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!
Tuesday Aug 25th, and Thursday Aug 27th, 2026 from 5:00pm – 9pm – Guest Sommelier at Apéro in Georgetown (2622 P Street NW). I’ll be joining the crew to assist your wine selection and pouring needs! Join me for a wonderful wine evening. Drop in whenever. No reservations needed unless you’re hoping to guarantee a table. Come visit!
Saturday, August 29th, 2026 – Literary Cocktails / #GetLitDC returns to the bar at Baan Siam on 4th & I St. This month’s book pick is “Lonesome Dove” by Larry McMurtry. A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Lonesome Dove, is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America. Read with me! Or don’t. It’s not required to enjoy your evening and the menu will not reveal spoilers.
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, September 20th, 2026 from 3:00pm – 4:00pm – Agatha Christie Sherry Book Club returns to Baan Siam (425 I Street NW) to sip sherry, tea, snack on kanom krok, and chat all things mystery by the legend commonly referred to as Agatha Christie. Co-led by Hannah Oliver-Depp (owner of Loyalty Bookstores) and myself, we also recently designed official mugs and stickers for folks! You can purchase them via Loyalty Bookstores. For this meeting we are taking on “Parker Pyne Investigates” Tickets here!
Mrs. Packington felt alone, helpless and utterly forlorn. But her life changed when she stumbled upon an advertisement in the Times that read: “Are you happy? If not, consult Mr. Parker Pyne.”
Equally adept at putting together the fragments of a murder mystery or the pieces of a broken marriage, Mr. Parker Pyne is possibly the world’s most unconventional private investigator. Armed with just his intuitive knowledge of human nature, he is an Englishman abroad, traveling the globe to solve and undo crime and misdemeanor.
Sunday, September 20th, 2026 from 5:00pm – 9pm – Guest Sommelier at Maxwell Park in Shaw (1336 9th Street NW). I’ll be joining the crew to assist your wine selection and pouring needs! Join me for a wonderful wine evening. Drop in whenever. No reservations needed unless you’re hoping to guarantee a table. This month’s theme will be BACK TO SCHOOL. Come visit!
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026 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 novelettes, 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. The selection has been polled and the September pick is “There Is No Antimemetics Division” by Sam Hughes. (we’re making a rare exception as this one is closer to 220 pages)
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, September 26th, 2026 – Literary Cocktails / #GetLitDC returns to the bar at Baan Siam on 4th & I St. This month’s book pick is TBD. Read with me! Or don’t. It’s not required to enjoy your evening and the menu will not reveal spoilers.
Reservations for the 6 – 7:30pm or 8:00 – 9:30pm seatings via Resy available soon! Get on the NOTIFY list if tickets are sold out. Ticket includes 3 Literary Cocktails + light snacks & labor fee.
Sunday, September 27th, 2026 from 6:00pm – 7:00pm – Octavia’s Brew’d Book Club NEW BOOZY BOOK CLUB! Join Hannah & I at Loyalty Bookstores in Petworth: 4203 9th St NW for the fourth edition of our newest venture! We begin with “Bloodchild & Other Stories” by Octavia Butler. It’s one of her rare short story collections. You should definitely join us! If you’ve never read Butler, that’s ok. There’s still time. Get started here! I’ll make a punch and we’ll have snacks.
Octavia Butler is finally getting the recognition as a genius she deserves, but how much Butler have you actually read? And what about the entire generation of afro-futuristic writers she inspired that now dominate the Speculative Fiction shelves at Loyalty? Inspired by the anthology Octavia’s Brood, Hannah Oliver Depp and Chantal Tseng will read through Octavia Butler and her literary descendants! Chantal will pair a special drink to match the book each month and Hannah will bring the cultural context of the book’s creation for discussion! Join us as we chat about Parable of the Talents!
Saturday, October 3rd, 2026 from 5:00pm – 7:00pm – Sherry Social at Casa Teresa – Join me at the Tapas Bar of Casa Teresa in the Square (919 19th St. NW) for my new recurring social club where we sip sherry selections alongside Chef Ruben’s select tapas. Sherry Social is a monthly hangout at Casa Teresa Tapas Bar where sherry takes center stage. Enjoy a rotating lineup of pours paired with Chef Ruben’s inspired tapas, including special dishes debuted exclusively for the group before hitting the regular menu. With a laid-back, friendly vibe, it’s all about sipping, snacking, and connecting with fellow sherry lovers. Tickets available SOON! #sherrysocial #tabancotime
Sunday, October 18th, 2026 from 3:00pm – 4:00pm – Agatha Christie Sherry Book Club returns to Baan Siam (425 I Street NW) to sip sherry, tea, snack on kanom krok, and chat all things mystery by the legend commonly referred to as Agatha Christie. Co-led by Hannah Oliver-Depp (owner of Loyalty Bookstores) and myself, we also recently designed official mugs and stickers for folks! You can purchase them via Loyalty Bookstores. For this meeting we are taking on “Double Sin” Tickets here!
Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot both make appearances in Agatha Christie’s Double Sin and Other Stories, a sterling collection of short mystery fiction that offers double the suspense, surprise, and fun.
In one of London’s most elegant shops, a decorative doll dressed in green velvet adopts some rather human, and rather sinister, traits.
A country gentleman is questioned about a murder yet to be committed.
While summoning spirits, a medium is drawn closer to the world of the dead than she ever dared imagine possible.
In a small country church, a dying man’s last word becomes both an elegy and a clue to a crime.
These chilling stories, and more, cleverly wrought by master Agatha Christie and solved by the inimitable Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple.
Thursday, October 29th, 2026 from 5:00 – 9:30pm – 5th Thursday Absinthe returns to Apéro for spring! It’s time for Absinthe selections, Absinthe laden cocktails, AND SPOOKY SEASON! (curated by yours truly.) Enjoy Absinthe Fountain service with a selection of French, Swiss and American pours available. Plus, the dinner menu will be available! Join the Absinthe Revolution! $20 ticket will go towards your first drink and reserve you a seat. #5thThursdayAbsinthe! Reserve your spot soon!
Friday, October 30th from 7:00pm – 10pm – THE CHAMPASIANS will return to host a Bubbly Masquerade Nite on the 2nd floor of Rice Market! – Meet the Champasians—Sara, Sonya, and Chantal: three Champagne lovers who enjoy sharing good bubbles, good maps, and good company. Expect at least three Champagnes (plus our Crémant opener), curated bites from Chef Jing Liu, and a little surprise to end the night. We will update in the new year! Happy Halloween! #Champasians
A Champagne blend of a night—60% fun, 40% education, harmonized in sparkling fashion.
Feeling intimidated? Don’t be. It’s all just bubbles and tasty vibes.
BONUS: Select wines will be available by the glass.
Sunday, November 8th, 2026 from 3:00pm – 4:00pm – Agatha Christie Sherry Book Club returns to Baan Siam (425 I Street NW) to sip sherry, tea, snack on kanom krok, and chat all things mystery by the legend commonly referred to as Agatha Christie. Co-led by Hannah Oliver-Depp (owner of Loyalty Bookstores) and myself, we also recently designed official mugs and stickers for folks! You can purchase them via Loyalty Bookstores. For this Sherry Week meeting we are taking on “Postern of Fate” Tickets here!
Tommy and Tuppence uncover a poisoning from many years ago in this Agatha Christie classic. Now with a beautiful new series look!
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of The Black Arrow, Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings.
However, when she writes down the letters, they spell out a very disturbing message: “Mary Jordan did not die naturally.” And sixty years after their first murder, Mary Jordan’s enemies are still ready to kill….
Sunday, December 20th, 2026 from 3:00pm – 4:00pm – Agatha Christie Sherry Book Club returns to Baan Siam (425 I Street NW) to sip sherry, tea, snack on kanom krok, and chat all things mystery by the legend commonly referred to as Agatha Christie. Co-led by Hannah Oliver-Depp (owner of Loyalty Bookstores) and myself, we also recently designed official mugs and stickers for folks! You can purchase them via Loyalty Bookstores. For this final meeting of the year, we are taking on “An Autobiography” by Agatha Christie Tickets here!
VINOMORPHY will return TBD from 6:00 – 9:30pm – to the 2nd floor of Rice Market! It’s time for low ABV cocktails based on wines, vermouths, sherry, sake, and more. Haikus inspire the drinks and bites which are curated from Chef Jing Liu. Choose a time to arrive: 6pm, 6:30pm, or 7pm and hang out as long as you like. After the tasting menu, we’ll have both drink and food a la carte options. #VinoMorphy #inkbecomesdrink