Archive for the 'Bridge' Category
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diamonds never split
This time last year we were on our way up north to a lakeside cabin where George and the kids and I slept late, played Battleship, went out on the boat and visited Peg in Minneapolis on our way home. We couldn’t make it to Turkey, left Nashville early, skipped Omaha (next year, I swear!) [...]
Published by stacy on August 7th, 2008 tagged Bridge | 3 Comments »
dates
What a disappointment it was to learn that the Open European Championships next summer in San Remo (12-27 June 2009) conflict with our Open Trials (5-16 June 2009). Seems like the sort of thing the organizations might think to coordinate.
Published by stacy on August 1st, 2008 tagged Bridge | 2 Comments »
girl’s best friend
Back to business as usual, three morning Speedballs a week and some partnership bidding with Judi (who, just for the record, really did go over 20,000 masterpoints when she won the USWBC with Sylvia Moss in May — not 15,000 as reported by the league in Vegas and the most recent Bulletin). Still sitting east-west [...]
Published by stacy on August 1st, 2008 tagged Bridge | 7 Comments »
george’s world
Nobody has more fun at the table than George, except perhaps Peg, who had ringside seats during the final of the Swiss on Sunday in Las Vegas and shared some of the evidence.
The only thing I regret about playing bridge is that it means I can’t kibitz George. With Sabine, in rare form.
I know, [...]
Published by stacy on July 31st, 2008 tagged Bridge | 1 Comment »
great to be home
Had a good time playing the Swiss on the last weekend. We qualified for the second day, played several good teams (never George, alas), enjoyed the hands tremendously and caught a 6pm flight out on Sunday. It’s good to be home. The laundry in the basket is about shoulder-high; my desk is overrun by unopened [...]