Don't tell your grandma about our October meeting

October Meeting confirmed for the 20th. Married Joy will finally grace us with her scotch selection, and Geoff is going to pick out a story for us. See you all then!

Two Scotch Tastings Coming Up

Get signed up for the local scotch tastings:

Johnnie Walker- September 25th- 10PM slot

Celebrate the Macallan- October 8th- 8:30PM slot

August and September Meetings came and went

In August, Lindsay picked the story "But" by Anne Donovan. It was a good read that got everyone talking. In August Mere ran into a recent DC arrival, Geoff. He made his first appearance tonight at the September meeting. Tonight Mere picked the story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor. Steve got the scotch and it was delicious. A good evening all around with the crew plus our new member Geoff.

Summer Hiatus and Happy Hour

Announcing a July Hiatus from S & SS... everyone is so hot... so travel-y...

Happy Hour sometime in July!

August meeting:
date: TBD
Host: Josh & Mere
Story: Lindsay
Scotch: Joy

June Meeting- the 23rd

We were riding light this month... busy summer days of travel and the like... but a healthy group made it out to Lindsay's place for our first meeting outside of D.C.

Steve C. selected The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs in a loving tribute to the Simpsons
http://www.americanliterature.com/Jacobs/SS/TheMonkeysPaw.html

Monkey's Paw just keeps popping up over the last few days... just last night on Colbert he mentioned the Monkey's Paw in relation to the oil spill. 

Colbert Clip of the Monkey's Paw

Good news on a new possible member- Ohio's loss is D.C.'s gain with Lauren. We'll see if she actually gets a glass.

The Scotch this week was Xi's pick-- delicious.

May meeting memories

The May meeting went great. Alex chose "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson:
http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/lotry.html

Some of us had read the story in school- it was new for others. Glad my name isn't Tessie Hutchinson.

Next meeting to be held in VA!  

From Sheds to Shakin it in NJ

The March meeting was great- thanks to Mike for picking out a really interesting story and giving us a lot of background and really good discussion questions to build on. The scotch was delightful as usual (thanks Lindsay).

The April Meeting is tomorrow night. We will be reading a selection from "The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" by Junot Díaz and meeting at Alex's place. Mike is bringing the Scotch. See you soon!