Tony & Diane kicked off the Fall Bridge outing with a dinner at their home in Cumming (il Buon Vento) on Wednesday, October 22. Here Tony & Gaye (Diane's sister) prepare appetizers.

JoAnne, Don, & Dolores enjoy the appetizers at Tony & Diane's.

Josh, Ken, & Bill discuss the state of the election at Tony & Diane's.

JoAnne (lower right) taking a picture of Jan, Don, & Dolores at dinner Friday night at Orchard Inn.

More of the Friday night dinner crowd.

John & JoAnne collaborate.

The Chairman holds forth after dinner Friday night, explaining Saturday's agenda.

Saturday's view from the Orchard Inn dining area.

Orchard Inn

Saluda's downtown is a place where time has almost stood still.

JoAnne, Bill, John, & Ken rest after lunch in downtown Saluda Saturday.

Happy hour Saturday afternoon.

Orchard Inn's porch.

Libby & Dolores at dinner Saturday night. Libby & Jim flew in from Prague to have dinner with us.

We celebrated Josh & Jan's birthday at Saluda's Purple Onion Restaurant Saturday night. Here Jan, Josh, Jeanne, deJarnette, Reed, and Elaine admire the chef's handiwork.

The group roasted the birthday pair with humorous birthday cards.

The Chariman explained the background of the traveling prize for the player with the lowest bridge score ...

read a few selections ...

and presented it to Elaine.

Vivian earned high score. Our next outing, winter bridge, is scheduled for January 23 & 24, 2009 in Atlanta. Join us!