One of my strongest memories of my dad was the fact that he was a very serious and excellent bridge player. In 1939 when I was a year old (so I don't remember it) he was a member of the team of 4 who won the Vanderbilt Cup. It isa an annual event and is named after Harold Vanderbilt who is considered the inventor of modern contract bridge ( Read more... )

One of the things I inherited from my mother was a huge set of pencils that she had collected from the various New York City Bridge clubs where she played. I've been using them and my dilemma is that they are getting used up because of sharpening. And I occasionally wonder if I should save them.


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