a very nice day

I ran a Rev War miniatures game at one of the local clubs and got quite good turn out--three French/American players plus a kibitzer and three, eventually rising to four British players. The British almost broke through the Allied lines, but we ran out of time before the last decisive couple of turns. The American reserves had arrived and were counterpunching effectively, so it's hard to be sure what would have happened.

Then I cam home, met redactrice and shy_kat and we went out to dinner at their favourite of my local restaurants (Samanthas). Which, sadly, had run out of the crab that was an integral part of the dishes they had been lusting after--but I think we still had a pretty darn good meal! Mel and I had variations of a Peruvian dish (onions and peppers and tomatoes sauteed, over chips, in a cilantroy sauce--hers had steak tips, mine had shrimp and scallops) and Chris had a zarazuela with clams, shrimp, fish, and ?pasta?. And we all split some ice cream for dessert, then came back here and played two games of Carcasonne: Hunters and Gatherers (Mel won one, Chris won the other).

A really nice day spent gaming with lots of friends! The onyol way it could have been better was if I had spent a couple of hours of it outside--the weather looked great--hiking or cycling. But, as my dad always used to say "You can't have curly hair and everything!" :-)