Gather for the AWAR aperitivo! We're back in Monti, this time at the stylish Blackmarket Hall, with organic bites and inventive cocktails. Close to Cavour metro station. Guests are welcome, but we are limited to 15 people total. We'll all pay individually at the venue, but make sure to register online!
As you all know, the focus of the Board last year was digitizing and preserving the club's records. Now that they've been securely stored in digital format (available for members to peruse in the Members' Area of the site), we're left with several boxes of photos, nicely-bound Forums and other club memorabilia. If you'd like to view them and take a piece of AWAR history home, President Wendy Holloway will host a potluck brunch at her house.
Everyone should bring a brunch dish for eight people and her favorite cocktail mixer...wine and alcohol will be provided. Please register online!
Wendy's house is located outside of the center, off of Via Flaminia. Easy to reach by car (or carpooling) or public transport. Exact address to follow.
The book club taking a softer path this month with Ann Patchett's latest success, Tom Lake, about three grown daughters discovering their mother's past of friendship, love, and heartbreak.
Pat Fogarty, EXL Coordinator
patriciaefogarty9@gmail.com
Zoom link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/93720141520?pwd=NWY3NXhLamtqdG1pNmxMYmFZVjNidz09
This month, AWAR is partnering with Komen Italia to bring you a truly special event. More Than Pink will bring together women from all over Rome to celebrate breast cancer survivors and the 25th Anniversary of the Race for the Cure in Italy.
The evening will include remarks from Ms. Carla Markell, breast cancer survivor and wife of the U.S. Ambassador to Italy, and M.D. Riccardo Masetti, founder of Komen Italia.
Two additional special women will share their personal stories: Cristina Bowerman, Michelin Star Chef of Glass Hostaria in Rome, and AWAR member Dorothy Dowling.
A light aperitivo will be served.
Where: Villa Blanc (Luiss Business School), Via Nomentana 216
When: Thursday, May 2. The event will start punctually at 5:30 pm, so we ask that guests arrive no later than 5:15 pm to take their seats.
The guest list must be finalized prior to the event, so register online NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, APRIL 26.
See you there!
Save the date for an exclusive day trip to Reggia di Caserta on Saturday, May 4. We will get there by train and enjoy a guided tour and lunch.
Write to Ute Winkler at events@awar.org for more information.
Another installment of the AWAR monthly morning coffee! We'll meet again at Babette for coffee and dolci. Feel free to bring guests.
Please register online by May 5 to confirm your attendance. Questions can be sent to Ute Winkler at events@awar.org.
We're in search of the best carbonara in Rome, and if we have to eat 100 plates of pasta to find the one, well, we're willing to make that sacrifice. Join us for dinner on the first Thursday of every month, each time at a different restaurant, and we'll get to the bottom of it together.
Let's continue our journey at a venue to be announced!
Register on awar.org up to two days before the dinner, and if you have questions, contact Activity Chair Wendy Holloway at president@awar.org. Registration is free, as we'll settle the bill at the venue. Maximum 15 participants.
Tour the Fassi Gelateria, "Il Palazzo del Freddo"
In 1900, when Vittorio Emanuele III became king, Giovanni Fassi came on as an apprentice pastry chef and ice cream maker at the royal house, immediately gaining the reputation of “sovereign ice cream maker.”
Through two world wars to the post-war recovery, his gelateria became a fashionable venue, frequented by illustrious people, and point of reference for the whole city.
Fassi is now Italy’s oldest gelateria, open for more than 140 years and handed down by five generations.
The tour, about 1 hour and 15 minutes, will include the history of Fassi Gelateria with an overview of the history of ice cream and viewing of vintage machinery, as well as access to the workshop where one of the ice cream artisans will reveal all the secrets of making their ice cream and where participants will be invited to interact.
We'll then enjoy a tasting (cone or cup of 3 flavors + cream + Sanpietrino or alternatively frullato + Sanpietrino).
REGISTER ONLINE!
Where: Via Principe Eugenio 65/67 (near Piazza Vittorio)
Cost: 17 euros, to be paid via the AWAR website
For more information, contact Barbara Gurawska at barbara.gurawska@gmail.com.
Stay tuned for details and registration info for the May General Meeting.
Join AWAR member Julia Griner at Terrecotte Sabine in Torri in Sabina, for a morning of pottery. Master ceramicist Eleonora has organised a lesson to hand mold an espresso cup and saucer, create a decorative piece, or paint a plate, cup or pitcher to your liking. She'll give instruction and a presentation on the art of ceramics and will finish/fire your pieces after the event (Julia can deliver them to Rome or they can be sent to you).
Lunch afterward will be at a typical Sabine restaurant across the road from a Vescovio that offers a beautiful digestive walk, viewing of an ancient church, and an ice cream to top off the day.
Cost: 50€ for pottery by hand, 60€ to design and paint your own plate. Fee to be paid online when you register. Lunch is a la carte pricing paid directly to the restaurant.
Please register online by May 11! Maximum 6 participants. For questions about this event, please contact Julia at juliagriner@gmail.com.
Discover the studio of Awar member and artist Berit Bredahl Nielsen. Details to follow!
Calling all pasta lovers, we will “cook the book” using Meryl Feinstein’s 2023 cookbook, Pasta Every Day (named a 2023 Best Cookbook of the Year by The New York Times, Bon Appetit, Vice, and the Los Angeles Times). This isn't a class! It’s a fun and convivial way to get together and explore great pasta recipes.
We'll meet once per month, generally the second Saturday of the month, beginning on Saturday, March 9 from 11 am to 2 pm. We'll cook and then enjoy our creation for lunch!
Please register on the website or through the app. The group is limited to 10 people and we'll divide any minor costs incurred during the event. Wendy's house is located outside of the center, off of Via Flaminia Nuova. Exact address to follow.
Stay tuned for details and registration info for the June General Meeting.
Join AWAR member Julia Griner on the upper Tiber River at Poggio Mirteto / Torrita Tiberina for a morning of boating! Families are welcome. Children up to 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Spend an hour or two in group accompanied by a guide in a 2-person canoe and enjoy the flora & fauna of the Tevere Basin. If you are not interested in boating there are bikes to rent and a trail to walk. If neither of these appeals, there is a large lawn on which you can lay a blanket and soak up the sun and enjoy our company, nature and a day out of Rome.
Lunch can be at Ecofattorie Sabina, an all local, organic restaurant a short walk away OR we can plan a Pizza Picnic - details and a decision when we have a confirmed group.
Cost: 25€ per adult, free for children 4-9 accompanied by parents and 15€ for kids 10-14
Maximum 25 participants. Please register and pay online by JUNE 1!
How to get there: YOU DO NOT NEED A CAR FOR THIS TRIP! By Train (FCO-Orte line) to Poggio Mirteto, walk to the boat launch and lunch venue OR arrive by car or carpool from Rome.
For questions, please contact Julia at: juliagriner@gmail.com
Let's continue our journey at a venue to be announced.
Register on awar.org up to two days before the dinner, and if you have questions, contact Activity Chair Wendy Holloway at president@awar.org.
Details to come.
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