Strictly Social — Olympo Sky Bar, Friday, March 31 — 6 to 8 pm

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For the March BAIN Strictly Social event, let’s watch the sunset from a new venue — Olympo Sky Bar, VIP salon31st floor of the Lex Tower, Corrientes 1464

Doors open at 18:00.  We meet from 18:00-20:00.

Olympo Sky bar directions

 RSVP here

BAIN Downtown supplies the hors d’oeuvres. You supply the fun. Drinks are on you. Good time to get to know the group, enjoy the city from a new vantage point, pay your dues, join, make plans to meet up.

Members:  1000 pesos

Guests: 2000 pesos

Yearly membership:  3000 pesos

If you join at the event, you attend as a member.

Wine & Tapas — Saturday, March 18 — 8 pm — Recoleta

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Join us in Recoleta on Saturday, March 18, starting at 8 pm. RSVP to Helenwilkie@me.com Address and telephone number will be provided upon RSVP. Space is limited, so please let us know early that you would like to attend.

Bring finger food and wine to share.

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 a limited number of BAIN members and guests.

If you are interested in becoming one of these fabulous hosts or if you have any questions about the event, please contact Venetia Featherstone-Wittv at her email address chefvenetia@yahoo.com

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

Wine & Tapas 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.

Another New Venue! — Strictly Social Monthly — Friday, February 24 at 6 pm

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Trying out a new location, Amores Tintos.  Join BAIN members, catch up, celebrate a beautiful evening, pay your dues, invite friends.  RSVP so we are sure to have enough appetizers for all.

RSVP to tangonomad7@gmail.com

Location:  Amores Tintos, Soler 4202 

Time:  18:00-20:00

directions

Wine bar with wines on tap.  “Try before you buy.”

Weather permitting we will be in the lovely outdoors space with canopy.

Members:  1000 pesos

Guests: 2000 pesos

Yearly membership:  3000 pesos

If you join at the meeting, you attend as a member.

Wine & Tapas — Saturday, February 18, 8 pm

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Our next very popular BAIN Wine & Tapas, is on February 18th, in Palermo, at 8 – 11 pm. The event will be outdoors, on the balcony of the host’s apartment, so in case of rain that day the meeting will be cancelled.  Try to reserve your seat soon since the number of guests is limited.  Hope to see you there, in one of the most trendy neighborhoods of Buenos Aires! (Write to: silvia_simonetti@hotmail.com to reserve your place and receive the address).

Bring wine, finger food, and your sparkling self to join other BAIN members in a night of socializing.

Date: Saturday, February 18 from 8 pm

Please RSVP to: silvia_simonetti@hotmail.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 a limited number of BAIN members 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 Venetia Featherstone-Wittv at her email address chefvenetia@yahoo.com

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

Wine & Tapas 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.

Strictly Social — New Venue — Kansas Grill and Bar — Friday, January 27 — 6 pm

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Join us for this social get together. Catch up. Check in. Welcome in 2023. We’ll be glad to see you.

Please send your RSVP to tonilin@aol.com

FRIDAY, January 27, 2023, beginning at 6 p.m.

BAIN will provide light appetizers, and members and guests can purchase drinks from the happy hour menu.

Location: Kansas, Avenida Santa Fe 1946, First Floor

Fees: BAIN Downtown members – 1000 pesos

Guests – 2000 pesos*

*If you join BAIN Downtown at the meeting, your guest fee is waived. The fee to join BAIN for one year’s membership is 3000 pesos

Strictly Social — New Venue — Kansas — Friday, January 27 at 6 pm

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Join us for a social get together. Catch up. Check in. Welcome in 2023. We’ll be glad to see you.

Please send your RSVP to tonilin@aol.com

FRIDAY, January 27, 2023, beginning at 6 p.m.

BAIN will provide light appetizers, and members and guests can purchase drinks from the happy hour menu.

Location: Kansas, Avenida Santa Fe 1946, First Floor

Fees: BAIN Downtown members – 1000 pesos

Guests – 2000 pesos*

*If you join BAIN Downtown at the meeting, your guest fee is waived. The fee to join BAIN for one year’s membership is 3000 pesos

Wine & Tapas, Friday, January 13, 7:30 pm

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Please join BAIN Downtown for an evening of wine, tapas, conversation and fun!

Bring wine, finger food, and your sparkling self to join other BAIN members in a night of socializing. We look forward to catching up with you!

Location: Villa Crespo – Exact address provided upon RSVP

Date: Friday January 13 from 7.30 pm

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 a limited number of BAIN members 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 Venetia Featherstone-Wittv at her email address chefvenetia@yahoo.com

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

Wine & Tapas 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.

Book Group Meeting — December 13, 2022 — In Person and Google Meet — 12:30 or 2 pm

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In December we will discuss Captains of the Sands by Jorge Amado. We are invited to lunch together in Palermo and to discuss the book in person afterwards or you can join us on Google Meet at 2 pm, Tuesday, December 13. This is the second Tuesday of the month, as usual. To RSVP and to receive the address or Google Meet ID, please email tonilin@aol.com.

This will be the last book we discuss in 2022. What a good reading and discussing year it has been!

The list of books to be read and discussed by the BAIN Downtown Book Group for 2023 is now being prepared. If you would like to participate in the selection, if you want to see the draft list, or if you have a suggestion for next year, please email tonilin@aol.com. Your input is vital!

December 2022 — Captains of the Sands – Jorge Amado – 288 pp – 2013 — A Brazilian Lord of the Flies, about a group of boys who live by their wits and daring in the slums of Bahia.  “Amado was writing to save his country’s soul. . . . The scenes where the captains of the sands manage to fool the rich of the city and get away with it would have made Henry Fielding or Charles Dickens proud.” —Colm Tóibín, from the Introduction
“Amado is Brazil’s most illustrious and venerable novelist.”—The New York Times

“Brazil’s leading man of letters . . .  Amado is adored around the world!” —Newsweek

Wine & Tapas — Recoleta — Friday, November 11 — 8 pm

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Please join ​BAIN​ Downtown for an evening of wine, tapas, and friendly conversation.

Location: Recoleta – Exact address provided upon RSVP

Date: Friday, November 11

Time:  8:00 pm

Bring wine, finger food, and your sparkling self to join other BAIN members in a night of socializing.  We look forward to catching up with you!

Space is limited. Please RSVP to: beth@eviking.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 a limited number of BAIN members 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 Venetia Featherstone-Witty: email address  chefvenetia@yahoo.com

Wine and Tapas
  • 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
  • Wine & Tapas 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.

Book Group Meeting — Tuesday, November 8, 2 pm, Google Meet and In Person

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In November we will discuss The Post Office Girl by Stefan Zweig. We are invited to lunch together in Palermo and discuss the book in person afterwards or you can join us on Google Meet at 2 pm, Tuesday, November 8. This is the second Tuesday of the month, as usual. To RSVP and to receive the address or Google Meet ID, please email tonilin@aol.com.

The list of books to be read and discussed by the BAIN Downtown Book Group for the remainder of 2022 appears below. Recommendations for 2023 are welcome. Please!

November 2022 — The Post Office Girl – Stefan Zweig —  2008 – 278 pp — Never before published in English, this extraordinary book is an unexpected and haunting foray into noir fiction by one of the masters of the psychological novel.

December 2022 — Captains of the Sands – Jorge Amado – 288 pp – 2013 — A Brazilian Lord of the Flies, about a group of boys who live by their wits and daring in the slums of Bahia.  “Amado was writing to save his country’s soul. . . . The scenes where the captains of the sands manage to fool the rich of the city and get away with it would have made Henry Fielding or Charles Dickens proud.” —Colm Tóibín, from the Introduction
“Amado is Brazil’s most illustrious and venerable novelist.”—The New York Times

“Brazil’s leading man of letters . . .  Amado is adored around the world!” —Newsweek