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!
Wednesday, June 18th, 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 usually under 200 pages. Reserve your spot for a chat with punch, tea, and snacks Selections are polled and the July pick is The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho 7-9pm.
It’s a found family wuxia fantasy that combines the vibrancy of old school martial arts movies with characters drawn from the margins of history.
A bandit walks into a coffeehouse, and it all goes downhill from there. Guet Imm, a young votary of the Order of the Pure Moon, joins up with an eclectic group of thieves (whether they like it or not) in order to protect a sacred object, and finds herself in a far more complicated situation than she could have ever imagined.
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
Saturday, June 21st, 2025 – Literary Cocktails / #GetLitDC returns to the bar at Baan Siam on 4th & I St. This month’s book pick is “The House in the Cerulean Sea” by TJ Klune via poll in my Instagram Stories.
Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages.
When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he’s given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist. Linus must set aside his fears and determine whether or not they’re likely to bring about the end of days.
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.
Saturday, July 12th, 2025 from 2pm – 5pm – My Boozy Ice Cream Social returns to the bar at Baan Siam on 4th & I St. Reserve a seat with a ticket which pays for your first drink! This helps us order the right amount of ice cream. Walk-ins also welcome at the bar depending on availability anytime between 2pm and 5pm.
PICK YOUR POEM, PICK YOUR POTION, an ICE CREAM SOCIAL with or without booze.
Menu has a la carte options of: 5 or 6 Boozy Ice Cream Floats inspired by poetry. We’ll have 7 different flavors including one sorbet and an additional vegan option. Mix and match scoops with sodas, beer, or prosecco. This month’s theme is TBD.
Sunday, July 20th, 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: “Passenger to Frankfurt” We’ll sip sherry and tea, snack on kanom krok and chat all the details of the mystery. #SherryandChristie
Sir Stafford Nye’s flight home from Malaya takes an unprecedented twist when a young woman confides in him that someone is trying to kill her. In a moment of weakness, he agrees to lend her his passport. Unwittingly, the diplomat has put his own life on the line. When he meets the mystery woman again, she is a different person, and he finds himself drawn into a battle against an invisible—and altogether more dangerous—enemy. . .
Thursday, July 31st, 2025 from 6:00 – 9:30pm – 5th Thursday Absinthe returns to Apéro for summer! It’s time for Absinthe selections, Absinthe laden 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!
Thursday, August 7th, 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 Summer! – 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 Rhine Dizon 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 #PoetryMonth
Sunday, August 10th, 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: “Murder in the Mews.” We’ll sip sherry and tea, snack on kanom krok and chat all the details of the mystery. #SherryandChristie
In this official authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, four mystifying criminal conundrums test the detecting skills of the unflappable Hercule Poirot. How did a woman holding a pistol in her right hand manage to shoot herself in the left temple? What was the link between a ghost sighting and the disappearance of top secret military plans? How did the bullet that killed Sir Gervase shatter a mirror in another part of the room? And should the beautiful Valentine Chantry flee for her life from the holiday island of Rhodes? Hercule Poirot is faced with four mystifying cases–each a miniature classic of characterization, incident, and suspense.