Join Chantal at the following events, and get in touch if you have other collaboration opportunities to discuss! Check out this fun article and spread in the Washingtonian Magazine (March 2024) to learn all about what I do in and around DC! BUT ALSO, Sherry Week was a whirlwind of delicious sherry and lovely people. Thank you so much for joining me on my many varied DC adventures!
Tuesday, November 19th, 2024 – SHERRY WEEK expanded! Join me for the long anticipated return of the Great (amateur) VENENCIA RELAY!
Here’s how it works – Teams of three (21+) people will race to pour a glass of sherry…..but using a traditional VENENCIA! Recruit your teammates, reserve for free here, and then come by at 5pm! (or earlier if you want to practice!)
Points will be awarded for: Technique – how high from the glass you are able to pour Accuracy – how much makes it into the glass vs floor Style – level of pizzazz and flair your bring to pouring.
1st Place wins: Dinner for your team at Del Mar with Sherry Wine Pairings
2nd Place wins: Three Bottle Prize Pack of Sherry
3rd Place wins: One bottle of Sherry
What’s a Venencia you say? Watch this video!
Wednesday, November 20th, 2024 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm – PUNCH. BOOK. LOVE. – Join Jewel Murray and myself in AdMo for the next meeting of our monthly book club featuring punch, tea, snacks & novellas, short stories, graphic novels! Our November pick (as voted on via poll!) is “The Vegetarian” by Han Kang.
Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams—invasive images of blood and brutality—torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. It’s a small act of independence, but it interrupts her marriage and sets into motion an increasingly grotesque chain of events at home. As her husband, her brother-in-law and sister each fight to reassert their control, Yeong-hye obsessively defends the choice that’s become sacred to her. Soon their attempts turn desperate, subjecting first her mind, and then her body, to ever more intrusive and perverse violations, sending Yeong-hye spiraling into a dangerous, bizarre estrangement, not only from those closest to her, but also from herself.
Celebrated by critics around the world, The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafka-esque tale of power, obsession, and one woman’s struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her.
Want to join? Mark your calendars, Venmo: $25 to @chantal-tseng (if asked for a code: 5873) and mention Oct. Book Club. Reserve your spot to join here! Will message with the location closer to the day after numbers are sorted out. #PUNCHBOOKLOVE #PUNCHBOOKLOVECLUB
Tuesday, December TBD, 2024 from 5:00pm – 9:00pm – Winter BOOZY ICE CREAM SOCIAL – Join me at Martha Dear in collaboration with Mt. Desert Island ICE CREAM. I’ll have an a la carte menu of poetry inspired boozy ice cream floats, scoops and wine options. Fight the darkness. Eat ice cream. Details to come.
Saturday, December 14th, 2024 – Literary Cocktails / #GetLitDC returns to the bar at Baan Siam on 4th & I St. This month’s book pick is “The Bear and the Nightingale” Book 1 of the Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden.
At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse’s fairy tales. Above all, she loves the chilling story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon, who appears in the frigid night to claim unwary souls. Wise Russians fear him, her nurse says, and honor the spirits of house and yard and forest that protect their homes from evil.
Reservations for the 6 – 7:30pm or 8:00 – 9:30pm seatings via Resy available soon! Ticket includes 3 Literary Cocktails + light snacks & labor fee.
Sunday, December 15th, 2024 at 3:00pm ET – Agatha Christie & Sherry Book Club returns to Baan Siam! RSVP available soon to join Hannah from Loyalty Bookstores & myself live or virtually as we discuss our latest pick: “4:50 from Paddington“. We’ll sip sherry and tea, snack on kanom krok and chat all the details of the mystery. #SherryandChristie
For an instant the two trains ran together, going in the same direction side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth, riding in the one train, witnessed a murder in the other. Helplessly, she stared out her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman’s throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away.
Who, apart from Miss Marple, would take her story seriously? After all, there were no suspects, no other witnesses… and no corpse. Not the police.
“The truth is people are an extraordinary mixture of heroism and cowardice.”
Thursday, December 19th, 2024 from 6:00pm – 10:00pm – VINOMORPHY RETURNS! – A seasonal inspired menu of wine based cocktails inspired by haikus in celebration of the upcoming Winter Solstice – I am happy to announce that we will be returning to the gorgeous 2nd floor of RICE at 1608 14th St. NW. I’ll have plenty of sherry and other wine options by the glass, in addition to the menu of haiku cocktails and tea with fish pairings! Naturally, you’ll want to write your own Haikus inspired by the upcoming Solstice. We’ll have pen and paper. BONUS: wines and spirits will be available for a discounted purchase after the event. Reserve a spot here! Ticket gets you a curated menu of 3 cocktails and a fish dish pairings prepared by Keita Miyaki. #Vinomorphy #Metamorphosis #WineTransformsIntoCocktails #INKbecomingDRINK
Thursday, January 30th, 2024 from 6:00 – 10:00pm – 5th Thursday Absinthe returns to Apéro for 2025! It’s time for Absinthe selections, new year cocktails and more! Enjoy Absinthe Fountain service with a selection of French, Swiss and American pours available. You won’t want to miss!! Plus, the dinner menu will be available! Join the Absinthe Revolution this coming January! $20 ticket will go towards your first drink and reserve you a seat. STAY TUNED #5thThursdayAbsinthe!