For this month we have settled on Saturday, December 11, at 5 PM.

We will play a conversational game first, and then maybe a board game or two. Scroll down for details. I got some sparkling cider, and we still have two types of beer from the last time. Please come fully vaccinated.

See you soon!

Post scriptum:

• We had one new amazing person joining us;
• we played an improvised game asking and answering questions starting with "I always wondered why some people...?" and then switched to ridiculous questions, like from where to grow the third arm;
• we talked about male porn star bodies, early marriages and long marriages, nude beaches and reptiles, child care, being evil dictators and forcing regulations, places to be chained to for twenty years, polarization in society and difficulty to discuss edgy subjects;
• I noticed significant differences about word "systemic" in English and German;
• we listened to parts of a comedy musical (The Book of Mormon), and modern club music, along with folk music from Africa, Middle East, through Spain (Romani), with occasional Paderewski and other Slavs;
• we had green grapes, black bean hummus with blue corn tortilla chips and red bell peppers, crispy German pretzels with two types of mustard, flax seed crackers, peanut butter crisps, fig bars, dark chocolate almonds, toasted legumes, Brussels sprout puffs (which reminded me of my favorite snack in childhood), kombucha, red wine, beers, concord grape juice, fresh lemonade, and 14-flower infusion.

• Goals: fun, conversation, play
• Properties: private, informal, recurrent
• What: please bring games and ideas, and make sure you have a drink you like and maybe snacks (more below)
• Why: we only have 5 games, so it would be nice to have more choices
• Who: friends, people who we like, a person who you would like to accompany you
• Place: Oceanside, California, Airport neighborhood, North of 76 and Benet or Foussat, on a hill behind a small river, the house is on the right, at the round end of the short destination street
• Parking: there is a big street light on the right side of the house, caution: in the garden, step only on the white stones
• Organizing: by invitation only, sent via text (SMS) or email, please tell me whether you are coming, and whether you want to bring someone, within 3 days, so I have a chance to invite other people in case of "no", who may live further away or are less familiar with the crowd, and please send me a note if you would like to attend and I have not messaged you for some reason
• Dress Code: smart casual, dressy casual, creative outfit
• Setup: inside, one large room, leave your shoes on, hard floor, open windows for air circulation, big table with 12 soft chairs, coffee table with 8 soft armchairs (neck support), guest bathroom in front of the main entry diagonally to the left (North), the first door in the opposite to the kitchen direction
• Food and Drinks: please bring drinks and snacks you would enjoy, easy to handle and share, we will have simple refreshments
• Food Arrangement: Swedish style, pick and pour your drink, select your food yourself, take as much as you like, take your drink and plate to your seat
• Dishes: open kitchen near the big table - please find what you need, all silverware is in a big drawer to the right of the refrigerator, all glasses and plates are in a glass shelf by the bigger kitchen window, to the right - drinking glasses, standard wine (24), highball (12), tea (9) and smaller coffee (9) glass cups, to the left - white porcelain plates and small bowls, bigger glass bowls (4), serving plates (5)