Tarte Gogo

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It gives me joy to know that I was missed and appreciated. Thank you!
 
I started working full time as a derivatives trader and had to suspend the therapy treatments. I will resume the treatments  for a time and try to do both trading and therapy. I look forward to seeing you again. I wish you all the very best. 

I’ve seen him several times over the last year or so. Truly a master at different styles - it seemed like every time I saw him, he did something completely new/different from any massage I’ve had before or since. Also very kind-hearted and responsive anytime I reached out. Wishing nothing but the best to him in his new career path though it’ll be hard to find someone nearly as talented 

Thank you @Tarte Gogo. I appreciate it. I will resume the therapy treatments for a time. 

Am I the only one who wants soft strokes and nothing strong,

Such a pity he is not offering massages any longer. I really enjoyed them. 

I guess if you want a beyond horrible massage with extras.  

Energy Mens Spa on 23rd. Love me some Charlie.

I have not been on the forum in awhile and check it out briefly on Sunday. That's when I saw the sad news about Top Men Spa. I tried messaging Lynn that night but I haven't heard anything. If anyone has Ryan's number and is willing to share, please PM me. I wish I had asked him for it last time. 😭

Top men is closed.
Top Men Spa - Google Maps
 

Top men is closed.
Top Men Spa - Google Maps
 

Chelsea Men Spa on 29th, I have seen Allen multiple times - I always text to make sure he is available.  Young, cute, in-shape asian, very friendly, relaxing massage, very interactive. 

I once spent us$150 in Rio in a single day. But for that price I had sex with 6 different hot guys. 
 
Imagine how much that would cost me in NYC. 

I saw him in the street just 2 days ago on 6th ave, but didn't dare bother him. Certainly, it seems he is in NYC and looking good, keeping in very good shape.
Last Oct he told me he was working at Grandee Spa, after getting fired from TSMS without being given a reason.
But I am not sure if Grandee is still ongoing for him.

I’ve always stayed in hotels on numerous visits to Latin America. I like having the hotel services and getting extra towels, clean sheets etc whenever I need them (and Yes, the local housekeepers really appreciate getting tips - especially in dollars).
I’m not sure why some guys dislike registering their guests at Reception. I’ve never had a problem doing that; if traveling alone, I just book a room for 2. I feel it’s good security too in that Reception checks the guy’s ID (so you know he’s of legal age) and it avoids potential problems of robbery etc. If you’re nervous about taking a guy back to your room, then consider using a sex-hotel (or ‘telo’ in BA) for a first date. Gays and heterosexuals use sex-hotels readily. 
 
I can’t comment on SP but there is a useful generalization that Argentines like to talk a lot about sex while Brazilians like to have a lot of sex. (It was first told to me by a young blond Argentine). So in BA be prepared to chat to an attractive  guy, invite him for coffee or a drink etc. I found it was easy to meet attractive guys on the street, in dance-clubs but the best place was in the gym (Megatlon being seen as ‘upmarket’ and the branch in Alta Palermo Shopping, a popular mall, was quite cruisy).

I see that you are not getting any responses from your request for information about Porto Alegre. 
I suspect the lack of responses is because most members of this forum do not visit or have not visited Porto Alegre, I wrote "most". 
I visit Brazil (Rio and Sao Paulo) and parts of Europe often.
A few years back, I visited Porto Alegre a few times. 
If one takes the time and expense to visit Brazil, Rio and Sao Paulo have far more to offer than Porto Alegre.  
There is not much to do or see during the day in Porto Alegre except for minor cultural items.  The city is not particularly interesting compared to Rio and/or Sao Paulo. 
There are two saunas in Porto Alegre. 
My friends like the newer sauna (maybe ten years old or a little older) called Mezzaninu. 
https://spartacus.gayguide.travel/saunas/portoalegre-riograndedosul/95168_Mezzaninu
It is in an attractive building but not conveniently located to the downtown area. 
The sauna has had its ups and downs as to being a fun and busy sauna to a sauna that had very few providers and clients. 
When the sauna was busy a few years ago, most Brazilian clients and providers were rather "aloof" and not friendly to most foreigners. 
I personally do not like the sauna.
There is another sauna in Porto Alegro called Plataforma.  The sauna is a converted old house.  Many foreign visitors to that sauna do not like it.  I personally prefer that sauna to the newer fancy one named above (Mezzaninu).  I had many fun times in that place called Plataforma.
https://spartacus.gayguide.travel/saunas/southamerica/brazil/portoalegre-riograndedosul/12421_Plataforma
With flights into Rio and Sao Paulo where garotos and fun are plentiful, why would a visitor want to take another flight to travel another seven hundred miles only to see two more saunas located in a dull city?  
If you plan a long vacation in Brazil, it might be fun to travel to Porto Alegre for a weekend.  However, if you take only a two or three week vacation, taking a side trip to Porto Alegre might be something you would not like.  
The above is only my opinion.  You might find that you like Porto Alegre with its two saunas with not much to do during the days.  

I saw him the other night, and I also got “stretched”, but not in a good way.
• He is the guy in his pics (although he does shave his chest and stomach, and I felt the stubble which was a little uncomfortable for me).
• Handsome guy
• Sweet personality 
• Kissing is limited
• Says he is versatile, but he couldn’t keep it hard long enough to continue as a top.  When I tried topping him, he couldn’t take me for that long (and I don’t consider myself hung in any way whatsoever).  I had to jack myself off to finish, which was very disappointing, as I can do that at home watching porn.  However, he couldn’t follow through in either role.
• I told him I wanted an hour before I even ventured to go meet him at his hotel.  I only brought in cash his hourly fee of $300, plus a possible tip if he was good.  I was on time, but he asked for ten more minutes (which initially didn’t seem like a big deal to me).
• Once I got there, we started talking a bit just to get to know each other, which is normal for any one or two hour appointment I do.  What seemed like an hour of talking (which it probably was), I said we need to get on with it, as he never wanted to initiate anything.  It seemed like if I didn’t initiate anything, he would’ve kept talking. When we were done, two hours had passed.  I gave him his initial fee of $300, plus a tip.  He was like, “Oh no!  You were here TWO hours! You owe me $600 total.”  At this point, I felt hussled, as it shouldn’t be ME that keeps track of the time.  Yeah, we went two hours, but the first hour was him allowing me to continue to talk, without initiating what I was there for.  I felt if I wouldn’t have said anything, he would’ve just continued to talk, and then asked for his hourly fee of just talking.
• Would I hire him again?  Most likely not, as it left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth by him not performing as a top or bottom, asking for more time on my schedule (which initially wouldn’t have been an issue, but once it was HIS time, THAT time became money), and then asking for another full hour’s rate when I feel HE should have initiated the intimacy, knowing how much time I had requested.

I heard that he decided to quit the massage business to pursue other career opportunities. Not sure if it is temporary or permanent.

well.........there's this.........four posts up in this thread............maybe?
https://www.companyofmen.org/topic/131073-alexblessings/?do=findComment&comment=1999780
 

Just tried Fin and would not repeat. Shoulder massage was good but the rest was not thorough, nearly 40 minutes just on the shoulders, no time for much else.
And it significantly lacked the interactivity I crave. 

Just tried Fin and would not repeat. Shoulder massage was good but the rest was not thorough, nearly 40 minutes just on the shoulders, no time for much else.
And it significantly lacked the interactivity I crave. 

I thought Grandee was famous for tip begging mid-massage. That’s a horrible reputation in the spa world. 

Crossed Grandee off my list a long time ago.  Tired old facilities, tip negotiators, dirty massage rooms with walls that don't go to ceiling and you can hear the loud employees in the hallways, and worst of all, the massages I had there were very frequently cut short by 10 min (I don't think I ever had a massage there that lasted the full hour).  

Could you please share who did this “lazy massage “
so that people can avoid him. 
Thank you ! 

Your experience is based on your particular masseur. It may be premature for you to overgeneralize to the establishment.  I have had good, mediocre, and bad experiences, whether it be there or anywhere else.