On Wednesday June 18th we will have the opportunity of experiencing a new happy hour in one of the best hotels in Recoleta. We would also have the possibility of trying Chef Luciano Grimaldi’s delicious appetizers as a treat from the house.
Date: Wednesday, June 18th
Location: Buenos Aires Grand Hotel- Las Heras 1745
Time: 18h30 to 21h00
RSVP: To Silvia Portalanza
Hope to meet you there!
Time to join friends for an evening of wine, tapas, and conversation.
Location: Villa Crespo – Exact address provided upon RSVP
Date: Saturday, June 14th
Time: 7:00 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 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 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
*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*
Thursday, June 5 at 9 p.m.
This month we reintroduce BAIN restaurant dinner functions, which have at times been monthly events. The idea is to try different well recommended restaurants around town. Sometimes we go fancy, sometimes simple. Given the size of the group (often 10 to 20 people) a fixed price menu with some options is pre-negotiated by the event coordinator and the price announced to potential attendees in advance.
Jim Isaacs, who has hosted a number of these events, will be in charge this month, with a new dinner director coming in for July. For this event, Jim has selected Dale Perejil al Toro, a Norteño (north Argentina/Andean) influenced parilla in Villa Crespo. The restaurant is owned by the former head chef of a very fine Palermo restaurant. Jim reports that prices are low for the quality of the food served, and that the venue is quite beautiful, with the main eating area located in the living room of a traditional (1920?) Argentine house with 20 foot high ceilings.
Pictures and reviews: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g312741-d2371017-Reviews-Dale_perejil_al_Toro-Buenos_Aires_Capital_Federal_District.html
We will share salads and a bell pepper, egg and rice appetizer. A small supply of (sustainable, farm raised) caiman (S. American alligator) milanesas will be ordered too, for the adventurous to try out! Thereafter you will have a choice of pork shoulder (highly recommended; recipe brought with owner from 4 star restaurant), grilled chicken (moist and good per taste test team) or vegetarian/squash ravioli with cream sauce (also quite good). Multiple side dishes including Norteño humita (sweet corn stew) will be on the table for all to enjoy, and doggie bags may well be needed. Dessert options will be chocolate cake, ice cream or fruit salad.
The event price is $ 230 per person, inclusive of a half-bottle of wine and a soda or mineral water per person. Start time is 9:00 p.m.; that is early for Argentina, but many of our members get up early in the morning to go to work and we try to run on a schedule. Exact change appreciated but not required.
Address: Dale Perejil at Toro, Av Estado de Israel 4483, Villa Crespo.
RSVP to jisaacs61@hotmail.com – space is limited.
Come with us and enjoy a different night at the Sofitel Bar.
On Thursday 22nd we will have the opportunity of experiencing the Aperitif Montmartre with a recreation of a Parisian neighborhood, live music and a caricaturist. We would also have the possibility of trying Chef Olivier Falchi’s terrines as well as 2×1 wine options.
Definitely something different and great fun!
Date: Thursday, May 22nd.
Location: Sofitel Buenos Aires- Arroyo 841
Time: 18h30 to 21h00
RSVP: To Silvia Portalanza silporta@hotmail.com
Hope to meet you there!
BAIN Downtown members are invited to join in this month’s Strictly Social meeting. We’re meeting at the Melía Recoleta Plaza Boutique Hotel, Posadas 1557, Recoleta.
This social event will start at 6.00 p.m. BAIN will provide appetizers and there will be 2 for 1 drinks available.
Location: Melía Recoleta Plaza Boutique Hotel, Posadas 1557, Recoleta.
(Go from the front entrance to the rear of the hotel, and up the stairs.)
Date and Time: Friday, May 30 at 6.00 p.m.
Program: Conversation! Meet someone new! Bring friends and introduce them to BAIN! We will provide light appetizers and finger food while you enjoy the 2 for 1 beverage specials.
Fees: BAIN Downtown members -– no charge
Guests and BAIN Suburbs members – AR$50*
*If you join BAIN Downtown at the meeting, your guest fee is waived.
(The fee to join BAIN for a year’s membership is AR$250)
Morning Coffee is back!!
Join us for Morning Coffee, conversation and fun! Meet old friends and make new ones.
This month’s coffee will be on Wednesday, May 20th from 10:30 a.m. until noon in Recoleta.
Address will be provided upon RSVP.
We look forward to seeing you!
Please RSVP to estudio_sabatini@fibertel.com.ar
Time to join friends for an evening of wine, tapas, and conversation — this month in Belgrano.
Location: Belgrano *Exact address provided upon RSVP
Date: Saturday, May 17th
Time: 8:00pm
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.
Look forward to catching up with you!
Please email RSVPs to nuri.masriera@gmail.com Address will be sent to you via email response.
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 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 members only. If you are interested in becoming a member of BAIN, contact bain.downtown@gmail.com*
After taking a two week break, the Language Exchange Group is meeting again.
Interested in practicing your Spanish? Or English? Join in on the great language exchange that BAIN offers! The Language Exchange Group meets every Thursday at 1 pm, covering an extensive range of topics. We aim for a lively discussion to create a rewarding, enlightening, and most importantly, fun experience for English and Spanish speakers.
Interested in joining in on the next discussion? Contact Beatriz Laurnagaray at beatrizlaurnagaray@gmail.com for venue information.
Come enjoy an evening coffee (or wine) along with some lively discussion at BAIN’s May Book Club meeting!
This month we are reading The Buddha in the Attic (2011) by Julie Otsuka, a book that grapples with the migration of Japanese picture-brides to the U.S. in the early 1900’s, and has won a number of literary prizes. The book, as always, is available electronically.
Book: The Buddha in the Attic (2011) by Julie Otsuka
Day: Thursday, 15th May
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Café Antonia, located inside the Libros de 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.
Please feel free to join us even if you don’t manage to read the book.
Important Note: We will dedicate the last 15-20 minutes of this meeting to selecting three booksto read from July to September. If you have a book to suggest to the group, please note the title and a description or review (either your own, if you’ve read the book, or from a place like Amazon, if you haven’t) so we can decide collectively which books we would like to read next.
For those who like to prepare ahead, our June book has already been set:
June: Please Look After Mom (2009, in English 2011) by Kyung-Sook Shin
A Korean best-seller about a family’s search for their mother who vanishes one day in the crowds of the Seoul Station subway.
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 at the Monthly Meeting at ICANA on Friday, April 25 at 5 p.m.
This meeting is your chance to learn a little something about folk music artists dear to the hearts of all Argentines — Atahualpa Yupanqui, Ariel Ramirez, Eduardo Falú, Jaime Torres, Mercedes Sosa. You will hear songs by the greats, look at the lyrics in Spanish and in English. Get to know folk groups — Los Chalchaleros, Los Cantores de Quilla Huasi, Los Fronterizas, Los Cantores del Alba. A special rendition of her favorites by Elizabeth Harris will be the final pluck to your heart strings.
The meeting starts at 5 pm at ICANA, Maipú 672, upstairs in the meeting room
Followed at about 7 pm by a social at Francesca, a cafe/bar in the Galerías Pacifíco, Florida 737.
Please join us.
Location: ICANA, Maipú 672 (between Viamonte and Tucumán) in the City Center, on the ground floor in the library.
Date: Friday, April 25
Time:
5:00 p.m. – members and guests begin to arrive
5:30 p.m. – the program begins
7:00 p.m. – (approximately) – after-meeting social at Francesca, Galerías Pacifíco, Florida 737
Program: An Introduction to Argentine Folk Music
Fees: BAIN Downtown members – no charge
Non-members/Guests – AR$50
We look forward to seeing you on Friday the 25th!
BAIN Downtown 