Ladies’ Bridge Lunch
September 27, 2008 By: almostgotit Category: Bridge, Maggy Simony, Playing Bridge, The Bridge Table, authors, books, contract bridge, ladies bridge lunch, writers
Whist led to bridge-whist, which led to auction bridge, which led to contract bridge, which led, according to bridge historian Jack Olsen, to murder, divorce, suicide, mayhem, and other social evils.
- Maggy Simony, The Bridge Table, forthcoming
Since some of you have asked: Cyn Mobley and I have been helping an 88 year old woman in Florida who is writing about the history of “ladies bridge clubs” (along with the gender food menus they created) from the 20’s to the 60’s. There are indeed murders, scandals, revolts — and also recipes. It’s quite funny. Would make a terrific play, actually…
The author plans to publish in early 2009, and I promised her I’d give her coverage on my blog. Stay tuned!
September 27th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Sounds like it would make a good television series too!
September 29th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
I can’t wait! I’ve just started a ladies Official Bridge Club in Seattle a few months ago (maybe when you’re home next you’d like to be a celebrity guest attendee???) and I think the book will be an excellent resource for us, advance prep for inevitable revolts and murders. Love Trika
September 29th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Here’s a one-paragraph reason why I want to play bridge with Trika:
“A while ago I was in a meeting with the guys from the certification team, and I wanted to make fun of them, because that is what I like to do. And because they kept talking about quantitative data as “quant,” like, “We’re going to need to see the quant for that” and “Let’s look at the quant,” and “Is the quant reliable?” or whatever and I thought they sounded like dorks, quanting it up all over the place. But when I commenced my taunting, I accidentally said “Why do you guys have to shortify everything?” and since, last I heard, shortify isn’t much of a word either, I’ve lost a little of my moxie. To make a long story shortifed: I’ve found that you shouldn’t make fun of your co-workers for being dorks, if you are a worse dork.” - From Trika’s Blog
Plus also, we share a little genetic material. Except hers is funnier.
Thanks for commenting, Trika. And good luck with the new job!
Love Back,
Almostgotit
September 30th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Trika has a blog??!!! I’m heading right on over.
May 3rd, 2011 at 10:46 am
Way back in 2008, you kindly mentioned me and my then upcoming book Bridge Table or What’s Trump Anyway? Liz Burman was editing it for me.
Going thru old files decided to comment as of 2 years later.
Book did get published end of 2009, got great reviews from the bridge establishment, but then floundered at internet marketing and such. Finally in January 2011 (by now I’m almost 91!) I launched what I call a blogezine at my website called Bridge Table Chronicles. I have no trouble WRITING; it’s the technical stuff that defeated me until I found what’s called a “Virtual Assistant” — Joanne at Delta Oaks. I’m committed to 52 Issues of my blog before giving up for just playing bridge and gradually fading away from this planet.
If you-all ladies still interested and/or playing bridge, I wish you’d take a look, maybe subscribe and comment–negative or positive.
maggy