Dear BAIN Ladies,
BAIN Downtown members and guests are invited to join in February’s social get-together. This popular meeting will be held at the La Terrasse, in the lovely Plaza Hotel.
The event will start at 6 p.m. BAIN will provide light appetizers and finger food, and members can purchase drinks from the extensive bar menu.
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, two floors from the lobby. You can find it by going into the Fitness Center. Should you need assistance, the staff is very helpful.
Date and Time: Friday, February 26, beginning at 6 p.m.
Fees: BAIN Downtown members – no charge
Guests and BAIN Suburbs members – 50 pesos*
*If you join BAIN Downtown at the meeting, your guest fee will be waived. The yearly fee to join BAIN is 300 pesos.
BAIN members, please join us for an evening of wine, tapas and friendly conversation.
Location: Almagro – Exact address provided upon RSVP
Date: Saturday, January 9th
Time: 8:00 p.m.
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!
Please RSVP to tonilin@aol.com. The address will be sent to you via email response.
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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 BAIN members.
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.
For January, we chose The Harder They Come by TC Boyle.
Please note if there is still strong interest in reading My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgard, we will take that into consideration. Please email me (jendan@gmail.com) with your thoughts on My Struggle and we will make a decision about whether it will be the book for our book group.
As always, please email Jennifer (jendan@gmail.com) with any ideas you have for future book clubs.
Next meeting of the book club:
Date: January 12, 2016
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: Libros del Pasaje, Thames 1762
RSVP: Toni Quintana at tonilin@aol.com
January 12, 2016
The Harder They Come by TC Boyle
Set in contemporary Northern California, The Harder They Come explores the volatile connections between three damaged people—an aging ex-Marine and Vietnam veteran, his psychologically unstable son, and the son’s paranoid, much older lover—as they careen towards an explosive confrontation.
On a vacation cruise to Central America with his wife, seventy-year-old Sten Stensen unflinchingly kills a gun-wielding robber menacing a busload of senior tourists. The reluctant hero is relieved to return home to Fort Bragg, California, after the ordeal—only to find that his delusional son, Adam, has spiraled out of control.
Adam has entered a relationship with a much older woman who is a right-wing anarchist. As Adam becomes increasinly unstable, he kills two people and then runs into the woods resulting in the largest manhunt in California history.
As he explores a father’s legacy of violence and his powerlessness in relating to his equally violent son, T. C. Boyle offers unparalleled psychological insights into the American psyche. Inspired by a true story, The Harder They Come is a devastating and indelible novel from a modern master.
Empire by Niall Ferguson
February 16, 2016
The British Empire was the largest in all history: the nearest thing to world domination ever achieved. By the eve of World War II, around a quarter of the world’s land surface was under some form of British rule. Yet for today’s generation, the British Empire seems a Victorian irrelevance. The time is ripe for a reappraisal, and in Empire, Niall Ferguson boldly recasts the British Empire as one of the world’s greatest modernizing forces. An important new work of synthesis and revision, Empire argues that the world we know today is in large measure the product of Britain’s Age of Empire. The spread of capitalism, the communications revolution, the notion of humanitarianism, and the institutions of parliamentary democracy-all these can be traced back to the extraordinary expansion of Britain’s economy, population, and culture from the seventeenth century until the mid-twentieth. On a vast and vividly colored canvas, Empire shows how the British Empire acted as midwife to modernity. Displaying the originality and rigor that have made him the brightest light among British historians, Ferguson shows that the story of the Empire is pregnant with lessons for today-in particular for the United States as it stands on the brink of a new era of imperial power, based once again on economic and military supremacy. A dazzling tour de force, Empire is a remarkable reappraisal of the prizes and pitfalls of global empire.
Dear Ladies,
Time to say good-bye to our 2015 Ladies’ Nights, so this month we will do something special. A bit pricey but worth every penny.
We will enjoy a few drinks at the bar of The Faena Hotel Buenos Aires. http://www.faena.com/buenos-aires/
Place: Martha Salotti 445, Puerto Madero
Date: Tuesday, December 1st, 2015
Time: From 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm
Deal: 630 pesos per person. Includes 2 glasses of wine, 1 soft drink, appetizers.
Please RSVP to Silvia: silporta@hotmail.com
For this Morning Coffee event, please bring food of your choice. This could be medialunas purchased at your local bakery, or your favorite homemade coffee cake, or anything else that you would like to share. The host will provide the venue and coffee.
Location: The home of Mary Ann Murphy in Retiro
(You will receive the address after you send your RSVP)
Date and Time: Thursday December 10 from 10.30 until noon
RSVP: Mary Ann Murphy murp4@aol.com
Please note: 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.
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
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Visit our website: https://baindowntown.com/ and follow us on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/BAINDowntown
Current members may (subject to approval) send e-mails to bain.downtown@gmail.com for forwarding to the membership.
BAIN accepts no responsibility or liability for the contents of this message.
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BAIN Downtown members and guests are invited to join in January’s social get-together. This popular meeting will be held at the La Terrasse, in the lovely Plaza Hotel.
The event will start at 6 p.m. BAIN will provide light appetizers and finger food, and members can purchase drinks from the extensive bar menu.
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, up two floors from the lobby. You can find it by going into the Fitness Center. Should you need assistance, the staff are very helpful.
Date and Time: Friday, January 29, beginning at 6 p.m.
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 yearly membership fee is 300 pesos.
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Visit our website: https://baindowntown.com/ and follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BAINDowntown
Current members may (subject to approval) send e-mails to bain.downtown@gmail.com for forwarding to the membership.
BAIN accepts no responsibility or liability for the contents of this message.
Hello Book Lovers,
After a discussion at our last book club, we decided to change the book for the month of December to Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. After careful consideration, we realized that My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgard was a longer book than we originally thought.
In addition, we have moved the meeting a week later due to the holiday on December 8.
If there is still strong interest in reading My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgard, we will take that into consideration. Please email me (jendan@gmail.com) with your thoughts on My Struggle and we will make a decision about whether it will be the book for our January book group. If we do not have sufficient interest, then we will follow the schedule below.
As always, please email me (jendan@gmail.com) with any ideas you have for future book clubs.
Next meeting of the book club:
Date: December 15, 2016
Time: 3:30pm
Location: Manhattan Club Grand Cafe, Cabildo 1792 (corner with La Pampa)
Book: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
December 15, 2015
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Humbert Humbert – scholar, aesthete and romantic – has fallen completely and utterly in love with Lolita Haze, his landlady’s gum-snapping, silky skinned twelve-year-old daughter. Reluctantly agreeing to marry Mrs Haze just to be close to Lolita, Humbert suffers greatly in the pursuit of romance; but when Lo herself starts looking for attention elsewhere, he will carry her off on a desperate cross-country misadventure, all in the name of Love. Hilarious, flamboyant, heart-breaking and full of ingenious word play, Lolita is an immaculate, unforgettable masterpiece of obsession, delusion and lust.
January 12, 2016
The Harder They Come by TC Boyle
Set in contemporary Northern California, The Harder They Come explores the volatile connections between three damaged people—an aging ex-Marine and Vietnam veteran, his psychologically unstable son, and the son’s paranoid, much older lover—as they careen towards an explosive confrontation.
On a vacation cruise to Central America with his wife, seventy-year-old Sten Stensen unflinchingly kills a gun-wielding robber menacing a busload of senior tourists. The reluctant hero is relieved to return home to Fort Bragg, California, after the ordeal—only to find that his delusional son, Adam, has spiraled out of control.
Adam has entered a relationship with a much older woman who is a right-wing anarchist. As Adam becomes increasinly unstable, he kills two people and then runs into the woods resulting in the largest manhunt in California history.
As he explores a father’s legacy of violence and his powerlessness in relating to his equally violent son, T. C. Boyle offers unparalleled psychological insights into the American psyche. Inspired by a true story, The Harder They Come is a devastating and indelible novel from a modern master.
Empire by Niall Ferguson
February 16, 2016
The British Empire was the largest in all history: the nearest thing to world domination ever achieved. By the eve of World War II, around a quarter of the world’s land surface was under some form of British rule. Yet for today’s generation, the British Empire seems a Victorian irrelevance. The time is ripe for a reappraisal, and in Empire, Niall Ferguson boldly recasts the British Empire as one of the world’s greatest modernizing forces. An important new work of synthesis and revision, Empire argues that the world we know today is in large measure the product of Britain’s Age of Empire. The spread of capitalism, the communications revolution, the notion of humanitarianism, and the institutions of parliamentary democracy-all these can be traced back to the extraordinary expansion of Britain’s economy, population, and culture from the seventeenth century until the mid-twentieth. On a vast and vividly colored canvas, Empire shows how the British Empire acted as midwife to modernity. Displaying the originality and rigor that have made him the brightest light among British historians, Ferguson shows that the story of the Empire is pregnant with lessons for today-in particular for the United States as it stands on the brink of a new era of imperial power, based once again on economic and military supremacy. A dazzling tour de force, Empire is a remarkable reappraisal of the prizes and pitfalls of global empire.
You can purchase your tickets for the November 19 End of Year party at this luncheon. Members = AR$400; Non-members, AR$500.
Sexto is the newest restaurant by the group that owns Sottovoce, Fervor, and El Burladero. The lunch includes 3 courses plus a glass or wine or bottle of water. Coffee can be substituted for the dessert course. There are 3 choices for each course and vegetables actually come with the main course.
Place: Sexto (Sixth)
Time: Tuesday, November 17 at 12:30 pm
Location: Costa Rica 6038, Palermo, on #39 bus route returning to El Centro
15-51494642
Cost: 169 pesos before tip (each attendee will pay directly to the waiter)
Please RSVP to Robert Shive at
rshive99@yahoo.com
or 15-4044-4021
