Warm LV Regional Memories

The Riviera Regional ended late Sunday afternoon and the six days we stayed there provided me with an opportunity to meet some of those friends who were merely phantom names on the Blog Sites. 

I enjoyed getting to see our new District Representative Bonnie Bagley but unfortunately we were both doing our own thing, so it was just an occasional passing hand wave.   Bruce Blakely, with whom I have had a series of correspondence in his capacity as Chairman of the ACBL CEO Search Committee was kind enough to re-introduce himself  (he said we had met before) and he further explained some unanswered questions to my satisfaction which troubled me.   Ellis Feigenbaum stopped me to introduce himself as we had blogged several times but never met face to face.   I was approached by two beautiful women from the Sedona area who told me how much they appreciated our (I think they meant Bobby’s) making the trip to their tournament and were hoping we would return this year.  Finally, so many people  who either read or respond to my blog site whom I did not know, introduced themselves and it was fun to meet them in person after three years of sharing our views and different slants on many subjects.

The tournament was well attended and Tom Shulman and his crew exerted their usual stellar efforts to welcome our members and so many guests who traveled to Vegas for the event.  I loved the lunches at the Banana Leaf and a few dinners at Christopher’s.   We will miss them when we move on to Bally’s.  I even got to take advantage of the Jewelry Store’s 50% closeouts (but don’t tell Bobby).  It was very exhausting (playing every day) but I really had a marvelous time, even winning a pair event and placing second in another and selecting some very nice section top prizes.

Keep reading my blogs and for heaven’s sake, don’t be shy.   Write back.   I’d love to hear from all of you  bashful readers.

Cheers,

Judy