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Fat Slice Pizza will always bring out a ravenous horde of players

A couple of years ago, the Friday game at Mosswood in Oakland was pretty small–usually about 5 tables and dwindling.  Then, Lorene asked Gail if Fat Slice Pizza could provide pizza for a special game at a price she could afford.  Gail made her an offer she couldn’t refuse, and ever since, the fourth Friday of the month, there is free pizza at the game.

The result?  That 5 table game is now 13 to 15 tables on pizza Friday, and at least 10 on the other Fridays of the month.

Bridge players are funny–even though in general we have a pretty high average income, free food will get a crowd every time.  Of course, Fat Slice Pizza is the best there is.

Three Fridays a month I play with Mike in Pleasant Hill.  Pizza day, of course, I have to play in Oakland.  Mike agrees to make the trip into Oakland on the condition that I bring a Hawaiian pizza–ham and pineapple.  For Mike, anything.  For everyone else, there are pepperoni, veggie, cheese, sausage & onion and pesto, artichoke and Canadian bacon.  Not usually any leftovers.

Well, somebody has to wear the right shirt

Greg Vance has taken over directing the game, so it runs smoothly and is scored quickly.  We’d always like to have a few more players–the fourth Friday of the month, Mosswood Rec Center, Webster and McArthur in Oakland.