This month we will enjoy an amazing blend of elegance and tradition at thelobby lounge of the Park Tower (the Luxury Collection Hotel attached to the Sheraton in Retiro).
Place: Park Tower, Av. Leandro N. Alem 1193
Date: Thursday, June 11th
Time: 6:30 pm
Deal: 210 pesos includes a picada, wine and champagne.
Please RSVP to silporta@hotmail.com
Join us at Manhattan Club Grand Cafe to discuss Wreckage by Emily Bleeker
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: Manhattan Club Grand Cafe
Ave Cabildo 1792 (corner with La Pampa)
RSVP: jendan@gmail.com
Wreckage by Emily Bleeker
Lillian Linden is a liar. On the surface, she looks like a brave survivor of a plane crash. But she’s been lying to her family, her friends, and the whole world since rescue helicopters scooped her and her fellow survivor, Dave Hall, off a deserted island in the South Pacific. Missing for almost two years, the castaways are thrust into the spotlight after their rescue, becoming media darlings overnight. But they can’t tell the real story—so they lie.
The public is fascinated by the castaways’ saga, but Lillian and Dave must return to their lives and their spouses. Genevieve Randall—a hard-nosed journalist and host of a news program—isn’t buying it. She suspects Lillian’s and Dave’s explanations about the other crash survivors aren’t true. And now, Genevieve’s determined to get the real story, no matter how many lives it destroys.
In this intriguing tale of survival, secrets, and redemption, two everyday people thrown together by tragedy must finally face the truth … even if it tears them apart.
Future Book Schedule
We have decided on the books for the following two months. For anyone who may be traveling to the US or Europe and would be willing to bring back a few books, please let me know as we have some members that prefer to read offline.
Book club will meet on the first Tuesday of every month. Locations may vary.
Tuesday, July 7
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. This time around, the cataclysm is us. In The Sixth Extinction , two-time winner of the National Magazine Award and New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert draws on the work of scores of researchers in half a dozen disciplines, accompanying many of them into the field: geologists who study deep ocean cores, botanists who follow the tree line as it climbs up the Andes, marine biologists who dive off the Great Barrier Reef. She introduces us to a dozen species, some already gone, others facing extinction, including the Panamian golden frog, staghorn coral, the great auk, and the Sumatran rhino. Through these stories, Kolbert provides a moving account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through the present day. The sixth extinction is likely to be mankind’s most lasting legacy; as Kolbert observes, it compels us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.
Tuesday, August 4
Picaflor: Finding Home in South America by Jessica Talbot
In Picaflor, a true story, Jessica Talbot invites the reader to travel beside her as she searches for love and meaning, while traversing the fascinating countries of South America. Along the way she lets go of grief, grasps hold of the present and finds herself occupying her own weather beaten shoes.
When unexpected signs appear on her path she asks, ‘Is this serendipity or fate?’ As the journey unfolds she realises that you don’t need to know, it can be magical either way.
The story starts with Jessica getting a tattoo of a hummingbird, a reminder of new beginnings. Then a kiss at sunrise in the snow-dusted Andes of Peru sends her on a restless, risky journey that ends in Argentina. As she travels through unknown terrain, new friends give her important insights into the meaning of friendship, and old ties strengthen as she frees herself from the past. It’s in the exhilarating but complicated city of Buenos Aires that she finally understands what it means to feel ‘home’.
BAIN Downtown members and guests are invited to join in this month’s social get-together. This popular meeting will be held at the Plaza Bar, 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: The Plaza Bar, in the Plaza Hotel (Retiro, in the city center) across from Plaza San Martín. There are two ways to reach the Plaza Bar:
You can enter via the main lobby at Florida 1005. Walk to the back of the lobby, go left and down the stairs, go left again towards the Plaza Grill. Another left gets you to the Plaza Bar.
Or, proceed to Florida 1025, go through the revolving door and down the stairs, and the Plaza Bar is on your right.
Date and Time: Friday, May 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 fee to join BAIN for about one year’s membership is 250 pesos.
Please join us for an evening of wine, tapas, and friendly conversation.
RSVP: celiacriseo@rauljak.com.ar
Location: Exact address provided upon RSVP
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!
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.
Ladies — Let’s meet up at the bar of the Buenos Aires Grand Hotel in Recoleta for drinks and picada,.
7:00 pm
Please RSVP to Silvia Portalanza silporta@hotmail.com
Join us at Manhattan Club Grand Cafe to discuss Light in August, by William Faulkner.
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: Manhattan Club Grand Cafe
Ave Cabildo 1792 (corner with La Pampa)
RSVP: jendan@gmail.com
Light in August by William Faulkner, a novel about hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, features some of Faulkner’s most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, who is plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.
Future Book Schedule
We have decided on the books for the coming four months. For anyone who may be traveling to the US or Europe and would be willing to bring back a few books, please let me know as we have some members that prefer to read offline.
Book club will meet on the first Tuesday of every month. Locations may vary.
Tuesday, June 2
Wreckage by Emily Bleeker
Lillian Linden is a liar. On the surface, she looks like a brave survivor of a plane crash. But she’s been lying to her family, her friends, and the whole world since rescue helicopters scooped her and her fellow survivor, Dave Hall, off a deserted island in the South Pacific. Missing for almost two years, the castaways are thrust into the spotlight after their rescue, becoming media darlings overnight. But they can’t tell the real story—so they lie.
The public is fascinated by the castaways’ saga, but Lillian and Dave must return to their lives and their spouses. Genevieve Randall—a hard-nosed journalist and host of a news program—isn’t buying it. She suspects Lillian’s and Dave’s explanations about the other crash survivors aren’t true. And now, Genevieve’s determined to get the real story, no matter how many lives it destroys.
In this intriguing tale of survival, secrets, and redemption, two everyday people thrown together by tragedy must finally face the truth…even if it tears them apart.
Tuesday, July 7
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. This time around, the cataclysm is us. In The Sixth Extinction , two-time winner of the National Magazine Award and New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert draws on the work of scores of researchers in half a dozen disciplines, accompanying many of them into the field: geologists who study deep ocean cores, botanists who follow the tree line as it climbs up the Andes, marine biologists who dive off the Great Barrier Reef. She introduces us to a dozen species, some already gone, others facing extinction, including the Panamian golden frog, staghorn coral, the great auk, and the Sumatran rhino. Through these stories, Kolbert provides a moving account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through the present day. The sixth extinction is likely to be mankind’s most lasting legacy; as Kolbert observes, it compels us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.
Tuesday, August 4
Picaflor: Finding Home in South America by Jessica Talbot
In Picaflor, a true story, Jessica Talbot invites the reader to travel beside her as she searches for love and meaning, while traversing the fascinating countries of South America. Along the way she lets go of grief, grasps hold of the present and finds herself occupying her own weather beaten shoes.
When unexpected signs appear on her path she asks, ‘Is this serendipity or fate?’ As the journey unfolds she realises that you don’t need to know, it can be magical either way.
The story starts with Jessica getting a tattoo of a hummingbird, a reminder of new beginnings. Then a kiss at sunrise in the snow-dusted Andes of Peru sends her on a restless, risky journey that ends in Argentina. As she travels through unknown terrain, new friends give her important insights into the meaning of friendship, and old ties strengthen as she frees herself from the past. It’s in the exhilarating but complicated city of Buenos Aires that she finally understands what it means to feel ‘home’.
Come and join us for
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: Lisa Klenner´s home in Puerto Madero (You will receive the address after you send your RSVP.)
Date and Time: Tuesday April 21
from 10.30 until noon
Please RSVP to: Lisa Klenner lisa@eudaimonia.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 contactbain.downtown@gmail.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please join us for an evening of wine, tapas, and friendly conversation.
Location: Exact address provided upon RSVP
Date: Saturday, April 11th
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 with you!
Please RSVP to walcotth2@gmail.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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.
BAIN Downtown 