BAIN DOWNTOWN SOCIAL MEETING

Posted on November 26, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

FRIDAY, December 6 at 6:00 pm

BAIN Downtown members are invited to join in this month’s Strictly Social meeting. We’re meeting at a new venue, DANDY, which has lovely outside space and a nice view onto Avenida de Libertador.

We will be there starting at 6:00 p.m. BAIN will provide appetizers and there is a 2 for 1 happy hour menu available.

Location: DANDY, Avenida del Libertador 2410 (corner of Bulnes in Palermo)

Date and Time: Friday, December 6 at 6:00 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 beverages.

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)

Other Notes:

Check out our website at https://baindowntown.com/, or view our new page on Pinterest for our local recommendations and references.

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December Morning Coffee — Cookie Exchange

Posted on November 19, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

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

Wednesday, December 4th

at 10:30 am

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, Betty Brown, at bgbrown_2001@hotmail.com!

We hope you can join us!

November Luncheon

Posted on November 19, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

Place: La Bodeguita del Medio – Andres Arguibel 2851 – Las Canitas 4778-0255

Date: Thursday, November 21, 2013

Time: 1 pm

Cost: 60 pesos plus – depending on what you order

Please RSVP to Michael at: mweldon213@yahoo.com

or phone # 4815-4660

We are going to go to a fairly new Cuban restaurant in Canitas (actually Low Belgrano). The restaurant is the first franchise in South America of a successful chain. They have 4 sites in Mexico,and one each in Checa, Macedonia, Kiev, Beirut and Sydney.

La Bodeguita del Medio is a typical restaurant-bar of Havana (Cuba). It is a famous tourist destination in Havana because of the personalities who have patronized it: Salvador Allende, the poet Pablo Neruda, the writer Ernest Hemingway, the artist Josignacio and many others. La Bodeguita lays claim to being the birthplace of the Mojito cocktail, prepared in the bar since its opening in 1942, although this is disputed.

The lunch special is an absolute bargain. For 50 pesos you get to choose from three different main courses and both water and dessert are included. The full menu is available if you wish to try Cuban food because the lunch special is usually pasta, or chicken, or a salad with meat of some sort – (not very Cuban). Their mojitos are good although a bit expensive at the same price as the meal!

Getting to the restaurant on Andrés Arguibel 2851 entre Arce y Baez is fairly easy. The following buses stop at the corner of Arevalo y Luis M. Campos (15, 29, 55, 59, 60, 64 and 118) If you proceed down Arevalo to Baez then turn right, Andres Arguibel is the first street on your left. Here is a link to the guia oleo with a map to make it easy. http://www.guiaoleo.com.ar/restaurantes/La-Bodeguita-del-medio-14084

It is also only about a 5 block walk from the D line Subte station Ministro Carranza.

The Las Canitas area is making a resurgence. It was extremely popular with the young crowd in the late 1990s and then Palermo became the hot spot. Now there are new restaurants and bars springing up all over Canitas. When you see how easy it is to get there you will probably want to try one of the many spots there for dinner. On the three-block walk to La Bodeguita del Medio you will pass at least 6 interesting spots.

Win a Bettina Rizza Gift Certificate!

Posted on November 5, 2013 by dawngill

We are thrilled to announce that Bettina Rizza Furs and Leathers has added a $1,000 pesos gift certificate to the End of Year Party raffle!

With your entrance to the event, you will have FIVE CHANCES to win this and other fantastic prizes! You can put this gift certificate toward the purchase of any item in Bettina’s shop, some examples are available at www.bettinarizzi.com.

Bettina has been in business in Buenos Aires for close to 20 years. She is located at 929 Maipu St. and can tailor made
leather jackets, handbags and furs in one day.

Contact Bettina Rizzi info@bettinarizzi.com, cell: 15-5175-8500 for additional details, and get your party tickets today! Tickets are only $100 pesos for members, $250 for non-members.

To purchase your tickets:

Come to any BAIN Downtown event or contact:

Dawn Gillat dawn.e.gill@gmail.com or Bonnie Ridley Kraft at bonniekraft@yahoo.com

or send a note to bain.downtown@gmail.com

Vintium Bags – You could win a bag all your own!

Posted on November 3, 2013 by dawngill

Paola Castro is an Uruguayan woman leaving in Buenos Aires with extensive experience in the hospitality industry and loves to travel. She has combined her love for wine and fashion and created the company Vintium Bags, the best accessory to any “Bring Your Own Wine” event. If you are heading to a friend’s house for dinner or just taking a picnic to the park, a Vintium Bag is the best way to transport your vino from point A to point B.

Vintium is a 100% Argentinian brand inspired by the latest international design trends. The name is of Latin origin and was inspired by the Classical history of Wine.

Each bag is 100 % Argentinian Leather they are Eco Friendly – no more plastic bags to throw away, and no synthetic materials are used. There are many unique designs and a wide range of colors and combinations. They are squashable and foldable, which makes them ideal for traveling.

Vintium’s exclusive products combine the best Argentinian leather, providing the ideal accessory for all of your wine related needs. Functional and trendy, it provides the ideal way to transport your valuable wine. There are now designs that go beyond the world of wine and include purses and travel totes.

For more information about Vitium Bags, www.vintium.com, search for Paola Vintium on Facebook or email vintiumbags@gmail.com.

Vintium Bags is also a sponsor of the BAIN Downtown End of Year Party. We will be raffling off a beautiful, high quality wine bag at the event. If you haven’t done so yet, get your tickets now!

October Ladies Night Out

Posted on October 11, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

Come join us for BAIN’s Ladies Night Out

Thursday, October 17

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

By popular demand we return to La Confitería La Paris at Hipódromo, Av. del Libertador 4104, (esq. Av. Dorrego)

Happy Hour will be outside on the front patio (weather permitting)

RSVP: Teresa Ezcurra (tezlg@hotmail.com)

We look forward to seeing you for another entertaining evening of endless laughter and fun with friends!

Walk the Nuestra Señora de Luján Pilgrimage?

Posted on September 5, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

Luján is a city in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina, located 68 kilometers north west of the city of Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1755 and has a population of 67,266.

Luján is best known for its large neo-gothic Basilica, built in honor of the Virgin of Luján, the patron saint of Argentina. Every year, more than six million people make pilgrimages to the Basilica, many walking there from Buenos Aires. The city is known as La Capital de la Fe (Capital of Faith). It is a popular day-trip for believers and non-believers alike, with abundant grill restaurants (like most places in Argentina) and souvenir shops with religious memorabilia.

Regardless of your reasons for doing this walk — personal, fitness, social or religious – why not get out those dusty and forgotten walking shoes and put them to good use? The pilgrimage starts on Saturday, October 5, 2013 and it takes two days to accomplish the 37 mile journey.

Since this is not a stroll in the park, the key issue for a successful walk is training. Let’s start training together by walking around the city so that we are ready on October 5th. Want to train on your own but join us the day of? Sure, just let us know your plans so that we can make hotel reservations for you on Saturday night and reserve a bus ticket for the trip back to Bs.As. For more information go here: http://www.peregrinacionlujan.org.ar/Agenda.htm. Children are welcome. Pictures and more pictures.

If interested, email Solange at smecham25@yahoo.com.

August Ladies Night Happy Hour

Posted on August 17, 2013 by dawngill

Join us for fun with friends on the private terrace of the Hotel Melia in Recoleta!

Wednesday, August 21

6:00 – 9:00pm

Posadas 1557

RSVP to Teresa Ezcurra: tezlg@hotmail.com

American Club Labor Day Celebration

Posted on August 8, 2013 by dawngill

Dear Friends & Supporters:

The American Society of the River Plate will celebrate the United States of America’s Labor Day Picnic at the Alamo Bar on Monday September 2. It begins at 7:00pm.

El Alamo Bar Palermo
Ave Cordoba 5267
Palermo, Buenos Aires

7 pm Beers and Burgers

Guest Speakers Attorneys Rob Urban and Laurence Wiener

RSVP Only: Please reply to confirm attendance tobenjamin.lodmell@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Benjamin Lodmell

President

The American Society

August Morning Coffee

Posted on July 25, 2013 by dawngill

The next BAIN Morning Coffee is coming up! Mark your calendars!

Date: Friday, August 9th
Time: 10:30 am – 12:00
Where: Recoleta

Come spend a morning making new friends and catching up with old ones.
This is a casual, fun way to mingle and meet new people and it’s open
to all BAIN Downtown members.

Never been to a coffee event before? New to BAIN or Buenos Aires? We’d love to have you join us. Let us know in your RSVP if you have any questions!

Please RSVP to Judithe Nicolai at jnicolai@yahoo.com
*Exact address provided upon RSVP. We hope you can make it!

We are looking for Morning Coffee Hosts! You pick the date, it is a small window of time (10:30 – 12:00pm), you can limit the number of attendants if need be, and you receive AR$150 to assist in the cost of hosting. This is a great way to keep our Morning Coffees the successful event that it is! If you are interested in hosting a Morning Coffee, please contact Katarina Nyssens: katarina.nyssens@gmail.com.