November Social Monthly Meeting

Posted on November 25, 2012 by dawngill

BAIN DOWNTOWN SOCIAL – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30

BAIN Downtown members are invited to join in this month’s Strictly Social meeting. We will enjoy food, drinks and great company at Tucson, a café located in the Terrazas Buenos Aires Design Center. Our start time is 4 p.m., and there is a 2 for 1 happy hour menu available.

Location: Tucson, Terrazas Buenos Aires Design Center, local 15/16, Terrace Level www.tucsonrestaurante.com.ar

Date and Time: Friday, November 30 at 4 p.m.

Program: Conversation! Meet someone new! Bring friends and introduce them to BAIN! We will provide light appetizers and finger food while our guests enjoy the happy hour specials of 2 for 1 on selected beverages. We will also be raffling off the last unclaimed prize from the End of Year Party, 2 tickets to the opening night of Shen Yun, a 30-day supply of bagels from Sugar & Spice and hot sauces from El Tejano!

Fees: BAIN Downtown members – no charge

Guests and BAIN Suburbs members – AR$50*

*If you join BAIN at the meeting, your guest fee is waived. The fee to join BAIN for a year’s membership is AR$250

Renewals: If you have received an email from BAIN Downtown reminding you that your membership renewal is due by January 1, 2013, then this is a great opportunity for you to renew. As a reminder, the fee to renew is AR$250 for yet another great year of friends and fun!

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October Monthly Luncheon

Posted on October 19, 2012 by dawngill

BAIN October Luncheon – Korean Food at Bi Won

Place: Bi Won Korean restaurant – phone # 4372-1146

Time: Thursday, October 25 at 1:00 pm

Location: Junín 548, entre Lavalle y Tucumán
Once, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The cost of the meal (including tip) is 100 pesos and includes water (con or sin gas), and all the beer you can drink!

Wine, coffee or other extras will be additional and charged separately – the owner will discount the wine prices on the menu by 10% for us.

Please RSVP to Michael Weldon: mweldon213@yahoo.com

This month we are going to take a fun trip through the mainstays of Korean food. We will sample the three main types of Korean cuisine – Cheyuk Gogui, Bibim Bap and the famous Yache Twiguim. These main courses will be accompanied by at least 7 different small dishes, the ever present Kimchi and other treats depending on the day’s market. These small dishes are the part of the meal that is the “fun” – you never know what will show up. Indeed, even when you see the dishes you will probably not be able to identify them by sight, only by taste – maybe.

Cheyuk Gogui is barbequed pork prepared and grilled with traditional Korean flavoring and seasonings. Bibim Bap (one of my favorite dishes here) is a rice dish served with an assorted mixture of seasoned vegetables, cooked meat, fried egg, sesame oil, etc. etc. Our third dish (vegetarian) is best described as vegetable tempura, Korean style. There are no choices to be made, simply come and enjoy. Everything will be served family style and the small plates will be re-filled as needed.

For those not familiar with Korean food I suggest you use the following link to a good write-up: www.koreanfood.about.com/od/ koreanfoodbasics/a/Korean101.htm

Here are a few excerpts from the Trip Advisor’s restaurant section reviews:

“Excellent choice all round and we loved everything we ate…. the quality is excellent and on a par with the best Korean food in America or Seoul. Seems incredible here in BA, but absolutely true.” “This place by far has been the tastiest meal since we’ve been here. It is totally authentic and on par with any great Korean restaurant in San Francisco and Los Angeles!” “Bi Won stands out as a breath of fresh asian air.” “…. vale la pena completamente.”

Bi Won is hidden away in Congresso on the very edge of Once. It is about three blocks away from the famous Water Company building on Córdoba. The address is Junín 548, there is no sign so just look for the address number on Junín between Lavalle and Tucumán.

The Morning Coffee is yet another opportunity to purchase your End of Year Party tickets! Bring your pesos – AR$100 for BAIN members, AR$200 for guests.

Gran “Rysttafel” Holandes

Posted on October 18, 2012 by dawngill

The Asociacion Holandesa de Beneficencia invites BAIN members to their Gran Rysttafel Holandes Fundraiser! The minimum donation is AR$400 – for more information or to RSVP, contact ahbeventos@gmail.com.

November Morning Coffee

Posted on October 17, 2012 by dawngill

The next BAIN Morning Coffee is coming up! Mark your calendars!

Date: Tuesday, November 6
Time: 10:30am-12:00
Where: Recoleta

Come spend a morning making new friends and catching up with old ones. This is a casual, fun way to mingle and meet new people and it’s open to all BAIN Downtown members.

Never been to a coffee event before? New to BAIN or Buenos Aires? We’d love to have you join us. Let us know in your RSVP if you have any questions!

Please RSVP to Peggy Greer at pjgreer@gmail.com
*Exact address provided upon RSVP. We hope you can make it!

The Morning Coffee is yet another opportunity to purchase your End of Year Party tickets! Bring your pesos – AR$100 for BAIN members, AR$200 for guests.

Calendar Girls

Posted on October 14, 2012 by dawngill

The Suburban Players is the longest running English-speaking amateur theatrical club in Argentina, having been around since April 1963. Originally founded by a group of American expatriates, our objective, then and now, is to stage plays in English for the enjoyment of all those involved whilst simultaneously providing quality entertainment for the community.

They are a non-profit organization that collaborates on a regular basis with established charities, helping community oriented fund raising campaigns with our proceeds.

Visit their website for more information: The Suburban Players

October Monthly Dinner

Posted on October 13, 2012 by dawngill

This month’s BAIN dinner will be held on Wednesday, October 17 at “Mundano.”

Mundano is a beautiful restaurant that has live music most weekend nights. It has an inviting outdoor patio area (covered, in case of rain!) where those who wish to do so can enjoy a glass of wine at 8:30 or so. Event organizer Jim Isaacs has arranged to have Pianist Luciano Pletener come for part of the evening; Luciano plays show tunes, popular music, and tango. Dinner will be at 9 p.m., inside.

Here are the details:

Time: Wednesday October 17, 2012 (start time: 8:30 p.m. in the patio; dinner 9 p.m.)

Location: Mundano, Corner of Malabia 1401 (corner of Cabrera) in Palermo.

Cost: 125 pesos per person, inclusive of everything (a three course meal, a glass of wine, one gaseosa or water, service/table charge and tip).

RSVP by Tuesday night to Jim Isaacs at jisaacs61@hotmail.com

Finally, the menu:

First course (pre-selected to keep the evening on schedule, Jim pledges that this will NOT be a late night event)

Mundano Salad (greens, tomato, capers, artichoke, mushrooms and Parmesan cheese, with a light pesto type dressing)

Second course:

Pacu (fish) seasoned with lemon, with potato
or
Pork tenderloin
or
Trout wrapped in bacon, spinach tortilla and tomato cream sauce
or
Dark (black) risotto with shrimp and red caviar
or
Wok sauteed seasonal fresh vegetables over greens

Dessert:

Apple tart with “american” (vanilla) ice cream
or
Kiwi soup
or
Chocolate volcano with red fruit and ice cream

BAIN Fashion Night

Posted on October 12, 2012 by dawngill

Hello to our Downtown BAIN friends!

The members of BAIN Suburbs invite you to join us for our FASHION NIGHT Friday 19th Oct at 8:00pm at the Galeria Paseo de Golf in Lomas de San Isidro (J. Segundo Fernandez 256 – The Gallery is right beside a Golf course.) Cost: 50 pesos

The end of the year is arriving but we don’t want to wait until November for our big BAIN “party”, so on Friday 19th October you are invited to join us with your friends and partners to our very first BAIN Fashion Night!

We will be waiting for you at the entrance with a glass of champagne, a Jazz band and an incredible eclectic ambience. We will then have a fashion show in the back patio, where not only will the gorgeous models be fashioning amazing clothes for both women and men along to the groovy beats of great music from DJ NoNo but also we are going to be able to appreciate the paintings of artist Juan Manuel Botte, which will be exhibited.

Some of the boutique shops in the gallery will be open, especially for us, with some amazing discounts and offers!

To be included on the guest list it is essential that you RSVP… to lianaexpatlife@gmail