March Morning Coffee — Wednesday, March 18

Posted on March 8, 2015 by tq

Let’s enjoy excellent coffee, lots of goodies, and great conversation.

We’ll meet with our old friends and make new ones.

Location: Mary Ann Murphy´s home in Retiro

(You will receive the address after you send your RSVP.)

Date and Time: Wednesday, March 18

from 10.30 until noon

Please RSVP to: Mary Ann Murphy murp4@aol.com

**The Morning Coffee is held in a member’s private home. Please extend your host the courtesy of an RSVP, and if it turns out that you can’t come, inform your host of that fact in advance of the event.

**This event is limited to current BAIN Downtown members and their personal guests. If you are interested in becoming a member of BAIN Downtown, please contact bain.downtown@gmail.com

March Book Group — Tuesday, March 10 at 3:30 p.m.

Posted on March 1, 2015 by tq

We will be discussing The Underground Girls of Kabul (2014) by Jenny Nordberg

Meeting Details:
Book: The Underground Girls of Kabul
Date: Tuesday, March 10th
Time: 3:30pm
Location: Belgrano
RSVP: eugeniyahaas@gmail.com

Once you RSVP for the book club, the host will send you her detailed address.

Please note that we will be choosing the books for the next three to four months at this book club meeting. Please come with any suggestions that you may have along with a summary description. If you are unable to make book group and have suggestions for future books, please forward them to me along with a summary description at jendan@gmail.com.

Come enjoy your afternoon coffee with us, and particiapte in a lively discussion with other BAIN members (feel free to join us even if you don’t manage to read this month’s book). Please RSVP so we know how many to expect!

March 10: The Underground Girls of Kabul (2014) by Jenny Nordberg

In Afghanistan, a culture ruled almost entirely by men, the birth of a son is cause for celebration and the arrival of a daughter is often mourned as misfortune. A bacha posh (literally translated from Dari as “dressed up like a boy”) is a third kind of child – a girl temporarily raised as a boy and presented as such to the outside world. Jenny Nordberg, the reporter who broke the story of this phenomenon for the New York Times, constructs a powerful and moving account of those secretly living on the other side of a deeply segregated society where women have almost no rights and little freedom.

March Wine & Tapas — March 14

Posted on February 28, 2015 by tq

Please join us for an evening of wine, tapas, and friendly conversation.

Location: Palermo – Exact address provided upon RSVP
Date: Saturday, March 14th.
Time: 8.00 p.m.

Our host this month adds:
Show up anytime between 8 and 9; the party generally ends at 11 or so. People are truly welcome to stay and sip wine thereafter until I change into my pajamas, which is my subtle way of hinting that it is time to go home. Which might be at 12, or might be at 3.

How does it work? Bring wine, finger food, and your sparkling self to join other BAIN members in a night of socializing and making new friends. We look forward to catching up with you!

Our host this month further adds: if you bring your own serving dish and utensils that would help, as I have a limited supply to share.

Please email RSVPs to jisaacs61.com

The address will be sent to you via email response.

New to Buenos Aires? New to BAIN Downtown, or is this your first Wine & Tapas? It’s easier than you think! One of our members has graciously opened their doors to create a social environment for any BAIN member interested in attending.

If you are interested in becoming one of these fabulous hosts or if you have any questions about the event, please contact Linda Talluto: LTalluto@gmail.com.

*This event is limited to current BAIN Downtown members only, and their personal guests. If you are interested in becoming a member of BAIN Downtown, please contact bain.downtown@gmail.com

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Ladies’ Night Out – Thursday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m.

Posted on February 10, 2015 by tq

Hello Ladies,

We are going to try this again. Apologies for last month’s cancellation of the event due to rain and the Nisman March.

Please save the date: Thursday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m.

Ladies’ Night Out will start at Bettina Rizzi Leather & Furs (located at Maipú 929 near Plaza San Martín).

Bettina is inviting everyone for a glass of champagne to see the latest styles in leather as of 6:30 p.m. Don’t miss out! 15% discount to the BAIN group.

After the mini-fashion show, everyone will meet up at the Sky Bar (one of the top 10 Bars of Buenos Aires!) for a lovely view of the city lights. Sky Bar is on the top floor of the Pulitzer Hotel at Maipú 907, just steps away from Bettina’s store.

In the event of rain, we will have a back-up plan in place.
Please RSVP to: Silvia silport@hotmail.com or Marcia – marcia@transpack.com.ar

SKY Bar
An oasis in the heart of Buenos Aires.
The terrace which you’ll find in the 13th floor of the Pulitzer is an open space designed to enjoy the best of the night, a cool and cosmopolitan atmosphere, the best cocktails and an unbeatable music.

Social Meeting – Friday, February 27 at 6 p.m.

Posted on February 10, 2015 by tq

BAIN Downtown members and their guests are invited to join in this month’s social get-together. Given our great turnout for January, we will be returning to La Terrasse, in the lovely Plaza Hotel.

The event will start at 6 p.m. BAIN will provide appetizers, and there will be an extensive cash bar menu offered.

Location: La Terrasse, in the Plaza Hotel, Florida 1005 (Retiro, in the city center) across from Plaza San Martín. La Terrasse is on the first floor, which happens to be up two floors from the lobby. You can find it by going into the Fitness Center. Should you need further assistance, the staff are very helpful.

Date and Time: Friday, February 27 at 6 p.m.

Program: Conversation. Meet someone new. Bring friends and introduce them to BAIN. We will provide light appetizers and finger food.

Fees: BAIN Downtown members – no charge
Guests and BAIN Suburbs members – 50 pesos*

*If you join BAIN Downtown at the meeting, your guest fee is waived. The fee to join BAIN for about one year’s membership is 250 pesos.

Morning Coffee – Thursday, February 26 from 10.30 until noon

Posted on February 1, 2015 by tq

Come and join us for a new
Morning Coffee!
[Wendy morning coffee]
Let’s enjoy excellent coffee, lots of goodies, and great conversation. We’ll meet with our old friends and make new ones.

Location: Chriss Galeotti’s home in Puerto Madero (You will receive the address after you send your RSVP.)
Date and Time: Thursday, February 26 from 10.30 until noon.
Please RSVP to: Chriss Galeotti christinegaleotti@yahoo.com

**This event is limited to current BAIN Downtown members and their personal guests. If you are interested in becoming a member of BAIN Downtown, please contact bain.downtown@gmail.com

February Book Group — Tuesday, February 10

Posted on January 26, 2015 by tq

Meeting Details:
Book: Fury by Salman Rushdie

Date: Tuesday, February 10th
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Café In Boca al Lupo, Bonpland 1965 – Palermo (click here for map)
RSVP: jendan@gmail.com

Our Book Club will meet next on Tuesday, February 10th. Bring suggestions of future books you would recommend for discussion.

Come enjoy your afternoon coffee with us, and participate in a lively discussion with other BAIN members (feel free to join us even if you don’t manage to read this month’s book–it’s totally fine).

Please RSVP so we know how many to expect!

February 10: Fury (2001) by Salman Rushdie

“Life is fury. Fury-sexual, Oedipal, political, magical, brutal- drives us to our finest heights and coarsest depths. This is what we are, what we civilize ourselves to disguise-the terrifying human animal in us, the exalted, transcendent, self-destructive, untrammeled lord of creation. We raise each other to the heights of joy. We tear each other limb from bloody limb.”

Malik Solanka, historian of ideas and dollmaker extraordinaire, steps out of his life one day, abandons his family without a word of explanation, and flees London for New York. There’s a fury within him, and he fears he has become dangerous to those he loves. He arrives in New York at a time of unprecedented plenty, in the highest hour of America’s wealth and power, seeking to “erase” himself. Eat me, America, he prays, and give me peace.

But fury is all around him. Cabdrivers spout invective. A serial killer is murdering women with a lump of concrete. The petty spats and bone-deep resentments of the metropolis engulf him. His own thoughts, emotions, and desires, meanwhile, are also running wild. A tall, green-eyed young blonde in a D’Angelo Voodoo baseball cap is in store for him. As is another woman, with whom he will fall in love and be drawn toward a different fury, whose roots lie on the far side of the world.

March 10: The Underground Girls of Kabul (2014) by Jenny Nordberg

In Afghanistan, a culture ruled almost entirely by men, the birth of a son is cause for celebration and the arrival of a daughter is often mourned as misfortune. A bacha posh (literally translated from Dari as “dressed up like a boy”) is a third kind of child – a girl temporarily raised as a boy and presented as such to the outside world. Jenny Nordberg, the reporter who broke the story of this phenomenon for the New York Times, constructs a powerful and moving account of those secretly living on the other side of a deeply segregated society where women have almost no rights and little freedom.

**If anyone happens to have hard copies of any of the books, or is traveling and is willing to bring back copies for other members, please let us know either by email or at the next meeting**

If you have any questions about the titles or meetings of the Book Club, please contact me at jendan@gmail.com

See you in February!

Social Meeting – Friday, January 30 at 6 p.m.

Posted on January 10, 2015 by tq

BAIN Downtown members are invited to join in this month’s social get-together. This popular meeting will be held at La Terrasse, in the lovely Plaza Hotel.

The event will start at 6 p.m. BAIN will provide appetizers, and there will be two for one drink specials.

Date and Time: Friday, January 30 at 6 p.m.

Program: Conversation! Meet someone new! Bring friends and introduce them to BAIN. We will provide light appetizers and finger food while you enjoy the two for one beverage specials.

Fees: BAIN Downtown members – no charge. Guests and BAIN Suburbs members – 50 pesos*
*If you join BAIN Downtown at the meeting, your guest fee is waived. The fee to join BAIN for about one year’s membership is 250 pesos.

Luncheon – Wednesday, January 21 at 1 p.m.

Posted on January 10, 2015 by tq

With the hot weather upon us traditional wisdom says you should have something hot to cool you down? I know this works for liquids but I am not sure if spicy food might do the same. Well, here is our opportunity to experiment. All of the dishes can be order without spice if you desire.

We dine in January at what I consider to be the best Indian restaurant in the city – Tandoor.

I think that TripAdvisor sums it up nicely: “Exquisite food” Reviewed November 13, 2014. “Very elegant Indian restaurant.”

We will have an extensive menu to choose from, there is something here to satisfy any palate. You can choose from the following:

Vegetarian

Masoor Dal con Tadka
Lentils with onions, tomatoes and lemon, cooked in a sauce with Indian spices

Navratan Lorma
Creamy vegetarian curry from Northern India

Paneer Tikka Masala
Curry with homemade Indian cheese, in a sauce of tomatoes (or spinach), onions and spices

Chicken

Chicken Shah Jahani
Chicken cooked in a rich curry of cream, nuts and mild spices

Chicken Tikka Masala**
The classic Tandoori curry dish cooked in a sauce of tomatoes, onions and spices

Chicken Pistachio “Korma” from Agra*
A rich, exquisite and aromatic North Indian chicken curry with ground pistachios

Salmon, Prawns or Lamb

Salmon or Prawns al Yogur de Bengal
Curry with a base of yoghurt tomatoes and spices

Salmon or Prawns de la costa Malaabar
Curry with a base of coconut milk and tamarind with spices

“Ismaili” Lamb Curry from Bombay*
A unique, aromatic and delicious family dish from the “Ismaili” community, made with roasted nuts & spices

Lamb Aatu Kari Kolambu de Ooty
Lamb cooked in its juices with 19 different spices and ingredients

Accompaniments

White rice or Naan with garlic or butter

Beverages

Choice of: soft drink / Indian lemonade / glass of wine (red or white)
Pitchers of tap water will be on the table

Desserts

Badam Pista-Kulfi
Rich ice-cream prepared with almonds and pistachios

Gojar Ka Halwa
Creamy dessert of carrots and nuts

Total cost for the meal including tip will be 150 pesos.

The following public transport options will get you close to the venue:
Subway: Line D, Aguero station
Buses: líneas 152, 109, 111, 39, 12

Date: Wednesday, January 21
Time: 1:00 pm
Place: Tandoor, Laprida 1293, Barrio Norte esq. Charcas, Phone 4821-3676
Cost: 150 pesos (includes tip)

Please RSVP to me to secure a place. Do not reply to this e-mail as it will go to BAIN, but rather send the reply to my address below.
mweldon213@yahoo.com
Phone: 4815-4660

Ladies Night Out — Thursday, January 15

Posted on January 9, 2015 by tq

BAIN’s Ladies Night Out will start the New Year with a sunset Happy Hour at the Central Market in Puerto Madero (across from the Hotel Hilton) starting at 19:00 hs on Thursday, January 15th. Please plan to join us if you are in BA! The sunsets are glorious.

On Thursdays the Central Market offers drinks + appetizers + DJ + sunset with 10% discount.

Address: Dique 4 / Macacha Guemes 300.

Ladies, mark your calendars now and RSVP to Marcia Williamson / marcia@transpack.com.ar

(Silvia, who usually coordinates this event is enjoying the beach in Ecuador – we will toast to her in her absence)

Cheers to all!