Bridge Basics Introduction

Today we hung art, a bulletin board, a white board, and got everything ready to play bridge!

The beverage and snack station is ready! We have a great selection of brewed teas plus regular and decaf coffee of course.

Special treat: an ice machine, and an iced tea station! We'll have traditional black tea iced, and a raspberry tea. We'll stock the beverage fridge with Coke, Coke Zero, and Sprite. The snack dispensers will have Goldfish, Peanut M&Ms, peanuts, and mixed nuts.

WiFi is up and running. Ask me for the password. :)

This week Zach and I will be putting some finishing touches on the new bridge club.

Zach is going to be hanging some art. I'm going to be working on the digital signage for information and results.

The beverage station is almost complete, with fresh coffee, iced tea, and a beverage cooler on hand. Snack dispensers have arrived.

I had so much help on Saturday! I think the pictures tell the whole story.

We had a great turnout for the work party. Many thanks to Barbara Leider, Yvonne Schimmel, Liza Billington, Cory Brendel, Lisa Walker, Cardon Walker, Susan Kane, and Jon Fuhrman!

All of the chairs are built. All but eight of the end tables are built (32 of 40). I built shelving for the kitchen, and Cory and Cardon helped me mount the 50-inch monitor for results and game information.

I loaded up the minivan twice to haul cardboard, plastic, and styrofoam to the center's recycling bins.

Today AT&T was in the bridge club installing fiber internet, and I had an electrical contractor walk through to pull in the ethernet cabling.

Zach and I built several chairs and the director's desk and file cabinet are all set to go.

Table One is literally ready to play bridge. :)

Today I took delivery of some long tables and a director's desk. They're all still boxed up. I put out a few tables, and I'm washing the table felts two at a time at home.

Saturday we'll have a work party to put together chairs and end tables, and maybe put up some shelving. I set up one chair, and without a power screwdriver, it's pretty painful! Six screws for each chair back.

AT&T discovered that they have a fiber pole near the suite. Tomorrow they're going to put that in, and I have an electrical contractor walking through to set up the ethernet wiring.

Arrived this afternoon! They were loaded on two pallets and wrapped in shrink wrap. Of course the pallets wouldn't fit into the elevator, so the delivery guy was good enough to help me break them down and get them up to the bridge club.

Then the security guy helped me get the pallet trash hauled off. :)

Here's a flier to be distributed at tournaments and parties and however else you like. By all means, download and share with friends. Click the image to download.