Atlanta – Jul 10 2007

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No door fee.

As you know, we usually try to meet every first Tuesday but since the 4th of July is tomorrow, we will meet the following Tuesday (July 10th).

http://www.ecco-atlanta.com/

The menu tempts with an impressive cheese and charcuterie selection ranging from Parmigiano-Reggiano and Fontina Val d’Aosta to Sopressata and Prosciutto de Parma. There are exquisite paninis, pastas, and wood fired pizzas; bold, shared plates like fried goat cheese with honey and cracked black pepper and short rib stuffed piquillo peppers, and main courses such as a fig-glazed lamb loin with warm potatoes and chicory.

Ecco also features an adventurous, creative wine list, representing both boutique and well-known European vinyards with many selections exclusive to Ecco. With its oversized bar, large open-air patio, beautiful private dining room and fresh, bold approach to seasonal European cuisine, Ecco is Atlanta’s quintessential neighborhood favorite.

Esquire’s “Best New Restaurants in America” Review

USA Today’s “Local Tastes” Review

Creative Loafing’s 3-Star Review

Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s 4-Star Review

Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Spring 2007 Dining Guide “Top 10″ Review

Travel+Leisure’s “Atlanta’s Not to Miss” Review

Executive Chef Micah Willix
With over 12 years of culinary experience, Chef Willix joins Fifth Group Restaurants as Executive Chef at Ecco. Willix was most recently the Executive Chef of Seasons 52 in Ft. Lauderdale. In this position, he assisted in designing one of America’s first healthy concepts. Before opening Seasons 52, Micah served as Executive Chef of Mark’s Las Olas, also in Ft. Lauderdale.

His progressive yet straightforward approach to cooking is the ideal match for creation of the bold, European dishes featured at Ecco.

Atlanta – Jun 28 2007

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Thank you for coming to MIX a few weeks ago for our June get-together. As you know, I try to have the event every first Tuesday of the month to keep it consistent. However, for the month of July, we will have our gathering on the second Tuesday of the month (July 10th). This is mainly due to the 4th of July holiday falling right after our normal meeting time. We will have the event at ECCO lounge, which is located in Midtown (7th street). I will post an official e-mail later today.

On a side note, together with the organizer of euromeetup.com, we are trying to combine our groups to have joint get-togethers in order to expand our circle of friends. Our next meeting in July will also be posted on their website, so we should expect a good turnout. For those of you interested, the meetup group is meeting at Piedmont Park next Thursday for the “Screen on the Green”.

Screen on the Green is one of Atlanta’s most popular film series. Screen on the Green is a free event that shows classic Hollywood films in the great outdoors. In Atlanta, the films are shown at Piedmont Park in Midtown. Vendors are on hand for light snacks and beverages, but we are allowed to bring our own picnics as long as we abide by park and festival rules. So bring some snacks and drinks for yourselves. Low-backed chairs are allowed, but grills, umbrellas, and pets are prohibited. Movies begin at dusk, and there is usually a classic cartoon to kick things off.

We will meet around 6.30 pm so we can socialize before the film starts and then we can lean back and enjoy E.T.

Below is the info for the Screen on the Green which we are doing jointly with the euromeetup group.

Screen on the Green
Now to where we will meet for the screen on the green. Most of you know that it gets veeeeeeery busy down there. To make it possible to meet up and that everybody will find us we will be from 7 pm – 7.15 pm at the following location:

Come in through the entrance where 10th Street meets Charles Ellen Drive. The entrance is located at the South side of Piedmont Park and directly at a traffic light. When you go straight on the “main walkway” when you walk in, you will see the “Piedmont Park Pole” (a kind of little monument) to your left and circular seating benches to your right. Coming from the entrance they are located before the lake. We will meet at the pole and I will wear a hat with the meet up sign (same location and hat like at the picnic we had.).

New York – Nov 01 2007

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Carnegie Comps & Drinks at Russian Tea Room

New York – Nov 01
November 01 2007

Atlanta – Jun 05 2007

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Sorry for the late reminder, but we are having our monthly meeting at MIX in Brookhaven on Tuesday, June 5th, starting at 7:30PM. We have the left corner section reserved for our group and hopefully this time the power won’t go out…

WHEN: Tuesday, June 5th at 7:30 pm
WHERE: MIX
Village Parkplace Brookhaven
1441 Dresden Dr. NE, Ste. 100 (Peachtree Rd.)
Atlanta, GA 30319
404-969-3250

See you there.

Atlanta – May 01 2007

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May get-together is coming up soon. It will be at Apres Diem on Tuesday, May 1st at 7:30PM. We have reserved the backroom and also will be receiving some appetizers, compliments of Apres Diem. Two of our members, Eileen Walpole and Fred Choi will be your hosts as I will be out of the country at the time.

You will receive a couple of reminders between now and May 1st. Please feel free to invite your international friends to join our website and attend our monthly gatherings…

Atlanta – Apr 03 2007

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Let’s get together again and keep the Atlanta EuroCircle chapter going next Tuesday at Mix Restaurant & Bar located at 1441 Dresden Drive, Atlanta 30319 (in Brookhaven)

New York – May 03 2007

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NO RSVP is required due to our server maintenance, (rsvps are greatly appreciated though). You can also email to newyork@eurocircle.com your names & country of origins (for NON-MEMBERS only). Membership is free. Everyone is welcome tonight!

DRESS CODE: Chic but relaxed recommended

About Nordic Night:
7:00 pm doors open
7 pm to 10 pm Finland Center sells Raffle tickets
(check their table for information on all countries/raffleprices)
7:30/8 pm Fashion show (depends how the models get there)
7 pm to midnight DJs Palamuth and Tossun play lots of dfferent kind of music from Nordic tunes (Abba, Roxette etc) to today’s international dance music while we play multiple DVDs on the screen from Nordic countries (mute of course)
at midnight another DJ takes over!

RAFFLE PRIZES ($5 per ticket + all donations to Finland Center, 501C charity)include:
A fall/spring weekend at Lapland Lake resort (in the Adirondacks
$50 gift certificate from Aspasia Books
A set of 3 CD’s of Finnish music
Kalevala Koru (designer jewelry from Finland)
Lumene cosmetics
2 medium size Aalto bowls
1 set of Marimekko housewares
EXEL poles for Nordic Walking (sauvakavely in Finnish)

WHAT & WHY: dancing, mingling, meeting people (soem call it “networking”) from allover the world but especially from Nordic countries tonight and learning positive “tidbits” about the 5 Nordic countries in a casual & fun athmosphere. You do NOT have to be European to attend but we hope you walk away feeling you know something about 5 NORDIC COUNTRIES and appreciate them after the night. View more pictures from ARENA !

Skål! Or KIPPIS in Finnish! Let’s bring our glasses together for all things Nordic. Bring all your friends and rock out to some well-known Nordic tunes like Abba but most of the evening to great international dance music..selected by our two European DJs Palamuth and Tossun (a.k.a Jack & Murat)

In association with

Scandinavia House, www.Scandinaviahouse.org
Danish-American Chamber of Commerce
American Scandinavian Society, Lisa Halpern
Finland Center, www.finlandcenter.org, Eva Kelly
Finlandia Foundation Metropolitan Chapter, Petra Tabry
Finnish & American Women’s Network (FAWN, www.fawnet.org
Finnish American Chamber of Commerce New York, www.facc-ny.com
Young Associates of FACC, www.facc-ny.com, Tuula Vartiainen
Young Associates, Norway, Ole Johan Gillebo
Young Professionals, Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce
Agneta Eckemyr, Agneta Eckemyr Design, Sweden

PHOTOGRAPHY: Portugal, Jorge Silva from www.cornerstonepic.com

This event is the perfect warm-up (after Vappu or “vappen” on May 1) for many upcoming Nordic events i.e:
May 6, River Cruise on the Hudson with the American Scandinavian Society
17th of May in New York in conjunction with the Norwegian Constitution Day

If you are curious to read what is stereotyped as “Finnish” or “Swedish”, login and go to our forums. Especially if you a Nordic person you may get a kick out of it! AND, we think you all should really check out how to
www.GoScandinavia.com!

Mini-Fashion show early during the evening by AGNETA ECKEMYR, her designs are sold @ Alskling Boutique, 228 Columbus Ave. (West 70th-71st. Agneta is Swedish, actress/former model/designer and will be present herself so you will have a chance to talk to her in person and ask questions.

Learn about the incredible Nordic Nights in Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Finland
Dancing

PRODUCT SPPONSORS:
FINLANDIA CHEESE, www.FinlandiaCheese.com! You have the pleasure to sample Oltermanni and Black label Swiss Cheeses from Finlandia!

SPECIAL OFFER FOR AUTHENTIC NORDIC MEAL:
Bring EuroCircle (this May 3rd event) email with you to one of the 3 Smorgaschef locations in Manhattan and you will get a FREE DESSERT. Reservation is REQUIRED and as usual this offer can NOT be combined with any other offers!

http://www.smorgaschef.com/!

FAZER chocolates – the “best kept secret” for chocolate lovers in the world!

LUMENE – the leader of Nordic beauty and hygiene, www.lumene.com! British Vogue’s choice 2007: Lumene Vitamin+ Radiant C-Energy Age-Defying Intensive Care is the Finnish cult beauty product. Only Russia, Australia, Korea, Japan, China, India and the USA made it into British Vogue’s article on Global Beauty in March 2007.

COMPLIMENTARY LUMENE PRODUCTS for ladies (retail value total $35-40)

You must be 21 years of age or older.

MUSIC
Pop and Rock

Did you know that relative to the size of its population, Sweden ranks third in the world after the US and the UK as a music-exporting nation.

From ABBA to Neneh Cherry to the Cardigans to the Hives, Swedish pop artists have a long history of international success and continue to seduce audiences around the world. Some Swedes making recent pop headlines include Dungen, The Knife, The Sounds, The Ark, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Sahara Hotnights, The Concretes, Robyn, Jens Lekman, José Gonzalez, Love Is All, Vapnet, El Perro del Mar, Teddybears, Marit Bergman, I’m From Barcelona and Loney, Dear.

Norway had Aha…Iceland has Bjork, Denmark…hmm, we don’t know, Finland (Lordi won EuroVision song contest) doesn’t really do too well in this area. Her success is more with today’s great opera singers like Karita Mattila and conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Literature
Sweden: The Nobel Prize in Literature, playwright August Strindberg, and children’s author Astrid Lindgren have all contributed to a vibrant literary legacy in Sweden, one which continues to grow and evolve

Finland: Mika Waltari – Sinuhe
Norway: The dramatist Henrik Wergeland was the most influential author of the 19th century while the later works of Henrik Ibsen were to earn Norway an influential place in Western European literature. In the 20th century notable Norwegian writers include the two Nobel Prize winning authors Knut Hamsun and Sigrid Undset.

Denmark: Danish literature is the subset of Scandinavian literature composed in Denmark or by Danish people. Its history stretches from the Middle Ages into modern times and includes authors such as Saxo Grammaticus, Søren Kierkegaard, Hans Christian Andersen and Karen Blixen.

Iceland: In the early twentieth century, many writers started to write in Danish, among them even some really noteworthy, like Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889-1975), one of the best-known and most translated Icelandic authors, considered a master in characterisation. However, the best-known Icelandic author is Halldór Laxness (1902-98), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955, author of several articles, essays, poems, short stories and novels, like the best known Expressionist works Independent People, Salka Valka and Iceland’s Bell.

SPECIAL OFFER FOR AUTHENTIC NORDIC MEAL:
Bring EuroCircle (this May 3rd event) email with you to one of the 3 SMORGASCHEF CHEF locations in Manhattan and you will get a FREE DESSERT.
Reservation is REQUIRED and as usual this offer can NOT be combined with any other offers!
http://www.smorgaschef.com OR if you are not a dessert person there is a chance for the FIRST TIME customers only to enjoy a FREE bottle of wine, check out their site for that offer!

Chicago – Sep 20 2007

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Please join us for our annual “Member Appreciation” event on Thursday, September 20 for a final chance to enjoy al fresco meeting, mingling and cocktailing before we trade in our sandals for snow boots!

This will be a FREE event- no admission- so bring your friends and spread the word!

We’ll also have great specials on food and drinks including $2.50 domestic bottles, $2.50 domestic drafts, $3.50 call drinks and $4 wine. Food (weather permitting) is $2 hot dogs, $3 burgers, $4 chicken sandwiches.

Featuring DJ Greg Bauer for our late night entertainment.

We look forward to seeing you there!

DailyFrappe and EuroCircle have partnered up to promote a Greek Fire Relief Effort drive in conjunction with this event. The kind folks from Daily Frappe will be on site to collect funds for the victims of the recent fires in Greece, so please consider donating for a chance to win a great gift basket courtesy of Daily Frappe

New York – Feb 15 2007

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Latin Party: Livin’ La Vida Loca is co-hosted by:

Brazil, Vanessa Menezes Raposo do Amaral, www.sambanessa.com
France, Michel Besse-de-Dressais, Consulate General of France
France, Didier Felix-Edouard
Nicaragua, Lenin Gross
Peru, Jeanny Carpio, Sociedad Latina
Portugal, Jorge Silva, Photographer at www.cornerstonepic.com
Spain, Monica Jorba Cartoixa
Spain, Joan Salavedra, the Catalan Institute of America, www.friendsofcatalonia.com/
Venezuela, Veronika Brundula Sodja

Upon your departure make sure you pick up some beautiful PENHALIGON’s fragrance samples for the ladies or cologne for the gentlemen!

Let’s celebrate the time of the AQUARIUS – Cupid’s Second Chance With YOU….! Especially as Princess Luna celebrates her birthday tonight – and we have so many other of you celebrating at the same time. So let’s DANCE!~

Complimentary hors d’ouvres for one hour 8 pm to 9 pm

REGISTRATION:
NO DOOR FEE if you sign up online (all members + their guests) by Feb 15, 4 pm.
NON MEMBERS RSVPS by email to newyork@eurocircle.com (full names + country of origin please). You can also sign up as a member (that is free) and then sign up for the event OR ask a memver to sign you up as a guest

Two DJs Palamuth & Tossun will take care of the dance Music

Dance performance:
By Reina Igarashi and her friends Leah, Sandra and Gene (probably around 8:30 pm)

The SEXIEST MAN will be rewarded. The judges will be Monica, Veronica …

The first meaning is to denote dances originated in Latin America. Typically these are Cha cha, Rumba, Samba, Salsa, Mambo, Merengue, Bachata, Cumbia, Bolero. Some dance instructors also include Tango and Argentine Tango in this list, although these differ from the rest in their style

Aquarians basically possess strong and attractive personalities. They fall into two principle types: one shy, sensitive, gentle and patient; the other exuberant, lively and exhibitionist, sometimes hiding the considerable depths of their character under a cloak of frivolity. Both types are strong willed and forceful in their different ways and have strong convictions, though as they seek truth above all things, they are usually honest enough to change their opinions, however firmly held, if evidence comes to light which persuades them that they have been mistaken. They have a breadth of vision that brings diverse factors into a whole, and can see both sides of an argument without shilly-shallying as to which side to take. Consequently they are unprejudiced and tolerant of other points of view. This is because they can see the validity of the argument, even if they do not accept it themselves. They obey the Quaker exhortation to “Be open to truth, from whatever source it comes,” and are prepared to learn from everyone.

Both types are humane, frank, serious minded, genial, refined, sometimes ethereal, and idealistic, though this last quality is tempered with a sensible practicality. They are quick, active and persevering without being self-assertive, and express themselves with reason, moderation and sometimes, a dry humor.

They are nearly always intelligent, concise, clear and logical. Many are strongly imaginative and psychically intuitive, so that the Age of Aquarius, which is about to begin, is much anticipated by psychic circles as an age in which mankind will experience a great spiritual awakening. The Aquarian philosophical and spiritual bent may be dangerous in that it can drive the subjects into an ivory-tower existence where they meditate on abstractions that bear little relevance to life. On the other hand it can help the many who have scientific leanings to combine these with the Aquarian yearning for the universal recognition of the brotherhood of man, and to embark on scientific research to fulfill their philanthropic ideals of benefiting mankind. When some cause or work of this nature inspires them, they are capable of such devotion to it that they may drive themselves to the point of exhaustion and even risk injuring their health.

Both types need to retire from the world at times and to become temporary loners. They appreciate opportunities for meditation or, if they are religious, of retreats. Even in company they are fiercely independent, refusing to follow the crowd. They dislike interference by others, however helpfully intended, and will accept it only on their own terms. Normally they have good taste in drama, music and art, and are also gifted in the arts, especially

Chicago – Aug 23 2007

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Please join us for our monthly networking night at Saltaus! We’re returing to this beautiful venue for another great night of mingling, mixing, and cocktailing as well as to check out their newly redesigned lounge!

We’ve also got some great drink specials to enjoy, including $6 Saltaus summer martinis, $6 glasses of house vino and $4 domestic beers.

We’ve also got DJ Greg Bauer back on the decks for our late night listening- and dancing- pleasure!

Saltaus also has a great little outdoor patio (weather permitting) so we can enjoy as much summer time as possible!

We look forward to seeing you there!

EuroCircle private event
$10 admission