District 15

What a joyous moment to finally make the rank of Diamond Life Master! I started learning bridge about 50 years ago when my husband was a graduate student in Los Angeles. Even though I had no experience at the game, I was asked to play whenever they needed someone to fill in. Eventually, I realized that it was a good idea to develop a common interest with my husband, so I started learning the game in earnest. Our first attempt at duplicate bridge happened in 1978, at the Bridg

My father and mother taught my brothers and me to play bridge in the 1960’s. Goren system. I played rubber bridge in college ( I particularly remember playing all night when my stoned fraternity brothers next door played Layla over and over and over). I learned about weak 2s then. At my first job, in the late ‘70’s, we had a foursome that played at lunch and we dove in to Precision. That ended when I changed jobs. My wife and I played social bridge with friends and a neigh

I joined the ACBL in the Fall of 2019, after taking beginner bridge lessons and playing duplicate bridge for a couple of months. During...