Archive for April, 2008
change of plans
My travel calendar fills up several months in advance; I booked Gatlinburg before I ever left last year … long before I realized that last night was the first night of Passover. You know how I love Passover with the extended Jacobs clan. My teammates were kind enough to soldier on without me; [...]
Published by stacy on April 20th, 2008 tagged Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
gatlinburg 5
Shannon, me, Jenny, Cata. Photo from Cata, perhaps by Kevin?
We didn’t play Pratap and Landen in the final; instead we played Ohmann (Bruce Ohmann and Bob Dennard and the Dovells, all from Florida). Judi righted the plus-imps ship after my bloop yesterday morning, we left our teammates up eight after the first half.  It was exciting [...]
Published by stacy on April 19th, 2008 tagged Bridge | 2 Comments »
made the final
George says I jinxed myself. That’s okay. We went minus today, finishing the first twelve boards of the semifinals (against Les and Gloria Silverman Bart, and John Carruthers, among other people) down five imps. The rockstars pulled it out, winning by one to get us to the finals this evening.
I think we play Pratap and [...]
Published by stacy on April 18th, 2008 tagged Bridge | Comment now »
gatlinburg 4
It’s not like winning a world championship, Judi assured me, or even coming second. But beating Carolyn Lynch-John Sutherlin, Meckstroth-Rodwell, Cheek-Grue, Bob Hampton-Jerry Helms, Levin-Weinstein, and Berkowitz-Cohen all in one day is huge fun. Huge.Â
George and I went up to the maison garcons to toast Kevin and Justin and Shannon and Jenny, stayed for a [...]
Published by stacy on April 18th, 2008 tagged Bridge | Comment now »
permit me
To brag: we had the best day. Started the new KO, drew Carolyn Lynch head to head in the first round. Judi and I played Curtis and Joe, Shannon and Jenny played Carolyn and John the first half and Meckstroth and Rodwell the second half.
Up 28 at the half was enough to [...]