Book Club Meeting, Wednesday Oct.29, 7:00-10:00

[Ceviche]

*potluck*

 

[Alicia karr]

Prepare ahead and bring it. Or even easier, they can pick up something on the way over! Like ice cream!

 

[GS_Dirtboy]

I usually brought my bookclub potluck to the coffee chat.

 

[Ceviche]

Prepare ahead and bring it. Or even easier, they can pick up something on the way over! Like ice cream!

Not fair to those who will actually cook.. So for some - you just buy street food and bring to a potluck!

I thought "potluck" meant cooking food with one's own hands and bringing it.

 

[Hybrid Ambassador]

Not fair to those who will actually cook.. So for some - you just buy street food and bring to a potluck!

I thought "potluck" meant cooking food with one's own hands and bringing it.

I concur. Bringing the same hot sizzling hot food in the same "pot" where you had it cooked, then will be legally labeled as "potluck" IMHO.....But stopping on the way at the "Chinos" for a fried rice for a take away, it just won't cut it. But hey different strokes for different folks...But in Argentina, todo vale !

 

[Alicia karr]

The ideal is home made, but we appreciate good eats of all kinds. And the comraderie is the most important part. Wouldn't want a lack of time to prepare a dish or lack of storage during the day, to keep people from enjoying the meeting. Priorities!

 

[rickulivi]

Hi All

My wife and I attended the book club meeting last night for the first time and it was a wonderful experience. La Coqueta is an excellent monitor; she had everyone participate and did not allow any one person to monopolize the conversation. The discussion was fascinating, even for those that had not read the book, like me! The social time and dinner that followed the book discussion was delightful; we even talked about the implied protocol required when walking on the sidewalks of BA.

 

[Ceviche]

Ms Lacqy is one helluva nice lady. Not surprised to hear praises about her managing the get together like a good host.

 

[Alicia karr]

Well I am humbled and touched by all the kind words. The book club means a lot to me because it's one of the few ways that we expats can relatively easily connect and COMMUNITY BUILD, without hidden agendas, sales pushing,etc. I am so grateful to be able to learn (via the responses to the book discussion) about the amazing experiences other expats have gone through in their lives. And the wealth of I formation on a myriad of subjects that can be found right here amongst us is also incredible,.although we converse and read in English, we are a multi ethnic group and we therefore have the added benefit of being able to look at things cross culturally. Sometimes our once a month meeting has given me food for thought well into months beyond. Thank you all for being our teachers...
The next meeting will be Wednesday, the 26 of November. The book we will be reading is Anthony Doerr's "All the Light We Cannot See". It is a National Book Award Finalist, a New York Times Bestseller, and one of my personal favorites of all times. It is based on the true stories of two very unique teenagers growing up in France and Germany respectively, and how the onset of World War II (and its demise) affected their lives. I would consider the genre historical fiction but it reads like a suspense, or mystery book except the writing itself is an exquisite balance between keeping the reader in tight suspense and providing beautifully described detail that supports the plot.
I hope you all enjoy this story of survival and redemption and look forward to discussing it with you in November. There will probably NOT be a December meeting, but we will resume again in January.

 

[Ceviche]

There will probably NOT be a December meeting.

Sad.