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Wine & Tapas

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The monthly Wine & Tapas get together is a chance for newcomers, old hands and new, to come together to visit and catch up.  Socialize, have a bite, have a sip, have fun.

You are invited to the September Wine & Tapas event.  Bring wine and a finger food to share in Palermo at 8:00 pm on Saturday, September 21.

RSVP to  smecham25@yahoo.com   to let us know you will be there and to get the exact location.  We look forward to seeing you.

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New to Buenos Aires?  New to BAIN or is this your first Wine & Tapas? It’s easier than you think!  One of our members has graciously opened her doors to create a social environment for any BAIN member who wants to attend.  If you are interested in becoming one of these fabulous hosts or if you have any questions about the event, please contact Toni Quintana: tonilin@aol.com.

BAIN Language Exchange Group

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BAIN is starting a Language Exchange Group

Are you interested in practicing your Spanish?  Practicing your English?  Let’s start talking!

We will have two language groups with various levels of proficiency.  A small mixed group of native speakers (English/Spanish) will spend half of the time communicating in one language and half the time in the other.  Activities will be structured to cover all areas of language acquisition — vocabulary, pronunciation and listening comprehension. In addition, the activities will be designed to enable students to discover the “conversation culture”, that is, the way that native speakers of the other culture interact. The class will have a relaxing, fun and flexible structure so that it can be stress-free and enjoyable.

 If interested, or if you have questions about the structure, please contact Solange at smecham25@yahoo.com or Celia at celiacriseo@rauljak.com.ar .

BAIN Monthly Meeting — August 30

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Join us at the August Monthly Meeting for Buenos Aires International Newcomers!  We’ll be socializing over baked goods from Sugar and Spice, learning new information about our adopted country, and just having fun.

Place: ICANA, Maipú 672 (between Viamonte and Tucumán) in the city center

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

Date: Friday, August 30

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 at the Sheraton Libertador, Cordoba 690

Program:  The topic of this month’s presentation will be; “Puerto Madryn, Ushuaia and Argentina’s Southern Travel Destinations” with Allan Falck from Sundance Spirit Travels.

Fees:

BAIN Downtown members – no charge

Non-members/Guests – AR$50

We look forward to seeing you on Friday!

The Annual End of Year Cocktail Party

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Join us for BAIN Downtown’s most popular event of the year! 

Date:  Wednesday, November 14

Time:  7.00 to 10.00 p.m.

Venue:  Pur Sang in Recoleta: Quintana 191 (corner Montevideo)

Dress code:  Anywhere from cocktail to casual!

The venue for the party is Pur Sang. This stately French-style residence was built in 1904 in the heart of the charming neighborhood of La Recoleta.  Pur Sang is currently owned by the Cooperative Association of Thoroughbred Breeders, Ltd.  The name, Pur Sang, comes from Pura Sangre.  In English, Pure Blood.

Join us for BAIN Downtown’s most popular event of the year!  

Enjoy a sumptuous selection of canapés, hot and chilled appetizers, sweets, various juices and soft drinks, red and white wine, and champagne!

Plus tap your toes to Bossa Nova rhythms of the Adriana Rios Brazilian Band performing throughout the evening!

If that isn’t enough to tempt you – we will be holding a drawing to win some fabulous prizes, such as:

TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE

Members – AR$100

Non-Members – AR$200

For more information or to purchase your tickets, contact a board member!

Dawn (Recoleta, Palermo) – cell: 153 406 2010; email: dawn.e.gill@gmail.com

Walcott (Villa Crespo and area) – email: walcotth@gmail.com

Celia (Cabillito and area) – telephone: 4901 1880; cell: 154 087 1256; email:  celiacriseo@rauljak.com.ar

Bonnie (Recoleta, Retiro, Puerto Madero) – email: bonniekraft@yahoo.com

End of the Year Party!

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BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMERS DOWNTOWN CHAPTER

      ANNUAL END-OF-YEAR COCKTAIL PARTY

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Date:  Wednesday, November 14

Time:  7.00 to 10.00 p.m.

Venue:  Pur Sang in Recoleta, Quintana 191 (corner Montevideo)

Cost:  Members – AR$100

Non-Members – AR$200

TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE

(see any Board member at any BAIN event)

This stately French-style residence was built in 1904 in the heart of the charming neighborhood of La Recoleta.  Pur Sang is currently owned by the Cooperative Association of Thoroughbred Breeders, Ltd.  The name, Pur Sang, comes from Pura Sangre.  In English, Pure Blood.

Join us for BAIN’s most popular event of the year!  Enjoy a sumptuous selection of canapés, hot and chilled appetizers, sweets, various juices and soft drinks, red and white wine, and champagne!

Plus tap your toes to Bossa Nova rhythms by the Adriana Rios’ Brazilian Band performing throughout the evening!

Want more information?  Email bonniekraft@yahoo.com

October Book Exchange

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Join Us at the BAIN Book Exchange

Date: Monday, October 15, 11:00am

Place: Palermo Viejo *contact Danielle Gold at dgold@counselingba.com for address upon RSVP

You may be aware that in August the book exchange moved to its new location
in Palermo Viejo, and made some format changes aimed at improving the
quality of reading material and fostering interesting conversations about our
books and more.

Please join us by bringing 1 or 2 really interesting books to lend or give away in
exchange for someone else’s great book. You don’t necessarily have to part
with your book, you can loan it to another BAIN member who will be held
accountable to return it. We want our book exchange to offer participants an
opportunity to access high quality reading material in English, which can be hard
to find and expensive to buy in BA. Please don’t bring books you would like to
get rid of. Instead, bring the book you would like your best friend to read.

Light refreshments & good conversation will be served

November Book Club

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To all fellow readers,

Many thanks to a truly insightful discussion at the last Book Club get together where we discussed the work of Andre Brink, a South African author.

For those of you who have never attended the monthly bookclub, please feel free to join our next get together:

Title: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of 2 cultures. (available on Amazon Kindle)

Author: Anne Fadiman
Date: Thursday 8 November 2012
Time: 14h00 –  16h00
Location: Recoleta

Here is the Amazon review of the book:
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down explores the clash between a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed with severe epilepsy. Lia’s parents and her doctors both wanted what was best for Lia, but the lack of understanding between them led to tragedy. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, and the Salon Book Award, Anne Fadiman’s compassionate account of this cultural impasse is literary journalism at its finest. The current edition, published for the book’s fifteenth anniversary, includes a new afterword by the author that provides updates on the major characters along with reflections on how they have changed Fadiman’s life and attitudes.
Please RSVP to Lydsmiller@gmail.com to confirm your attendance and to
receive the directions.

Hope to see many of you there.

Regards,
The Bookclub Organizers

This Week with BAIN Downtown

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There are so many exciting events this week with BAIN Downtown, it’s hard to choose which ones to attend!  Luckily, you don’t have to choose – you can attend them all!  Become a member today and your calendar will fill up quickly with lots of diverse and interesting events that are sure to catch your fancy.  Start the process by filling out our New Membership Sign-Up Form and one of our Board Members will contact you within the day!

You can always see an updated list of events on our Calendar, but here is a quick view of this week’s events:

Wednesday, September 19

  •  10:00am – 12:00pm: Baby/Toddler Group Play Date – bring your little one and join our play date in Recoleta.  This week there will be an extra treat, a sampling of baked goods from the new bakery Lucho’s Homemade Treats.  Contact Niccole de Campos niccoledecampos@mac.com to RSVP.

 

  • 8:45pm: Monthly Dinner at Parilla Donca – Join in our dinner group this month as guest host Jim Isaacs organizes this tasty event.  The restaurant is located at Charcas 4799 (on the corner of Godoy Cruz, in Palermo) and for a price of 125 pesos per person you get a three course meal, a glass of wine, one gaseosa or water, service/table charge and tip – not too shabby!  For a full menu, visit our Newsreel.  Contact Jim Isaacs jisaacs61@hotmail.com to RSVP.

Thursday, September 20

  • 11:00am – 1:00pm: Book Club – This month’s title is Rumors of Rain by Andre Brink, a story of corruption and redemption in South Africa.  We will meet at a member’s home in Recoleta, email Sheridan Pidcock sheridanpidcock@gmail.com to RSVP.  This group always involves a great discussion and insight into reflections of the book, whether it’s your first time or you are a seasoned reader – come and see what the book club has to offer!

 

  • 6:00pm – 9:00pm: Ladies Night Happy Hour – Keep your fingers crossed for nice weather as Ann and Margaret have organized this month’s Happy Hour at Primafila in the Recoleta Design Center terraces.  If the weather is bad we’ll be inside, but with a nice evening, this location has a great outdoor seating area! Leave the fellas at home and join in this fun, social event.  RSVP to Ann Sager: annsager@me.com or Margaret Sauvé: msauve3@yahoo.com.

 

And last but certainly not least, if you haven’t RSVPed for this month’s Spring at the Sivori event, do so now!  Email bain.downtown@gmail.com or leave a comment on the event post.  BAIN Downtown members are free and guests are $60 (unless you RSVP and join at the event, you can start your membership benefits immediately!).  Join us for sweet treats and a champagne toast to welcome the arrival of spring!

 

 

 

Restaurant Review: Dada Bistrot

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Dada (San Martin 941: 4314-4787, Retiro) is old school in more ways than one. This little “bistro” has only a dozen tables, a handful of bar stools, no host and instead of reservations they give you a window of time – which they may or may not adhere to. Despite, or rather because of this, the super-casual atmosphere was exactly what we were looking for when we visited for dinner a few weeks ago. Once again, Time Out was instrumental in guiding us to this restaurant, because even though Dada has been recommended to us by multiple people, we never seem to remember it when we’re thinking of a new place to go. We certainly weren’t the only ones that relied on the magazine for a Dada recommendation, here the bartender is actually posing with a copy of Time Out for another patron’s photo.

This is one of the first real bars we’ve been to since moving here. The bartenders are quick, ready to refill your drink and actually interact with the people sitting at their bar. Our “reservation” was at 11:00pm, and though we waited for awhile after that time came and went, we were well tended to and were even asked if we wanted to order at the bar instead of waiting for a table. This is second nature to most places in the US, but rarely, if ever happens at restaurants in BsAs. I ordered a caipiroska (which was delicious) and Jon had a beer, which was served to him in a wine glass – we are still missing out on draft beer. The only draft they offered was Quilmes, which is like asking for an agua con gas.

Since we had some time to get hungry while we waited, it was nice that menu features and specials were written out on chalkboards around the restaurant. The bar features Ruca Malen wines, which is a great quality choice, though somehow not what I was expecting for this more rustic-style place. Dada continued to surprise me with the best hummus and pita chips appetizer I’ve had in Argentina (I should note that I’ve only had this dish a handful of times, not a popular offering in local restaurants) – such a strange collection of items, but somehow it works.

I ordered a steak salad as my main dish, while my husband had the lomo. Both dishes were delicious, and we had devoured them before I had a chance to take any photos. The food was far more elegant than you would originally expect when looking at the bar, but it’s one of the many surprises we had at Dada.

I will say that as the night went on, service got more and more scarce. We asked for our check two or three times before finally receiving it at 1:30am (!!). Considering the food, wine, drinks and bar service were all great, something had to give.

All in all, a great spot that we will return to for future casual nights out.

***This restaurant review was written by BAIN Downtown member and blogger, Dawn Gill.  For this and other reviews on expat life, visit her blog: http://www.dawnandjon.blogspot.com.ar/.  To contribute a review or highlight your blog, contact bain.downtown@gmail.com.  

Voting Day Party at the US Embassy

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On Thursday, October 4, US citizens living in Argentina are invited to the US Embassy to cast their absentee ballot with Ambassador Vilma Martinez.

Come from 9am – 12:00pm with your US Passport in hand to either case your absentee ballot or request an absentee ballot (if you haven’t done so already by mail – to request an absentee ballot, email VoteBuenosAires@state.gov).

Read more on the US Embassy website, and mark your calendars to come and rock the vote!

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