Saturday 08/10/13 Sue and I held The Great 2013 Dog Days of Summer Backgammon Tournament And Gazpacho Madness get together. The weather forecast had been threatening showers, but the day was so nice that we sat outside the entire time enjoying a beautiful summer evening. This was a much better experience than some of the scorchers that we've had recently where the air is so heavy you can't walk through it.

As soon as Sue and I got back from shopping, we both started in with our prep work. Sue had already made the sangria and had that chilling in the refrigerator, but she still had the strawberry shortcake to make. I was fixing a classic though chunky version of Spanish cold Gazpacho soup. That was a lot of work getting that ready; just a load of chopping and then mixing of ingredients.

So, while the Gazpacho sat, ingredients melding together, Sue and I went out onto the deck and started playing backgammon and enjoying the afternoon weather.

As folks arrived, they swapped into the couple of boards that we had going. Everyone had a good time, and Sue's sangria was a huge hit! We ate around 7:20pm and got the movie of the night, the 2009 A Perfect Getaway, which turned out to be a really, really good thriller.

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