary
AfterLife: Documenting Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires
BA insider (magazine): The who, what, when, how, why & where of living in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires Argentina Guide (and City Tours) from an Englishman in BA
Buenos Aires Mapping: Find addresses and resources easily
Find the film you want to see in Buenos Aires
Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Looking for a ‘telo’ for a night of passion?
Óleo: Guía de Restaurantes de Buenos Aires
Real Reflections: absolutely amazing photographs from Buenos Aires
The Book Cellar (Buy, Exchange and Sell your English Books in Buenos Aires)
30 things to see and do in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires and Argentina blogs (in English) starting with the ones that include tango:
Good Airs: More than a bad translation of “Buenos Aires”
Sexy Spanish Club in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires Expat organisations and websites:
Bloggers in Argentina from Expat-Blog.com
Buenos Aires Expatriates Group
Tango blogs (usually) from the rest of the world – list updated 31/12/2009 to include only active blogs, so if you haven’t blogged for more than six months… you might have gone:
Alex. Tango. Fuego. on life, tango and the universe
En tus brazos: A beginner’s descent into tango
Irene and Man Yung’s Tango Blog
Milonga is like a box of chocolates
On tango, love and other demons
Poesìa de gotàn: The poetry of the tango
Tango: My life as a not so good leader – the sequel
TangoVoice (from Santa Barbara)
Tangri-Lá: Land of the perfect abrazo
The life of a frustrated milonguero
The tango journey of a modern tanguera
Tina’s world – A tanguera between two lands
Twists & Tango: A Beginner’s Journey
Working Artist: Tango, art, life
A few people who came to Buenos Aires for an extended visit, to dance tango, and blogged about it:
Some things I can’t do without:
Julie Michelle in San Francisco
Tango in the South of England:
Tango Alchemy: with Eduardo Bozzo
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Nice Blog. Greetings from Italy and Argentina
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Hey Sallycat, here I am from the other site.
Very interesting blog, and I’m quite looking forward to reading your ebook so hurry up and finish it. 
What I’d really like to do is spend a few weeks in BsAs and get some dedicated tango lessons, sort of like a pilgrimage.Feel free to email any time you like, I’ll keep you up on what’s up here in my part of Canada.
Chao,
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Hi Bob!
Will drop you a mail though apologies if there is a delay as am up to my eyes with the ebook for first time tango travellers to BsAs and indeed it sounds like it could be the very thing for you!
Thanks for checking out my stuff here and on nextstop. Hope that you find some useful tips.
Until soon, SC
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Hey Sallycat,
I’ve been getting sucked deeper into the tango blogosphere and I find your site very helpful and informative. Thanks for doing what you do!
Congrats on your next draft of the e-book, i’m sure it’ll be great and very helpful, and feel free to drop me a line anytime if I can be of help to you.
Cheers,
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Hi Henry!
Happy to be of service!
Goodness, your
http://www.knowtango.com/
map looks a pretty impressive achievement… gonna have to check out the BsAs section!
And readers of Sallycat, do take a look at Henry’s map to check out tango near you, and far from you too!Ebook coming coming coming… everything takes longer than I think it will! But that’s ok.
I will get there.Thanks for commenting. Your encouragement spurs me on! SC
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Hey, just read an old blog of yours on wordpress.com “Be who you want to be.” It popped up as a related blog when I posted mine “Provoking the Muse”
Great to hear that you’re taking steps to make you dream come true. Courageous and AWESOME!
At one point you, when recalling your fear of ever dancing the tango in Argentina again you said “It is proof to me that if you can dare to step outside your boundaries, your boundaries really do move. You can keep stepping further and doing more and not only do the boundaries back off but they seem to get weaker and weaker too. Or maybe I’ve got stronger.” I like to recall the words of Forest Gump when he says “maybe both are happening at the same time.”
Hey, you inspired me and I wanted to extend my thanks.”
Best of luck with your writing
Larry Chaves
Cavalier PostsP.S.Good Blog title by the way Sallycat.
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Hello Larry!
Well thank you very much for reading, and commenting and telling me I inspired you!
You have made my day! Sometimes I laugh at myself when I remember the things I was scared of when I first got here… or smile at myself with love that I just didn’t know how easy it actually is to break new ground, just by taking one step into it… there will always be stuff that I’m scared of – that’s normal I think, but being scared will never stop me trying to live my dreams. Never. (And if it starts to, I hope my friends will tell me, fast).
Will enjoy taking a look at your blog later too.Warm hug, SC
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Thank you very much indeed for adding my blog to your link list. I am currently in Honolulu suffering from Tango Deprivation Syndrome, but should be back in Buenos Aires early next year.
“You have to live your dreams, there’s the truth.” Petroleo – Argentine Tango Dancer (1912 – May 1995) Real name: Carlos Alberto Estevez, Todotango.com-
Hello Patricio
Hey, nice to meet you in cyberspace, wishing you well for your blog and perhaps our paths will cross in Buenos Aires!
Enjoy Honolulu…
Un abrazo, SC
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