BAIN LADIES NIGHT OUT – Come join us for Happy Hour!
Date: Wednesday, March 13
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Primafila Restaurant Terrace Bar, Buenos Aires Design Center Terrace
RSVP: Ann Sager, annsager@me.com
BAIN Downtown members and their guests are invited to the Buenos Aires International Newcomers Downtown monthly meeting on Friday, March 1 at 4:00 p.m. Come join us! We’ll be socializing over cookies from Sugar and Spice; discovering new information about our adopted country, Argentina; and just having fun.
Place: ICANA, Maipú 686, (between Viamonte and Tucumán) in the city center
Our meeting will be on the ground floor in the beautiful library.
Please note that the entry is at Maipú 686, and NOT at Maipú 672
Date: Friday, March 1 (Due to the short month, our February meeting is taking place in March!)
Time: 4.00 p.m. – members and guests begin to arrive
4.30 p.m. – the program begins
5.30 p.m. – after-meeting social, venue To Be Announced
Program: The topic of this month’s presentation will be Argentine popular culture and its heritage, by anthropologist, Mara Tissera Luna. Ms. Luna studied in the Universidad de Buenos Aires Facultad de Filosofía y Letras and focused her studies on Sociocultural Orientation. She currently works for NGO Relaf, www.relaf.org, which deals with the fulfilment of children’s rights and public policies for the care of children without parental care. Starting this past December, she is also a professor at UBA.
Fees: BAIN Downtown members – no charge
Non-members/Guests – AR$50
We look forward to seeing you on Friday!
Dear all,
Book Cub announcement for March:
Book choice: The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafan
Date: Tuesday 12 March
Time: 13h00 -15h00
Location: Puerto Madero
Please email your RSVP to: Marcia@transpack.com.ar
(She will send you the exact address)
The group also decided on a book choice for April. The book choice
during April will be: Fathers and Sons – Ivan Turgener
Hope to see you all on 12 March!
Regards,
The Book Club Organizers
Date: Thursday February 28
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: SRA headquarters, Florida 460
Cost: 200 pesos
Reservations are mandatory and your choice of a main course should be indicated. Respond to: mweldon213@yahoo.com
At Florida 460, between La Valle and Corrientes sits the former home of the family of ex-president Roque Sáenz Peña.
The Peña home is currently owned by the Argentine Rural Society (SRA), it was established in 1866 by the country’s wealthiest oligarchs and is today known mostly for their annual livestock show, La Rural, held annually in Palermo. Their motto is “Cultivating the soil is to serve the country”. Today the SRA is very much in the headlines as the government is trying to expropriate La Rural. You can read a full description here: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociedad_Rural
The high-end real estate which is the headquarters of the non-profit Argentine Rural Society is a testament to the importance of agriculture to the wealth of Argentina. The red paint stains above the doorway are the lasting evidence of the number of protests held here through the years – most recently in September of 2012. Historically the Rural Society is noted as an institution designed to keep the wealth in the hands of the few. Today the Rural Society is not as insular as it once was but protesters maintain that it still serves only to propagate the needs of big business. A visitor will have to be very persuasive to get the chance to go inside and take a limited peek, as the institution’s doors are usually closed and gated off.
Sociedad Rural Argentina is part of the Group of Eight – eight organizations of great power in Argentina: Rural Society Argentina (SRA), Argentina Industrial Union, Argentina Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Construction, the Stock Exchange, the Association of Private Bankers Argentino (ADEBA), Confederations Argentine Rural (CRA) and the Association of Banks of Argentina (ABA). This sounds to me, more like the Captains of Industry rather than the oligarchy.
This very private venerable institution, which is frequented by the power elite of the city, will be our destination for a special February luncheon.
Our meal will begin with a special
– cured ham appetizer.
The main course will have a choice of 3 items:
– Lomo with mushroom dressing
– Lomo with pimienta dressing
– Noquis with sauce
For dessert we will enjoy
– apple crumble with ice cream
The cost including tip, water/soda and coffee is 200 pesos.
Wine will be available at 15 pesos per glass.
I look forward to seeing everyone on the last day of February.
Please join us for the next BAIN Wine and Tapas Event!
Date: Saturday, February 23
Date: Wednesday, February 13
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Primafila Restaurant Terrace Bar, Buenos Aires Design Center Terrace
RSVP: Ann Sager, annsager@me.com
The January 2013 Buenos Aires International Newcomers Luncheon will be on Thursday the 31st, the last day of the month.
The cost of the meal including water or lemonade, red or white wine, dessert or coffee and the tip is only 75 pesos.
As always correct change will be appreciated.
The very first Mongolian Barbecue restaurant (Gengis Khan Mongolian BBQ) was opened in 1976, and was located in downtown Taipei, Taiwan. Typically, diners choose various ingredients from a buffet of thinly sliced raw meats (beef, pork, chicken) and vegetables.These ingredients are given to the griddle operator who adds the diner’s choice of sauce and transfers them to one section of the hot griddle. Oil and sometimes water may be added to ease cooking, and the ingredients are stirred occasionally.
The ample size of the Mongolian barbecue griddle allows for several diners’ food to be cooked simultaneously on different parts of the griddle, the operator walking around the outside of the grill once or twice moving the food while walking. When cooking is complete, the finished dish is scooped into a bowl and handed to the diner.
Gengis’s House opened in Buenos Aires almost a year ago so we are visiting the restaurant for a second time. You will start off by choosing a meat – chicken, beef, or pork. Tofu is also available for the soy lovers. Then you can go to town piling what seems like an infinite variety of ingredients on top – green onion, carrots, peppers, mushrooms, sprouts, pineapple and more, they also have cilantro! – finally you give your bowl to the grillmaster who decides what sauces to put on and adds either the large or small noodles – rice is also an option if you do not want the noodles. Now is the time to be more assertive if you do or don’t want a certain sauce – lemon ginger, garlic, BBQ, soy & super spicy sauces are all available. After cooking, the dish will be brought to your table.
Gengis’s House
Riobamba 1179 – Recoleta / Barrio Norte
4815-2333
For the BAIN January Luncheon at Gengis’s House on the 31st at 1pm please RSVP to:
or call Michael at 4815-4660
Happy New Year! From all of us here at BAIN Downtown, we hope you had a wonderful holiday season and a very happy new year!
As everyone settles into 2013, we want to invite everyone to join us as BAIN holds its annual New Year’s celebration with an afternoon cocktail party at Club Español.
On Friday afternoon, January 25, at 5:00 p.m we will meet in the Sala Autonomia (on the fourth floor, you can use the elevator or the stairs) to enjoy catered snacks from the Club Español restaurant, beverages and a champagne toast! With this being a catered event, please be kind and RSVP. Bring a friend! (let us know about them too!). RSVP to bain.downtown@gmail.com by Friday, January 18th.
The beautiful Club Español, a 100 year-old landmark located just south of Avenida de Mayo, across from the Avenida 9 de Julio (on Bernardo de Irigoyen 172 between Hipolito Yrigoyen and Adolfo Alsina).
Here is a link for directions: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=club+espa%C3%B1ol+buenos+aires&ie=UTF8&ll=-34.609687,-58.380446&spn=0.019321,0.036135&fb=1&hq=club+espa%C3%B1ol&hnear=Buenos+Aires,+Argentina&t=m&z=15
This meeting is FREE for BAIN Members, $150 pesos for guests. The guest fee is waived for anyone who joins BAIN Downtown at the meeting. This is a great opportunity for those that still need to renew their membership
We look forward to seeing you there!
The next BAIN Morning Coffee is coming up! Mark your calendars!
Date: Tuesday, January 22
Time: 10:30am-12:00
Where: Puerto Madero
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 Marcia Williamson at marcia@transpack.com.ar.
*Exact address provided upon RSVP. We hope you can make it!
Come and join in our next book club, as we meet to chat about Catherine the Great. Given her life, it’s sure to be an interesting discussion!
Date: Thursday, February 14th
Time: 12:00 – 2:00pm
Place: Palermo *exact address provided upon RSVP
RSVP to Solange: smecham25@yahoo.com
Book: Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, by Robert K. Massie
Amazon describes the book as:
“The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination. For thirty-four years, the government, foreign policy, cultural development, and welfare of the Russian people were in her hands. She dealt with domestic rebellion, foreign wars, and the tidal wave of political change and violence churned up by the French Revolution. Catherine’s family, friends, ministers, generals, lovers, and enemies—all are here, vividly brought to life. History offers few stories richer than that of Catherine the Great. In this book, an eternally fascinating woman is returned to life.”
*This event is restricted to current BAIN members only, if you are interested in joining BAIN Downtown, fill out our Membership Sign-Up Form to start the process!
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