Smart Girls Guide to Clubbing

I'm sure San Francisco has some good dance clubs, it's just not the scene I'm typically involved with and thus, I don't know the good clubs. Once a year, I might venture out. It's usually for the SF Tri Club year end party. We wrap things up around 11pm and suddenly you can tell when the club opens the doors to other night revelers. The patrons are usually much skinnier with tiny arms and legs (men and women), lots of makeup, and they wear clothes that you typically can't find in Sports Basement. As they enter the club, we leave, after all, it's early to bed so we can wake up fresh for the morning run.

But my sabbatical from work has also been a sabbatical from triathlon and thus I find myself becoming an expert on the club scene, at least here in Buenos Aires.

1. Attire: I think athletes are onto something. Dance clubs are hot and sweaty, kind of like an aerobics class. Tennis shirts are cute and flattering, and best of all, made from DryFit®. So, in order to look your best while in the sweltering smoking club, I recommend wearing tennis shirts. The Williams' sisters are onto something with their new design line.
2. Flaunt one good asset, not all of them. It's great to show off your nice long legs in a short shirt, or your flawless back in a open back top, or flash a little cleavage with a low cut top and your favorite jeans. Just avoid doing all of this at one time.
3. Don't get frustrated with the bouncer when he lets all the younger girls get in the door ahead of you while you keep on waiting outside. You'll learn later on in the evening that they are "working" that night and thus get free entry into clubs.
4. Wrap up the evening with friends watching the sun rise at a local coffee shop, drinking a strong coffee cortado, eating medialunes or tostados, and already recounting the evenings festivities.
   

(This post was a collaboration between Rob and Julia Evans and me.)