Totally Unauthorized

Back in the dark ages, when I was directing on Friday nights, we would often have 40 tables–2 open sections and a 199er game. No computer, either, we scored on blackboards by hand.

The world has changed, we’re all much older than we were then, and the Friday night game is often pretty small. This week, though, was more like old times.

Starting with a pot-luck dinner and segueing into a Barometer game, we had 16 and a half tables tonight. The new dealing machine makes a barometer a relatively easy event to arrange.  It’s still a lot of work, but reasonably doable.

The food, as usual, was great.  I was particularly fond of Sheryl Nagy’s salad and Marj Russel’s polenta pie.  Next time I may have to bake a cake to ensure that there is one, but I managed with the cookies and the cream puffs.

Grant Vance and Jessica Lai were the big winners; Chuck Manning and Tom Franklin were 1st East/West.

Friday nights at the club were always as much fun for the social part as for the bridge, and can be again.  Some places have a barometer every week, but I expect that we’ll at least start out monthly or quarterly.  There are other events we can hold, too.  Sheryl reminded me about an event where people brought appetizers then voted on which was the best one (she remembers because she won). If you have ideas for special Friday nights, leave a comment.  (But we’re not bring back Don Harrison’s mayonnaise toast after the game!)