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!
Wednesday, March 26th, 2025 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm – PUNCH BOOK LOVE CLUB returns – Join Jewel Murray & I for our monthly Short Reads Book Club where we host, in AdMo, a casual book club featuring novellas, short stories, graphic novels, and other quick reads that are under 200 pages. Reserve your spot for a chat with punch, tea, and snacks Selections are polled and the MARCH pick is “The Tusks of Extinction” by Ray Nayler. 7-9pm.
Want to join? Mark your calendars, Venmo: $25 to @chantal-tseng (if asked for a code: 5873) and mention PBL. Reserve your spot to join here! Be sure to sign up before 3pm the day of. Will message with the location closer to the day after numbers are sorted out. #PUNCHBOOKLOVE #PUNCHBOOKLOVECLUB
Sunday, April 13th, 2025 at 3:00pm ET – Agatha Christie & Sherry Book Club returns to Baan Siam! RSVP available here to join Hannah from Loyalty Bookstores & myself live or virtually as we discuss our latest pick: “Endless Night”. We’ll sip sherry and tea, snack on kanom krok and chat all the details of the mystery. #SherryandChristie
Gipsy’s Acre was a truly beautiful upland site with views out to sea – and in Michael Rogers it stirred a child-like fantasy. There, amongst the dark fir trees, he planned to build a house, find a girl and live happily ever after. Yet, as he left the village, a shadow of menace hung over the land. For this was the place where accidents happened. Perhaps Michael should have heeded the locals’ warnings: ‘There’s no luck for them as meddles with Gipsy’s Acre.’ Michael Rogers is a man who is about to learn the true meaning of the old saying ‘In my end is my beginning.’
Thursday, April 17th, 2025 from 6:00pm – 10:00pm – VINOMORPHY RETURNS to the 2nd floor of Rice Market! – I’ll craft a seasonal inspired menu of wine based cocktails inspired by haikus in celebration of the National Haiku Day! – I’ll have plenty of sherry and other wine options by the glass, in addition to the menu of haiku cocktails and tea with lite snacks! Bonus: I’m partnering up with Chef Jing Liu who will pair the menu with her expertise! Naturally, you’ll want to write your own Haikus inspired by the new season. We’ll have pen and paper. BONUS: wines and spirits will be available for a discounted purchase after the event. Reserve a spot soon! Ticket gets you a curated menu of 3 cocktails and lite snacks. #Vinomorphy #Metamorphosis #WineTransformsIntoCocktails #INKbecomingDRINK
Saturday, April 26th, 2025 – Literary Cocktails / #GetLitDC returns to the bar at Baan Siam on 4th & I St. This month’s book pick is “The God of the Woods” by Liz Moore.
Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.
As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.
Reservations for the 6 – 7:30pm or 8:00 – 9:30pm seatings via Resy available here! Get on the NOTIFY list if tickets are sold out. Ticket includes 3 Literary Cocktails + light snacks & labor fee.
Sunday, May 18th, 2025 at 3:00pm ET – Agatha Christie & Sherry Book Club returns to Baan Siam! RSVP available here to join Hannah from Loyalty Bookstores & myself live or virtually as we discuss our latest pick: Elephants Can Remember”. We’ll sip sherry and tea, snack on kanom krok and chat all the details of the mystery. #SherryandChristie
Hercule Poirot stood on the clifftop. Here, many years earlier, there had been a fatal accident followed by the grisly discovery of two bodies—a husband and wife who had been shot dead. But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder? Poirot delves into the past and discovers that “old sins leave long shadows.
Thursday, May 29th, 2025 from 6:00 – 9:30pm – 5th Thursday Absinthe returns to Apéro for spring! 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. #5thThursdayAbsinthe! Reserve your spot soon!
