I had to sneak out of the office early to make it to this meetup but it was worth it. We had a good turn out. At one point we had three games going at the same time. One was a 2-player, one was a 3-player, and one was a 4-player.
A total of 9 people showed up to play, 3 of them were new to the group. 1 of the new people was Miriam's sister who was visiting from Ohio. The other two 2 newbies, Maria and Jules, live in the DC area. In addition to myself the non-newbies were Joey, Miriam, Leilani, Ann, and Charles.
Game 1 - Teams: Maria & Joey, Jules & Me; Winners: Jules & Me
Game 2 - Teams: Joey & Jules, Maria & Me; Winners: Joey & Jules
Jules left after G2.
Game 3 - Players: Joey, Maria, Me; Winner: ?
Joey, Maria, and I sat around and chatted for 15-20 minutes after G3, until another game ended. At that point we were going to play a five-hander with Leilani and Miriam but at the last second Joey ditched us to join the other group: Charles, Ann, and Miriam's sister.
Game 4 - Teams: Leilani & Maria, Miriam & Me; Winners: Leilani & Maria
G4 was close. I'm not sure if we had a shot at winning it but I know that I made a couple bad plays that cost me a few points and helped Leilani to score some points. I had my best hand of the night in this game: 4-4-4-7-7. The turn card was a 4, which converted my hand from an 8- point hand to a 20-point hand.
Game 5 - Players: Joey, Me; Winner: ?
In the end it was just Ann, Joey, and I. Everyone else left before we started G5. Ann watched and chatted with us while we played. It took us about an hour to finish the game, mostly because we kept stopping to chat.
It was pouring rain the whole afternoon and evening. I got soaked between walking from Foggy Bottom to Soho (8 blocks) and then walking from Soho to 16th & P (8 blocks).
I wasn't hungry when I arrived at Soho. I was planning on grabbing a bite to eat at a kabob place just up the street from Soho on my way home. That didn't work out because I stayed later than I thought I would. By the time I left Soho at 10:30 the kabob place had been closed for a half-hour. I suppose that I could have said something and we could have moved the final game down the street but I was enjoying myself, I wasn't too hungry, and I didn't want to break the spell.
I had good bus luck on the way home. I made it to 16th & P just in time to catch the S4. I only had to wait a couple minutes at Silver Spring before the 15 showed up.
