IIDD, May 26th

Hello Bridge Students!

It's now official. First lesson will be at The Island Inn. Anytime after 4:00pm, the cards will be ready and waiting. Don't worry about arriving that early if not able to do so as afternoon/evening will be very relaxed. We'll simply start things off as folk arrive and populate more tables as throng grows. I suspect we will eat dinner around 7:00-7:30pm and graze on appetizers and sip hootch until then.

To date, Whirlygig and Kerry, (together with Tia Maria), Moe and Mary, Nancy and Guy and El Generalissimo have signed up for tutorials. With Cora Lee and I, and two other friends, The Penguin and Legs, we will have enough for three tables.This being the case, those bringing appetizers should plan for twelve or so. As I mentioned, Coriandre and I will provide the main bbq course, probably chicken. Since Giorgio and Kerry do not eat meat, (they do eat fish when they can find it sustainably harvested), they plan to bring a substitute for both themselves and others and will also bring a salad for all. Nancy and Guy have offered to bring an appetizer or salad so I suggest the latter. (Perhaps Guy could chat with Whirlygig to make sure salads are different.)

Making an executive decision, I'd like to ask Milt the Stilt to bring a dessert as Mary and Moe have already signed up for an appetizer. Of course, please feel free to alter menu items you will be contributing to the pot luck but do let me know about change so that we can fine tune menu. I plan to ask The Penguin to bring a vegetable dish of some sort and probably another dessert from Legs.

Once you've had a chance to mull over what you'd like to bring please confirm and we'll plan accordingly. For those of you so inclined, there are scads of bridge sites on the web, as I'm sure I need not tell anyone. A fairly basic overview can be found at:

http://home.comcast.net/~kwbridge/

For those who truly know nothing at all about the game, it might be worthwhile to review some of the terminology, etc., here or elsewhere. However, this gathering is really meant to be an enjoyable get-together and as much a party as bridge camp, so please don't fret about swotting up. Looking forward to seeing those we already know and meeting those we don't. Cheers, Patrizio/Il Conductore!