On Wednesday, August 13th, we will have the opportunity of experiencing a new happy hour in one of the most beautiful places in Recoleta. The bar of the Hotel Club Frances is absolutely elegant in a classic building full of history.
Date: Wednesday, August 13th
Time: 18.30 to 21.00
Location: Hotel Club Frances – Rodriguez Pena 1832
Please RSVP to: Silvia Portalanza silporta@hotmail.com
Hope to meet you there!
On Wednesday, July 23, at 1:00 pm we will have lunch at the Benihana restaurant next to the Alto Palermo shopping center. The chain is expanding and will shortly open a venue in Puerto Madero – let’s take advantage of their current bargain pricing as I suspect it will not last much longer!
Benihana restaurants are traditional Japanese hibachi steakhouses, which feature the Japanese cooking method known as “teppanyaki.” Your meal is prepared fresh and served by a performing chef, right before your eyes. For a nice write up on the history of the restaurants visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benihana. Our group has dined there previously with great reviews. Check out their Spanish language site at http://www.benihana.com.ar/ . Don’t believe the prices on the menu – they are very out of date!
You can choose the chicken, steak or shrimp teppanyaki. This includes soup, salad, water or gaseosa and the main course. Please note that the hibachi chicken rice is also included, as well as the tip!
The pricing for this event is quite “tight” – coffee, dessert, alcoholic beverages, etc. are not included in the price.
Date: Wednesday, July 23
Time: 1:00 pm
Place: Benihana, Arenales 3310 y Coronel Diaz (near Santa Fe)
Cost: 100 pesos
Please RSVP to mweldon213@yahoo.com
4815-4660
Let’s meet again at our August Morning Coffee!
Come enjoy good company and pleasant conversation in a relaxed atmosphere.
This month’s coffee will take place on:
Tuesday, August 12 from 10:30 a.m. to noon
Location: Recoleta.
Exact address will be provided after you send your RSVP.
Please RSVP to Grace at estudio_sabatini@fibertel.com.ar
(note the underscore between “estudio” and “sabatini”)
We hope to see you there!
On Tuesday, July 15th, we will go to LEITMOTIV for our monthly happy hour. This time in Palermo.
Date: Tuesday, July 15
Time: 19.00 to 21.00
Location: Leitimotiv BA, Jose Antonio Cabrera 5696
Please RSVP to: Silvia Portalanza silporta@hotmail.com
Hope to meet you there!
Time to join friends for an evening of wine, tapas, and conversation.
Location: Palermo – Exact address provided upon RSVP
Date: Saturday, July 26th.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
How does it work? Bring wine, finger food, and your sparkling self to join other BAIN members and friends in a night of socializing and making new friends. We look forward to catching up with you!
Please email RSVPs to dilyatesh@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 any BAIN member 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 Linda Talluto: LTalluto@gmail.com.
*This event is limited to current BAIN Downtown members only. If you are interested in becoming a member of BAIN Downtown, please contact bain.downtown@gmail.com*
Book: The City And The City (2009)
Author: China Miéville
Day: Tuesday, August 12th
Time: 3:30 p.m.
NEW Location: Café of Galerna Libreria Address: Malabia 1784 Gandhi – Palermo
RSVP: loucrie@yahoo.com (Julia)
Come enjoy your afternoon coffee with us and participate in a lively discussion and suggest your favorite books to other BAIN members.
In our next meeting we will be selecting 2-3 new books to read in our upcoming meetings, so please bring suggestions of titles we can read. We are open to all kinds and genres of books (fiction as well as non-fiction) that present interesting topics and could make for lively conversations. Please bring your selections along with a short summary or description (either your own or from Amazon, etc) to help members decide which books to select.
This month we are reading The City And The City (2009) by China Miéville. The book has been named one of the best books of the year by the Los Angeles Times, the Seattle Times, and Publishers’ Weekly. When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. To investigate, Borlú must travel from the decaying Beszel to its equal, rival, and intimate neighbor, the vibrant city of Ul Qoma. But this is a border crossing like no other, a journey as psychic as it is physical, a seeing of the unseen.
The book, as always, is available electronically.
Please feel free to join us even if you don’t manage to read the book.
For those who like to prepare in advance, here’s our title for September.
September 9th: The Good Earth (1931, Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Pearl S. Buck.
Nobel Laureate Pearl S. Buck’s epic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel talks about a vanished China and one family’s shifting fortunes. The book steels the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby, the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers; but they will soon meet their own downfall.
If you have any questions about the titles or meetings of the Book Club, please contact me at loucrie@yahoo.com
Hope to see you all in August!
-Julia
This month’s BAIN dinner will be on Tuesday, July 8th. The event will be organized by Dilya Austin, our new Dinner Coordinator!The event will be in Palermo. Here are the details:Time: 9.00 p.m. (the following day, July 9th is a holiday- Independence Day in Argentina)
Place: 4141 Restaurante, Honduras 4141, Palermo
Cost: $ 230 per person, inclusive of a three-course meal, two glasses of wine, soft drinks and water, cubierto and tip.RSVP to Dilya, dilyatesh@gmail.comMenu:
First course (this will be served fairly quickly as we have chosen two options to share)
Prosciutto and pear on top of arugula leaves
Hummus with Tzatziki sauceMain Course, one of these options:
Brisket of beef with a salad
Squash ravioli with Blue cheese cream
Pork Shoulder and pineapple with mashed potatos (a favorite of almost all who have tried it at 4141)Dessert, one of these options
Chocolate mousse
Fruit salad
Dear Book Lovers,
BAIN’s next Book Club meeting will take place on Tuesday, July 8th.
Come enjoy your afternoon coffee with us and participate in a lively discussion with other BAIN members.
This month we are reading The Girl With The Pearl Earring (1998) by Tracy Chevalier. The book transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly-imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer’s most celebrated paintings. History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Girl with a Pearl Earring tells the story of sixteen-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius . . . even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil.
The book, as always, is available electronically. (Click on title above for the kindle version on Amazon)
Please feel free to join us even if you don’t manage to read the book.
Meeting Details:
Book: The Girl With The Pearl Earring (1998) by Tracy Chevalier.
Day: Tuesday, July 8th
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Café Antonia, located inside the Libros del Pasaje bookstore in Palermo.
Address: Thames 1762
RSVP: loucrie@yahoo.com (Julia) – We will be calling the café the day before to reserve a large table for all of us, so please let us know to include you.
For those who like to prepare ahead, we have selected three more books during our last meeting for the upcoming months:
August 12th: The City And The City (2009) by China Miéville.
The book has been named as one of the best book of the year by the Los Angeles Times, the Seattle Times, and Publishers’ Weekly. When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. To investigate, Borlú must travel from the decaying Beszel to its equal, rival, and intimate neighbor, the vibrant city of Ul Qoma. But this is a border crossing like no other, a journey as psychic as it is physical, a seeing of the unseen.
September 9th: The Good Earth (1931, Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Pearl S. Buck.
Nobel Laureate Pearl S. Buck’s epic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel talks about a vanished China and one family’s shifting fortunes. The book steels the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby, the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers; but they will soon meet their own downfall.
If you have any questions about the titles or meetings of the Book Club, please contact me at loucrie@yahoo.com
Hope to see you all next month!
-Julia
Join us for our Monthly Meeting at ICANA on Friday, June 27 at 5 p.m. for a presentation by Hugo Quintana about the Tango Poets.
Location: ICANA, Maipú 672 (between Viamonte and Tucumán) in the City Center, on the ground floor.
Date: Friday, June 27, 2014
Time: 5.00 p.m. – members and guests arrive
About 6.30 p.m. – after-meeting social at Mott Restaurant, San Martín 776
Program: Los Poetas del Tango (The Tango Poets)
Hugo Quintana will show that, beyond the music, tango lyrics reveal the feelings of Argentine bohemian life in the first half of the 20th century.
Fees: BAIN Downtown members – no charge
Non-members/Guests – AR$50
We look forward to seeing you on Friday the 27th!
Please note the new luncheon day – Wednesday, June 25, 2014.
With the return of the cold weather my thoughts turn to heartier food and that makes me think – German – so this month we are dining at Bodensee. The restaurant was originally founded in 1925 and changed hands in 1959 when Ruben and his son Javier took over. The location was originally in Las Canitas but is now in Palermo. The sides of sauerkraut, German potato salad and my favorite the apfestrudel are all lovingly prepared on the premises by Ruben’s wife.
The price for the meal includes the entrée, choice of beverage, dessert, cover and tip. I will provide extra bottles of wine to supplement the one glass that is included. I am assuming that everyone will have the apfestruded with crème for dessert, it is really not to be missed!
With inflation raging as it is I am sure that this will be your last opportunity to go out and have two courses with beverage for less than 100 pesos.
The menu is attached – my favorites are numbers 7, 14 and 15.
Place: Bodensee, phone 4774-9064
Time: Wednesday, June 25 at 12:30 pm
Location: Honduras 6000, Palermo, esq Arevalo
Cost: 99 pesos (tip, beverage and cover included)
Correct change will be appreciated
Please RSVP to Michael Weldon
or 4815-4660
BAIN Downtown 