July 24: Iota and Bloody Marys

After a slightly disastrous concert I performed in (in short, it was crazy hot and the super hot sun was shining directly on me, making my saxophone play super out of tune and making me feel generally uncomfortable the whole time!), my husband and I had a delightful dining out experience at the Fox Creek Tavern in Ipswich. We sat at the bar and played a cute little game I brought called "Iota", which is kinda a mix of Scrabble and Set (You use cards with different shapes, numbers, and colors on them to create word-like spreads of up to 4 cards and connect them like on a scrabble board. The cards in a spread either have to have all the same shape, number and/or color, or all different shapes, numbers, and/or colors. (For example, a spread could be 4 blue square | 3 blue square | 2 blue square | 1 blue square, which is SAME color, SAME shape, DIFFERENT number).

Three young guys sat next to us and were thoroughly entertaining to listen to. They were all *just* barely 21. The bartender asked for their IDs, and one of them said "I'm flattered you think I'm so young" which is something you say if you're like 40, but he was literally 21, and the bartender thought it was hilarious he would make that comment. Then they proceeded to order drinks, but totally didn't know how to order drinks, because they had no clue what anything was. The flattered guy ordered a bloody mary and the two others ordered beers, after sampling a few beers they didn't like. After trying his bloody mary, the flattered guy asked the bartender if he could have something else; he said, "I didn't know what a bloody mary was, I just thought it sounded cool" but he thought it was awful. (I also think that blood marys are awful.... tomato juice, Tabasco, and Worcestershire sauce with alcohol?!? no way. But I know better than to actually ORDER one! hahahaha). 

As we continued to play Iota, we took up more and more space at the bar, and I apologized to the flattered guy for encroaching on his space. He didn't care at all, and proceeded to ask about the game. We explained to him the rules and how to play, and it was entertaining seeing him try to figure it out. It was a delightful evening; I have very much missed going out to dinner and playing games with my husband. 

With delight,

♥Jamie