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New Novel by Bonnie Ridley Kraft

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Author Bonnie Ridley Kraft

announces the release of a new novel

To Hold a Rainbow

book number three in the World Designs Ltd. Series

At the Three Frontiers area, where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay come together in the dense rain forest, smuggling is rife. Drug lord Ramón Subizar is planning a major drug push on Christmas Eve at the borders. But the Gendarmería Nacional of Argentina intend to crash Subizar’s party. Add to the brew a volatile horse called Don Diego, a Buell motorcycle, a gypsy aeroplane pilot, and the drug lord with his new product of opium, and there is guaranteed to be an explosion.

From Dog Ear Publishing, To Hold a Rainbow follows The Kámen and The Long Way Home in the World Design Ltd. series.

Quote from an Amazon reviewer of The Long Way Home: “…one could tell while reading it that the author was familiar with the characters and locations from personal travel.”

Quote from an Amazon reviewer of The Kámen: “Could hardly wait for the next books to come out to see what was going to happen and where in the world the characters would go next.”

All three books are available from Amazon and from Barnes & Noble, in perfect bound or in eBook formats.  Direct links:

For more information, please go to the author’s website at www.bonnieridleykraft.com

Gastronomic Festival Jan 15 – Feb 28

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Thank you to My Buenos Aires Travel Guide for the information below.  To keep up with this an other events in Buenos Aires, we have added a feature called “Blogs We Read” to the lower right-hand corner of the BAIN Downtown site.  Or, subscribe to My Buenos Aires Travel Guide and receive all of her posts though email!

Gastronomic Festival with important restaurant discounts

The website Restaurant.com.ar organizes its yearly Tour Gourmet Buenos Aires, an opportunity for all foodies (member of Restaurant.com.ar and the general public alike) to enjoy some of the best restaurants in Buenos Aires with incredible discounts.

In this edition of the Tour Gourmet, from January 15 to February 28, 2013, all participating restaurants offer a 35 % to 50 % discount every day on the total of the check when ordering “a la carte”. There will also be special discounts on wine tastings at the  Sheraton Buenos Aires on specific dates. This is a free event for the general public and doesn’t require registration.

To use this benefit, enter Tour Gourmet website, (in Spanish only) choose a restaurant, print the discount coupon clicking on “Certificado de Beneficio”, and present it when arriving at the restaurant or asking for the check (note some of the discounts are only applied for cash payments).

The list of participating restaurants will be updated every day.

Sure Chef Cooking Classes in January!

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Cooking is a fascinating, fun activity that everyone can do! Sure Chef offers a range of cooking classes focusing on foods and cooking techniques that can help to promote health, vitality, and mental clarity.

Sure Chef is offering a variety of cooking classes through out January. If you are interested in hosting a cooking class for 4 or more people your class is free. please email cheftristine@gmail.com if you are interested in booking a date between Jan 7- 21. If you can’t host a class please email us and we can tell you the classes that are open. BAIN Downtown members enjoy a AR$50 discount!
 
For more information on the classes offered please go to http://surechef.com/index.php/cn-programs/cooking-classes/buenos-aires

BAIN/Spanglish Event

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BAIN Downtown Members enjoy a discount at Spanglish –

the first Friday of every month!

To join in the December event:

  1. Go to www.SpanglishExchange.com
  2. Click on Register Now, and complete the form.
  3. Find the December 7th event at Azcuenaga and click on RSVP
  4. Select the “Pay at Event” option, you will receive your discount at the door.
  5. Come to Azcuenaga, Vicente Lopez 2190, on Friday, December 7th at 9:00pm – and enjoy the night!

Shen Yun Comes to Buenos Aires

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New York based SHEN YUN, the premier Chinese classical dance company in the world, will be starting their brand new 2013 tour in Buenos Aires! Shen Yun´s mission is to revive 5000 years of traditional Chinese culture. You will experience the dress and customs of different dynasties, legends unfolding, deities descending from heaven, and moving stories of present-day courage.

Tickets are already on sale for the December 13, 14 and 14 shows at the Opera Citi Theatre through Ticketek Argentina. Another five shows (Dec. 17-21) will be opened in the coming days.At BAIN Downtown’s Social Meeting on Friday, November 30th, you will have the chance to win 2 tickets to the Opening Night of Shen Yun.  Hope to see you all at SHEN YUN!

Concert at the Brazilian Embassy

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Join the Brazilian Embassy at an in-house concert on Wednesday, December 12 at 8:00pm.  For details and ticket information, contact info@fmusicadecamara.org.ar.

December Morning Coffee: Cookie Exchange!

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Just in time for the holidays!

The December BAIN Coffee will feature a holiday cookie exchange!  If you would like to have an assortment of HOMEMADE baked goodies for your place for the holidays (if you can resist eating them all before then!), please join us for this event.  If you’ve never been to a cookie exchange, the rules are simple:

1) Bring 2-3 dozen HOMEMADE cookies to the event (yes, that means you have to bake, not buy!),

2) Bring the recipe for your cookies to share with the rest of the group,

3) Those who bring cookies will be able to leave with an assortment of other people’s goodies

4) Enjoy!

The Morning Coffee/Cookie Exchange will be held on Tuesday, December 18 at 10:30am in Recoleta (address provided upon RSVP). If you are planning to join in the fun of the Cookie Exchange, please bring an extra dozen or so for sampling at the table while having your coffee.  If this sounds like fun to you then please RSVP to our hostess, Milena Newhook at milenanewhook@gmail.com.

We hope you can join us!

December Book Club!

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Get ready for our final 2012 Bookclub get together!

December Bookclub Arrangements:

Date: Wednesday 12 Dec
Time: 11am – 1:00pm
Title: Unorthodox – The scandalous rejection of my Hasidic Roots
(Deborah Feldman)

Sheridan has kindly agreed to host (she lives in Recoleta)
Please RSVP to her directly on: sheridanpidcock@gmail.com in order to
receive the exact location.

Regards,
The Bookcluborganizers

**If you need to renew your membership OR are interested in joining BAIN Downtown, the Book Club is a great time to do so!  Membership is AR$250 per year.

November Social Monthly Meeting

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BAIN DOWNTOWN SOCIAL – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30

BAIN Downtown members are invited to join in this month’s Strictly Social meeting.  We will enjoy food, drinks and great company at Tucson, a café located in the Terrazas Buenos Aires Design Center.  Our start time is 4 p.m., and there is a 2 for 1 happy hour menu available.

Location:  Tucson, Terrazas Buenos Aires Design Center, local 15/16, Terrace Level   www.tucsonrestaurante.com.ar

Date and Time:  Friday, November 30 at 4 p.m.

Program:  Conversation!  Meet someone new!  Bring friends and introduce them to BAIN!  We will provide light appetizers and finger food while our guests enjoy the happy hour specials of 2 for 1 on selected beverages. We will also be raffling off the last unclaimed prize from the End of Year Party, 2 tickets to the opening night of Shen Yun, a 30-day supply of bagels from Sugar & Spice and hot sauces from El Tejano!

Fees: BAIN Downtown members – no charge

Guests and BAIN Suburbs members – AR$50*

*If you join BAIN at the meeting, your guest fee is waived. The fee to join BAIN for a year’s membership is AR$250

Renewals:  If you have received an email from BAIN Downtown reminding you that your membership renewal is due by January 1, 2013, then this is a great opportunity for you to renew.  As a reminder, the fee to renew is AR$250 for yet another great year of friends and fun!

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December Book Exchange

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Join Us at the BAIN Book Exchange December Holiday Party

This bi-monthly event is a chance to meet new people, engage in interesting conversation, and discover new reading material, all in a warm & friendly atmosphere.

Please join us by bring 1 or 2 really interesting books to lend or give away in exchange for someone else’s great book. You don’t necessarily have to part with your book, you can loan it to another BAIN member who will be held accountable to return it. We want our book exchange to offer participants an opportunity to access high quality reading material in English, which can be hard to find and expensive to buy in BA, so please bring the book you would like your best friend to read.

Date: Thursday, December 20th

Time: 11 am

Place: contact Danielle Gold at dgold@counselingba.com for directions

Please RSVP in advance.  This event is limited to current BAIN Downtown Members, if you are interested in joining BAIN Downtown, please complete our New Member Sign-Up Form, or email bain.downtown@gmail.com

Holiday refreshments & good conversation will be served