When I travel abroad, I like to find places that have NTN and meet people
I have seen either on the NTN boards or corresponded with on the
BadBart discussion board.
On February 27, 2001 I played Showdown at Shannon's in
Long Beach, California.
I was in Long Beach that week attending the IBM Share Conference at the
Long Beach Convention Center, located about 5 miles away.
Also in attendance at the conference was COOGS from Catbirds
in Houston.
After a long day at the conference, it was very relaxing to get together
with him for a few drinks and play some games in the evening.
Shannon's is a small pub which provides no restaurant service.
However, Italian restaurants are located on each side and both offer
take-out service.
We ranked 7th overall that night in Showdown with a score of
60,473.
From left to right:
R MAC,
GASBAG,
SIRIUS,
MR ALE,
QBERT
and
COOGS (on the phone with his girlfriend AARDVK in Houston).
MR ALE was a superb host and we spent many hours chatting both
nights I played there.