cavendish
Peg Kaplan rocks.
Justin
Kevin
Kevin, in action.
Wafik Abdou, Ralph Katz
Published by stacy on May 9th, 2008 tagged Bridge | Comment now »
flight m
Been staying up late the last couple of nights. First, George, his buddy Wayne, Shannon and I watched Gavin Floyd take a no-hitter into the ninth against the Twins just a week after he took one into the eighth against the Tigers (wow!). Shannon and I played at the club last night; every hand was interesting or tricky and I was really tired. Still, we were probably almost average, which isn’t terrible for me playing matchpoints.
I’m thinking we should get our own flight in these events. You know, Flight A, Flight B, .. down there after Flight C and the 99-ers and whatnot, there should be Flight M. Special masterpoints for moms playing bridge after dark (or, mothers of newborns, playing during the day). We have some superstars — Sabine Auken and Daniela Von Arnim, Janice Seamon-Molson, Beth Palmer, Debbie Rosenberg — mothers of young children all. It’s not easy.
Action kicked off yesterday in the Cavendish Invitational. George is leaving this afternoon, arrives in time to do the Pairs auction. Some surprises in the field this year — most notably Jimmy Cayne playing with Alfredo Versace. As they reported in yesterday’s New York Times, “Bridge, as ever, is a solace …” for the beleagured former Bear Stearns honcho. Roy Welland’s playing with Jeff Meckstroth (can you say “action?”); I was disappointed when I couldn’t find the Stansbys or Hemant Lall anywhere on the list of entrants. In case you’re wondering: my money’s on Justin and Kevin. Ship it.
Published by stacy on May 8th, 2008 tagged Bridge | Comment now »
from the south african finals
Maybe it was the only game in town this morning, but I like to think I’d have logged in and watched the South African Teams Finals anyway. You will, of course, remember the thrilling South Africa - Italy quarterfinal match last October in Shanghai. I’m a big fan of these guys. I watched a perfectly flat board which I’d guessed would be anything but. What do you think:
Nobody vul, Alon Apteker held:
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63
AQJ86
AJT932
His partner passed in first position Right Hand Opponent opened the bidding 1 so Apteker bid 1 and Lefty bid 1 . After another pass from partner and 2 from Righty, what’s right? What’s your plan? What would you open if there were two passes in front of you?
Published by stacy on May 6th, 2008 tagged Bridge | 1 Comment »
staying for lunch
Some focus issues this morning; woke up with a headache that I can’t seem to shake, I’m keen to watch the action from South Africa (bummer about the cell phone penalty, I feel the pain), the writing’s going mostly well. Shannon arrives today, the White Sox play the Twins and I’m having the best time remembering the conversation I had with a couple of fifth graders last night wherein I learned that the key to social standing is staying for lunch. The pair of blonde hockey players in my back seat assured me that “Mister Jacobs rules the school.”
George has, Bellissima explained, single-handedly changed her social fortunes. Not with the rockstar tickets (we’ll wave to you, Bundy!), though those are most excellent. Not by being a twelve-time national champion or everybody’s favorite vugraph commentator or those Claude stories he loves to write. It’s not the Maserati (does go 185!) or the way he catches a t-shirt thrown from the press box that gets the fifth grade to gather around at lunch time.
It’s the chicken jokes. He writes “why did the chicken cross the road” jokes on napkins, stuffing one a day (or so) into her lunch. And for twenty minutes in the car last night, I got to listen to two eleven year olds gushing about my favorite person in the entire world. She passes the napkins around the lunch room, they told me. Everybody wants to see and they all agree. Mister Jacobs is the best.
Published by stacy on May 6th, 2008 tagged Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
insomnia and stuff
A watched pot never boils, right? I am recently of the opinion that I’m every bit as insomniac as most of the rest of you; whereas you stay up too late, I get up too early. It’s working for me lately, my upside-down insomnia. My routine is much the same as it has been — fiction until the children wake up, bridge thereafter. Blogging tends to fall somewhere between the two, I can occasionally be coerced into spending more time here than is best so lately I’ve been careful about that.
Reading a couple of Bibles, quite a lot of commentary and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene this morning. What kinyado.
I’m looking forward to the end of next week when my teammates arrive. The cherubs can’t wait to see Shannon and finally meet Jenny. We’ll be working hard to feel ready for the Trials, a little more than 2 weeks away.