Getting Cold Again

I've been lax on the blog, the holidays and all, blah blah blah.

I wanted to talk about an old-fashioned card party. I grew up in Indiana where my grandparents were and my parents are card-party goers. Our neighbors Neal and Esther hosted a Euchre party the other evening with two other couples. The wife and I had a really good time, the food was good, the card-playing was okay and the company was outstanding. I really just want to say that one great thing about Oak Park is the neighborhoods. We live on the best block in the village and I can't say how lucky we are to be here. It was totally dumb luck that we landed on our block. We were looking for a house in the winter-time when everyone was indoors. We ended up driving up and down the alley peering into back yards for signs of children, plastic crap play structures and the sort.

Which was of course one of our primary neighborhood selection criteria.

Back to the card party- I've posted before about wanting to learn how to play bridge, but this Euchre is a game that is it a bit easier to learn and is easier to teach to newbies. We had only one newby this time but the games still seemed to last a bit longer than expected. Oh well! More time for chatting. I really enjoyed the time of no TV, no email, cell phones only on emergency babysitter-vibrate (thanks Stan and Tina!). Now I can't wait for the summer when all it takes is one 5 year-old kid walking down the street to be the Pied Piper of Wesley, calling all the other kids (and parents) out into the sun.