April Ladies Night Happy Hour

Posted on April 11, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

Join us for fun with friends on the private terrace of the Hotel Melia in Recoleta!

Wednesday, April 17

6:00 – 9:00pm

Posadas 1557

RSVP: annsager@me.com

April Morning Coffee

Posted on April 7, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

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

Date: Tuesday, April 16th
Time: 10:30 am – 12:00
Where: Palermo Chico *Exact address provided upon RSVP
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 Ramona Michetti at rgmichetti@hotmail.com
We hope you can make it!

Are you interested in hosting a Morning Coffee?? You pick the day, and BAIN will chip in AR$150 to help cover hosting fees. Hosting is a great way to continue the event, and get involved with BAIN! Contact Katarina Nyssens at katarina.nyssens@gmail.com for more information!

*This event is limited to current BAIN members only. If you are interested in becoming a member of BAIN, contact bain.downtown@gmail.com*

April Monthly Dinner

Posted on April 4, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

This month’s BAIN dinner will be on Tuesday, April 9. The event is being organized by Jim Isaacs. Jim reports:

The event will feature Basque food, which heavily emphasizes seafood.

The Basque independence movement in Spain and to some degree France draws the world’s eyes, but the Basque people have a very strong presence in Argentina and Chile, too. By many estimates there are more people of Basque decent in Argentina than all of Europe, and there is a strong Basque community in Buenos Aires. Five presidents of Argentina are reported to have been of at least partial Basque descent, including Urquiza, both Uriburus, and Yrigoyen. Eva Peron and Che Guevera had Basque blood, too.

We will meet and dine at the excellent Restaurant Vasco Frances, located in the Basque cultural center, at 1370 Moreno (between Santiago del Estero and San Jose, in the Congresso nieighborhood).

Reviews: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g312741-d1232371-Reviews-Centro_Vasco_Frances-Buenos_Aires_Capital_Federal_District.html

Here are the details:

Time: Tuesday April 9, 2013 at 9 p.m.

Place: Restaurant Vasco Frances (main dining hall of the Basque cultural center) 1370 Moreno. Parking will be validated for 2 hours; let me know if you are driving and I will get specifics to you.

Cost: $ 175 per person, inclusive of three course meal, one glass of wine (likely to be augmented), one water or soda, cubierto and tip.

RSVP to Jim Isaacs at jisaacs61@hotmail.com Space is limited/first-RSVP first served.

April Wine & Tapas: Escape Your Neighborhood Bubble!

Posted on March 21, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

Head out West and get to know Caballito!

*It’s not as far as you think!!*

This month’s host Celia lives in a delightful apartment in Caballito, close to two main roads and lots of great parking. There are also plenty of buses that run to this neck of the woods, so don’t be shy! Learn a new barrio and enjoy time with friends!

Location: Caballito *Exact address provided upon RSVP

Date: Saturday, April 6

Time: 8:00pm

How does it work? Each attendee brings a dish to pass, a beverage to share and yourself to enjoy company, conversation, and finger foods!

Look forward to catching up with you!

Please email RSVPs to celiacriseo@rauljak.com.ar

*This event is limited to current BAIN members only. If you are interested in becoming a member of BAIN, contact bain.downtown@gmail.com*

March Monthly Dinner

Posted on March 20, 2013 by dawngill

This month’s BAIN dinner will be on Tuesday, March 26. The event is being organized by Jim Isaacs, our part-time dinner Chairman.

The event will be at restaurante 4141 in Palermo. 4141 has been very highly rated, and was well liked by the BAIN dinner group in a May, 2012 visit. [So, you might ask: why return to a place where some of us have already eaten, when Buenos Aires has hundreds of excellent options? Because Jim is still in the United States today, and is organizing this from a distance. That means working with a restaurant manager he knows!]

Reviews: http://www.guiaoleo.com.ar/restaurantes/4141-Restaurante-9588

Here are the details:

Time: Tuesday March 26, 2013, at 8:45 p.m.

Place: 4141 Restaurante, located at Honduras 4141 (hence the name 4141; this is about 1/2 block from Gascón, in Palermo Viejo).

Cost: $ 150 per person, inclusive of three course meal, one glass of wine (which will probably be augmented without cost), one water or soda, cubierto and tip.

RSVP to Jim Isaacs at jisaacs61@hotmail.com

Finally, the menu:

First course (this will be served fairly close to 9 p.m., so that those who need to be at work the next day will not be out too late)

Tomato Soup
or
Pear, prosciutto and rucula salad

Main Course:

Brisket of beef (a favorite of almost all who have tried it at 4141) with choice of side dishes
or
Nut and ricotta cheese ravioli
or
Moroccan chicken

Dessert

Flan with port sauce
or
Ice Cream Soda with apples, fennel and parsley (yup, they mean it, and it is good)

April Book Club

Posted on March 19, 2013 by dawngill

Thanks to everyone who joined us in March for our book club meeting — it was great to continue to see new faces and we hope to see more in the future! We wanted to provide everyone with the information for our April meeting and also share the book chosen for May.

Here is the information for our April Book Club meeting:

Book choice: Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Date: Monday, April 8
Time: 13h00 -15h00
Location: Recoleta

Please email your RSVP to: dawn.e.gill@gmail.com
(She will send you the exact address)

Also, to help people plan for upcoming meetings, the group also decided on a book for the May meeting. The book chosen is Abide with Me by Elizabeth Strout. Stay tuned for the May meeting date and time which will be announced after April’s book club meeting.

Hope to see you all on April 8th!

Regards,
The Book Club Organizers

*This event is limited to current BAIN members only. If you are interested in becoming a member of BAIN, contact bain.downtown@gmail.com*

March Social Monthly Meeting

Posted on March 16, 2013 by dawngill

BAIN DOWNTOWN SOCIAL MEETING

FRIDAY, MARCH 22 AT 5:00pm

BAIN Downtown members are invited to join in this month’s Strictly Social meeting. Continue St. Patrick’s Day into the week at Downtown Matias in Recoleta, an Irish pub located next to Starbucks in the Terrazas Buenos Aires Design Center. Our start time is 5 p.m., BAIN will provide appetizers and there is a 2 for 1 happy hour menu available!

Location: Downtown Matias at the Buenos Aires Design Center in Recoleta (next to the Recoleta Cemetery, nearest the intersection of Av Libertador and Pueyrredon).

Date and Time: Friday, March 22 5:00 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 beverages.

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)

Other Notes:

The BAIN Downtown website:

Check out our website at https://baindowntown.com/ for the online membership directory and more.

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BA Underground Market

Posted on March 12, 2013 by dawngill

The Argentina Independent is proud to present the next BA Underground Market on Saturday 23rd March.

Come and explore the flavours! From hot sauce to cake pops, goat’s cheese to spring rolls, juice and smoothies to hand crafted beer, try new things or retaste old favourites while enjoying live music.

We’ve also opened the market up to non-food vendors, so it will be the perfect chance to find handmade crafts and souvenirs.

Tickets are $5 in advance / $10 at the door. Kids up to 12 years old are free.

Please book your tickets in advance by emailing events@argentinaindependent.com. We will then give you the new address of the event.

This event is a cash event only.

Please note that access to the market is via stairs and is not, unfortunately, equipped for those with reduced mobility.

SACS Open House

Posted on March 11, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

Dear BAIN Members,

Send a Child to School (a charitable organization that provides backpacks filled with school supplies to children in need) would like to invite you to a coffee open house on Thursday, March 14 from 10:30 to 12:30. We would love to share with you information about our organization and the fundraising activities we do. We look forward to seeing you next Thursday. Once you RSVP we will send you the address of Stephanie Bruchou’s house in Lomas de San Isidro.

RSVP: “Marian St. James” <marianstjames@yahoo.com>

Thanks so much!

SACS Board members