Bloodhound in the Background

Once again we hosted MLK weekend Beachy Poker, with Kathryn, Salli, Jess & Tom as our gaming guests. From Friday evening, when Tom & Pep arrived to play some Rummy-O, eat dinner and drowse a bit over The Gates, until noon on Monday, when we at last let Salli and Kathryn up from the Mahjongg table, the fun was nonstop. Great food, great games, and great pix--almost all you see here from that weekend were taken by Tom, who has The Gift. In the background, the bloodhound renting Nancy & Sadie's place brayed.

learning the evil Spite & Malice

Tuesday was another Red Letter Day, during which we stayed home from morning bingo to watch the Innauguration live (a Tivoed version just didn't seem as if it would cut it). We loved it all, even the prayers! And while we were watching, Jo's Money, that mythic gift from the beyond, arrived! A little inheritance from S's Aunt Jo, which has been in the offing for nearly two years, and which has been spent six ways to Sunday long since, the cash was good for one more present to ourselves (about which more in a sec). Then we went to bingo, and both of us won a couple of little pots. And THEN we had supper at Fat Clemenza's Italian Ristorante, a definite do again! E's eggplant parmesan was delicious, and S's pasta marinara with sweet sausage put her slurp into overdrive. Then we came home and watched the balls, mainly the Hometown Inaugural Ball, dazzled, swept up. Can we credit Barack Obama for our beautiful day? Yes we can!




Coming down off Tuesday, Wednesday's Tai Chi class was absolutely brutal. On Thursday afternoon, Squeak took one look at the gear slung over our shoulders, and led the way to the beach, trotting down the smooth concrete border of the pavement (The Kitty Sidewalk) to the dune crossover and onto the sand.



Friday, S had a little medical procedure and both S & E met their new GP for the first time. Saturday concluded our week of Spite & Malice, the wonderful card game that Kathryn used to play with her mother and taught lucky us. Let the record show that E beat the crap out of S decisively. And just as we were finishing up, our thank-you-aunt-Jo present arrived, a Wii! When we tire of the Australian Open this coming week, we can play tennis ourselves in the living room!

Glen & Jo, thrifty and childless, thanks a mill!