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Matt put up a page with the rules to Cadillac, a fun pub game. I can attest to its addictive nature having been introduced to the game a few weeks ago. Give it a shot…
I’m headed up to New Hampshire for a Saturday climb of Mt. Monadnock – I’ll let you know how it goes.
I was down in northern Virginia this weekend for my high school principal’s retirement party. Much like the school’s graduations, there were speeches, gag (and real) gifts, and plenty of singing. I was glad to have gone for the event, especially since H-B doens’t have reunions, making this the only time to catch up to a big group of high school folks for some time.
You can read the well-written article (by H-B alum Dusty Horwitt) about Ray that appeared in Sunday’s Washington Post here
I updated the piano bench page with some pictures of the failed design. Work on the new design will commence next week.
Greg and Scott hosted a very fun poker game last night. Unlike the game I played in with my brother a few months ago that was just Texas Hold ’em played tournament-style, this game was more free-form. The deal rotated around the table, and each dealer chose the game to play. Ante was a dime, maximum raise was fifty cents.
I was down a few bucks pretty quickly, and bought another $5 worth of chips after only 45 minutes or so – things weren’t looking so good. I held on to my money (but didn’t make any back) for a while, and then it was Scott’s turn to deal. The game was the house variant of baseball.
Their version is a 7-card stud game, with the following provisions:
So, I’ve gotten two face down cards, two face up cards (including an ace), and the next face up card I get is a three. The pot is $5 (a fair amount of money, for this game), and I’d just bought my second round of chips a few minutes prior. I had to choose whether to fold or buy the 3 as a wild card for $5. I shocked everyone by buying in, knowing I had two more aces in my hand (for a total of four). I won about $5 on that single hand, and came out a few bucks up on the evening. Not bad at all…
Last night, Rif & Anna and I really enjoyed our dinner at O’Cantinho in Inman Square. I can’t remember if it was a recommendation from my parents (they definitely told me to go to one of the Brazillian cafes in Inman) or if I had heard about it elsewhere, but the fact of the matter is, everyone should go there. The food is great (and cheap!), they let you sit all evening long, and they’ve got really good “cupcakes” for dessert. What more could you want?
After dinner, I ended up in Harvard Square. It’d been way too long since I just people-watched in the Square – I sat for an hour enjoying the sights and listening to Lisa Bastoni play (check out her new CD – “Your First Sweetheart”). To top off a nice night, I walked home from Harvard.