SACS Open House

Posted on March 11, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

Dear BAIN Members,

Send a Child to School (a charitable organization that provides backpacks filled with school supplies to children in need) would like to invite you to a coffee open house on Thursday, March 14 from 10:30 to 12:30. We would love to share with you information about our organization and the fundraising activities we do. We look forward to seeing you next Thursday. Once you RSVP we will send you the address of Stephanie Bruchou’s house in Lomas de San Isidro.

RSVP: “Marian St. James” <marianstjames@yahoo.com>

Thanks so much!

SACS Board members

March Ladies Night Out

Posted on March 10, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

Open New Doors to Friends New and Old!

BAIN LADIES NIGHT OUT – Come join us for Happy Hour!

Date: Wednesday, March 13

Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Location: Primafila Restaurant Terrace Bar, Buenos Aires Design Center Terrace

RSVP: Ann Sager, annsager@me.com

Gastronomic Festival of the Foreign Communities

Posted on March 7, 2013 by dawngill

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 of the Foreign Communities

A giant food court representing 35 different foreign communities living in Buenos Aires will be set up on Avenida de Mayo Saturday, March 9th, 2013 from 4:00 pm.

The typical dishes of every region will be offered in 80 food stands along Avenida de Mayo and Bolivar, as well as crafts and traditional products of every represented country.

The Queen of the Communities will be crowned, selected among the representatives of every country. At 7:30 pm the pageants will be carried along Av. de Mayo to the stage by a parade of antique Ford T cars. At 9:00 pm they will model the typical dresses of their represented country or region and evening dresses.

The crowning ceremony will be accompanied by different music shows.

In case of rain the event will be postponed for Saturday 16th.

Free entrance

March Morning Coffee

Posted on March 1, 2013 by dawngill

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

Date: Tuesday, March 19th
Time: 10:30 am-12:00
Where: Recoleta* exact address provided upon RSVP

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 Peggy Greer at pjgreer@gmail.com
*Exact address provided upon RSVP. We hope you can make it!

Are you interested in hosting a Morning Coffee?? You pick the day, and BAIN will chip in AR$150 to help cover hosting fees. Hosting is a great way to continue the event, and get involved with BAIN! Contact Katarina Nyssens at katarina.nyssens@gmail.com for more information!

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

February Monthly Meeting… in March!

Posted on February 22, 2013 by dawngill

BAIN DOWNTOWN FRIDAY, March 1!

BAIN Downtown members and their guests are invited to the Buenos Aires International Newcomers Downtown monthly meeting on Friday, March 1 at 4:00 p.m. Come join us! We’ll be socializing over cookies from Sugar and Spice; discovering new information about our adopted country, Argentina; and just having fun.

Place: ICANA, Maipú 686, (between Viamonte and Tucumán) in the city center

Our meeting will be on the ground floor in the beautiful library.

Please note that the entry is at Maipú 686, and NOT at Maipú 672

Date: Friday, March 1 (Due to the short month, our February meeting is taking place in March!)

Time: 4.00 p.m. – members and guests begin to arrive

4.30 p.m. – the program begins

5.30 p.m. – after-meeting social, venue To Be Announced

Program: The topic of this month’s presentation will be Argentine popular culture and its heritage, by anthropologist, Mara Tissera Luna. Ms. Luna studied in the Universidad de Buenos Aires Facultad de Filosofía y Letras and focused her studies on Sociocultural Orientation. She currently works for NGO Relaf, www.relaf.org, which deals with the fulfilment of children’s rights and public policies for the care of children without parental care. Starting this past December, she is also a professor at UBA.

Fees: BAIN Downtown members – no charge

Non-members/Guests – AR$50

We look forward to seeing you on Friday!

March Book Club

Posted on February 21, 2013 by dawngill

Dear all,

Our first Book Club of the year was a great success, loads of new
faces which we hope to see more often in the future!

Book Cub announcement for March:
Book choice: The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafan
Date: Tuesday 12 March
Time: 13h00 -15h00

Location: Puerto Madero

Please email your RSVP to: Marcia@transpack.com.ar
(She will send you the exact address)

The group also decided on a book choice for April. The book choice
during April will be: Fathers and Sons – Ivan Turgener

Hope to see you all on 12 March!

Regards,
The Book Club Organizers

February Monthly Luncheon

Posted on February 15, 2013 by dawngill

Date: Thursday February 28

Time: 12:30 pm

Location: SRA headquarters, Florida 460

Cost: 200 pesos

Reservations are mandatory and your choice of a main course should be indicated. Respond to: mweldon213@yahoo.com

At Florida 460, between La Valle and Corrientes sits the former home of the family of ex-president Roque Sáenz Peña.

The Peña home is currently owned by the Argentine Rural Society (SRA), it was established in 1866 by the country’s wealthiest oligarchs and is today known mostly for their annual livestock show, La Rural, held annually in Palermo. Their motto is “Cultivating the soil is to serve the country”. Today the SRA is very much in the headlines as the government is trying to expropriate La Rural. You can read a full description here: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociedad_Rural

The high-end real estate which is the headquarters of the non-profit Argentine Rural Society is a testament to the importance of agriculture to the wealth of Argentina. The red paint stains above the doorway are the lasting evidence of the number of protests held here through the years – most recently in September of 2012. Historically the Rural Society is noted as an institution designed to keep the wealth in the hands of the few. Today the Rural Society is not as insular as it once was but protesters maintain that it still serves only to propagate the needs of big business. A visitor will have to be very persuasive to get the chance to go inside and take a limited peek, as the institution’s doors are usually closed and gated off.

Sociedad Rural Argentina is part of the Group of Eight – eight organizations of great power in Argentina: Rural Society Argentina (SRA), Argentina Industrial Union, Argentina Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Construction, the Stock Exchange, the Association of Private Bankers Argentino (ADEBA), Confederations Argentine Rural (CRA) and the Association of Banks of Argentina (ABA). This sounds to me, more like the Captains of Industry rather than the oligarchy.

This very private venerable institution, which is frequented by the power elite of the city, will be our destination for a special February luncheon.

Our meal will begin with a special

– cured ham appetizer.

The main course will have a choice of 3 items:

– Lomo with mushroom dressing

– Lomo with pimienta dressing

– Noquis with sauce

For dessert we will enjoy

– apple crumble with ice cream

The cost including tip, water/soda and coffee is 200 pesos.

Wine will be available at 15 pesos per glass.

I look forward to seeing everyone on the last day of February.

February Wine & Tapas Returns!

Posted on February 13, 2013 by dawngill

Please join us for the next BAIN Wine and Tapas Event!

Bring a beverage and a tapas-style dish to share, and look forward to a relaxing, casual evening with friends.

Never been to Wine and Tapas 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!

Date: Saturday, February 23

Time: 8:30 pm

Where: Recoleta*

Please RSVP via email to Grace Griffin-Kent at bkent30@hotmail.com

*Exact address provided upon RSVP.

We hope you can make it!

February Ladies Night Out

Posted on February 7, 2013 by dawngill

It is time again for good cheer and fun with friends at BAIN’s February Ladies Night Out!

Date: Wednesday, February 13

Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Location: Primafila Restaurant Terrace Bar, Buenos Aires Design Center Terrace

RSVP: Ann Sager, annsager@me.com

February Morning Coffee

Posted on February 3, 2013 by dawngill

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

Date: Tuesday, February 26th

Time: 10:30am-12:00

Where: Puerto Madero

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 Katarina Nyssens at katarina.nyssens@gmail.com

*Exact address provided upon RSVP. We hope you can make it!