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.
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, December 12, 2023 we will be discussing Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout. This is the second Tuesday of the month, as usual. To RSVP, please email tonilin@aol.com.
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 rest of 2023 and January 2024 is included below. The list has recently changed, so check it twice, please.
December 12, 2023 Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout – 2022, 304 pp. – from Amazon,“NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a poignant, pitch-perfect novel about a divorced couple stuck together during lockdown—and the love, loss, despair, and hope that animate us even as the world seems to be falling apart.
“Strout’s understanding of the human condition is capacious.”—NPR”
January 9, 2024 The Guest by Emma Cline – 2023, 294 pp. From NYT review, “Under Cline’s command, every sentence as sharp as a scalpel, a woman toeing the line between welcome and unwelcome guest becomes a fully destabilizing force. And not just for her hosts, but for the novel itself.”
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.
This month we will enjoy the evening at Patio #378, on the ground floor of the Novotel Hotel. Please RSVP (link below) to make sure we have enough provisions for you.
The address of Patio #378 in the Hotel Novotel is Corrientes 1334
BAIN provides the hors d’oeuvres, you provide the fun.
Fee is 5000 pesos for members, 6000 pesos for guests. Yearly membership is 3000 pesos. If you join at the event, you pay as a member.
An important upcoming event — RSVP now: December 7, Holiday Dinner at Palacio Balcarce. Watch the BAIN Downtown website and your email inbox for details.
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.
This month we will enjoy the outdoor patio at Kansas (in case of rain we will meet on piso 2). Please RSVP (link below) to make sure we have enough provisions for you.
Kansas Grill & Bar is located at Avenida Santa Fe 1946.
BAIN provides the hors d’oeuvres, you provide the fun.
Fee is 5000 pesos for members, 6000 pesos for guests. Yearly membership is 3000 pesos. If you join at the event, you pay as a member.
Some upcoming events so you can be sure to save the dates: October 28, Ladies Lunch; November 17, Wine & Tapas in Palermo; November 24, Strictly Social, probably at Olympo; December 7, Holiday Dinner at Palacio Balcarce. Lots going on. Watch the BAIN Downtown website and your email inbox for details.
On Tuesday, November 14, 2023 we will be discussing Kindred by Octavia Butler. This is the second Tuesday of the month, as usual. To RSVP, please email tonilin@aol.com.
You will be sent the Google Meet link or the physical address upon RSVP.
We have added two additional books at the end of the list (December and January). Please investigate availability as the last one was just published in 2023.
The list of the books for the rest of 2023 and January 2024 is included below. The list has recently changed, so check it twice, please.
November 14 Kindred by Octavia Butler – 2009, 264 pp. “In what is considered a literary masterpiece and Butler’s most popular novel, Kindred follows a young Black woman named Dana. Though she lives in 1976 L.A., she’s suddenly transported to a Civil War-era plantation in Maryland. Soon, the more frequently Dana travels back in time, the longer she stays, as she faces a danger that threatens her life in the future.”
December 12, 2023 Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout – 2022, 304 pp. – from Amazon,“NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a poignant, pitch-perfect novel about a divorced couple stuck together during lockdown—and the love, loss, despair, and hope that animate us even as the world seems to be falling apart.
“Strout’s understanding of the human condition is capacious.”—NPR”
January 9, 2024 The Guest by Emma Cline – 2023, 294 pp. From NYT review, “Under Cline’s command, every sentence as sharp as a scalpel, a woman toeing the line between welcome and unwelcome guest becomes a fully destabilizing force. And not just for her hosts, but for the novel itself.”
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.
Returning to a recent and much liked 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.
BAIN Downtown 