Pasadena Bridge Club Logo <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> News from N Fair Oaks Mojo Pasadena Bridge Club <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> BridgeMojo <https://bridgemojo.com> Courses <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/available_courses> ABTA Master Teacher 649 N Fair Oaks Ave #201 Pasadena CA 91103 (626) 247-4457 pasadenabridgeclub.com <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> I knew if we had snow on Mt. Wilson there would be an opportunity for great views from the bridge club. Last week we were all taking pictures out the window! Here's a view from my Thursday morning Bridge Basics 1 class. Snowy Mt Wilson at bridge club And by the way, I have over five tables each in /Bridge Basics 2 - Competitive Bidding/ on Wednesday evenings, and /Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction/ on Thursday mornings! Goodwill Member of 2023 That would be my face smiling from the middle of page 22 of the March ACBL /Bridge Bulletin/. Chip Dombrosky did a marvelous write up. Everything in the article sounded familiar, but it was hard to realize that it was about me! Defense course! Defense starts this Thursday evening, 7-9 PM. It will run for eight Thursday evenings. This is one of the most powerful courses in the catalog, and can seriously change how you look at a bridge hand. The classes in this course also stand alone very well. If you see a specific topic you'd like to explore, or only have availability for a few classes, you might consider dropping in for the one session at a time. Here's the lesson plan and more information: https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/defense Single classes are $25, and the full set of eight is $130 which includes the text book. Thursday Noon Supervised Play Thursdays at Noon will be a supervised play session for all of my new students, and a great time for new players (who prefer not to go out in the evenings) to get together and practice. As the game grows, we'll make this into a regular novice duplicate game. Thursday Noon FTW! Tuesday evening novice pairs We have players coming out to play on Tuesday evenings! If you're not there you're missing out on the fun. I've found that a 12-board game is very popular, and finishes by 9:00 with no problem. Lots of partners available if you don't have one! Pasadena Unit Game March 12 The Pasadena San Gabriel Bridge Unit 559 has opted to hold its annual meeting, lunch, and bridge game at the Pasadena Bridge Club. Lunch (pizza from Blaze!) will be at 12:00 and game time will be 12:30. Reservations required please! STaC week coming March 20 That's a Sectional Tournament at Clubs. We'll be offering *Silver Points* at games during the week of March 20 through March 26. We'll definitely have Silver Point games on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. (Open Pairs) and Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. (0-300). If there's a time when you'd like to see an additional game offered that week, let me know! Maybe we can add a game to the calendar. Did you know ... ... there's an *ice machine* in the break room? It's under the counter to the left of the sink. There's always plenty of ice to go with tea from the iced tea service, or a soda from the soda 'fridge. I've also just added a *Primo water dispenser*, serving fresh chilled and hot water. This will be a great replacement for the small bottles of water that were in the 'fridge. I'll be swapping out the "sweet tea" for lemonade soon. Arnold Palmers for everyone! :) Is there a soda you'd rather see in the 'fridge than what we have? I already know there are lots of Diet Coke fans out there. Let me know about others. Best regards, Mojo, Jane, Zach