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-Witty 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.
On Tuesday, April 9, at 2 pm we will be discussing The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth. This is the second Tuesday of the month, as usual. To RSVP, please email tonilin@aol.com. If you would like to meet in person in Almagro, please resond to tonilin@aol.com. Or if you would like to offer an alternative meeting place, please do.
You will be sent the Google Meet link or the physical address upon RSVP.
Suggestions for discussion in 2024 are welcome. Please send to tonilin@aol.com .
The list of the books for the beginning of 2024 is included below. We still need to fill out the year, so …
April — The Golden Gate – Vikram Seth – 1986, verse – 320 pp
“The great California novel … , in verse (and why not?): The Golden Gate gives great joy.”—Gore Vidal
One of the most highly regarded novels of 1986, Vikram Seth’s story in verse made him a literary household name in both the United States and India.
John Brown, a successful yuppie living in 1980s San Francisco meets a romantic interest in Liz, after placing a personal ad in the newspaper.
“A splendid achievement, equally convincing in its exhilaration and its sadness.”—The New York Times
“Seth pulls off his feat with spirit, grace and great energy.”—The New Yorker
“A marvelous work . . . bold and splendid . . . Locate this book and allow yourself to become caught up, like a kite, in the lifting effects of Seth’s sonnets.”—Washington Post Book World
May–The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store – James McBride — 2023 – 400 pp
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR/FRESH AIR, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, AND TIME MAGAZINE
“A murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel . . . Charming, smart, heart-blistering, and heart-healing.” —Danez Smith, The New York Times Book Review
“We all need—we all deserve—this vibrant, love-affirming novel that bounds over any difference that claims to separate us.” —Ron Charles, The Washington Post
Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird.
June–Mendeleyev’s Dream: The Quest for the Elements–Paul Strathern– 2019–314 pp
The wondrous and illuminating story of humankind’s quest to discover the fundamentals of chemistry, culminating in Mendeleyev’s dream of the Periodic Table.
**One of Bill Gates’ Top Five Book Recommendations**
In 1869 Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev was puzzling over a way to bring order to the fledgling science of chemistry. Wearied by the effort, he fell asleep at his desk. What he dreamed would fundamentally change the way we see the world.
From ancient philosophy through medieval alchemy to the splitting of the atom, this is the true story of the birth of chemistry and the role of one man’s dream.
In this elegant, erudite, and entertaining book, Paul Strathern unravels the quixotic history of chemistry through the quest for the elements.
July – The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures–Edward Ball –2013–464 pages
From the National Book Award-winning author of Slaves in the Family, a riveting true life/true crime narrative of the partnership between the murderer who invented the movies and the robber baron who built the railroads.
Set in California during its frontier decades, The Tycoon and the Inventor interweaves Muybridge’s quest to unlock the secrets of motion through photography, an obsessive murder plot, and the peculiar partnership of an eccentric inventor and a driven entrepreneur. A tale from the great American West, this popular history unspools a story of passion, wealth, and sinister ingenuity.
On Friday, March 29, at 6 pm the BAIN monthly social will return to one of our favorite places — AmoresTintos, featuring a special treat, “La Hora de Vermú”. Please RSVP to assure we have ordered enough food for all of us. Entrance to the event is 6000 pesos for BAIN members, 7000 pesos for guests. You can also pay your yearly dues of US$10 or the equivalent in pesos Argentinos.
When you arrive, check in, and order your drinks. There will be 5 tables pre-set inside with tableaux and 4 glasses to sample their artisanal vermú. Find your conversation group and grab a table inside or outside. As tables fill up outside, they will bring the set-up.
Don’t forget your Off! Mosquitos aren’t invited, but …
Here is a description of their special vermú:
Vermouth made by hand at Amores Tintos. It stands out for its balanced and delicate flavor of citrus fruits, herbal and spicy notes. The wine, the main ingredient of vermouth, was carefully selected. We make a Malbec Blend from Valle de Uco (Mendoza) and a Chardonnay from Valle de Pedernal (San Juan). Resulting in a fresh wine base, very fruity and excellent for macerating the herbs we select. Comes with a soda siphon.
On Sunday, March 24, at 7 pm, BAIN Member Patricio Castro will present a talk to those interested. We will gather at a private home in Villa Crespo. The talk will be followed by the wine & tapas that you have brought!
Please RSVP to shulah2@gmail.com . You will receive the address upon RSVP.
Subject: Global geopolitics and economy: outlook for 2024 and what this leap year could bring us
Patricio M. Castro’s CV: Argentine engineer and economist, holds a degree in engineering from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) with post-graduate studies at Stanford University, California. Worked in the private sector in managerial positions at the Fate and Bunge & Born groups, and in the Argentine central administration, where he held the position of Under-Secretary of Public Function in 1987-1989; was a consultant to the World Bank and the Inter American Development Bank prior to joining the Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD) of the IMF in 1992 as Technical Assistance Advisor with expertise in customs, social security and tax administration. He retired from the IMF in 2014 as a Senior Economist at FAD and continues working with FAD as a consultant. During his career he has worked in tax and customs reform in many countries in Africa, South East Asia, and in most countries in Latin America. He has participated in numerous regional and international events and conferences on tax and customs issues, has published numerous papers on the subject and is coauthor of the IMF book “Changing Customs: Challenges and strategies for the reform of Customs Administration.”
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-Witty 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.
BAIN provides the hors d’oeuvres, you provide the fun.
Fee is 6000 pesos for members, 7000 pesos for guests. Yearly membership is $US10 or the equivalent at the blue rate. If you join at the event, you pay as a member.
This month we will enjoy the end-of-the-month BAIN Social evening at The Kilkenny Bar & Grill on Friday, January 26 from 6 to 8 pm. We will be gathering back by the fireplace.
Please RSVP (link below) to make sure we have enough provisions for you.
The address of The Kilkenny is Marcelo T. de Alvear 399.
BAIN provides the hors d’oeuvres, you provide the fun.
Fee is 5000 pesos for members, 6000 pesos for guests. Yearly membership is $US10 or the equivalent at the blue rate. If you join at the event, you pay as a member.
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-Witty 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.
Please join us on Thursday, December 7 at 8pm at Palacio Balcarce for the BAIN Holiday Dinner. Payment of ARS$21,000 for members and ARS$26,000 for guests is due on or before November 24; no refunds can be made due to venue policy.
in person at a BAIN event (Wine and Tapas on November 17 or End of Month Social on November 24)
by any Board Member
via bank transfer to Toni (contact via email: tonilin@aol.com)
Please pay a BAIN board member on or before November 24. If you will be attending the Wine & Tapas, you can certainly pay then. Or you can pay at the Strictly Social event at Novotel on November 24. Otherwise, get together with a board member at a place of your choice. Please pay in cash.
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-Witty 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.
BAIN Downtown 