Blogging the Last Night at Ship of Fools

It was a hard night for The Ship, as it was the last time we entered Ship of Fools for our weekly match.  Always ready for some stiff competition, we will do our best to stuck one in the Hootie (or two in the Blowfish).  Follow all the action here, and see if we come out ahead.

Official Farewell to SOF

Spring 2011 Season - Bon Voyage

The Ship has seen a lot of things in the ten years we have been at this.  There have been weddings and a baby boom. People have moved away, and many have switched jobs.  We have traveled, gotten sick, changed apartments, gained weight, lost weight, and all other manner of life events.  
But the one constant in (almost) all that time has been Ship of Fools.  Every Tuesday home game, we knew we'd be in the back room at Ship.  Sometimes we were the only people in the bar, and sometimes it was completely packed.  We have played on the front board, when there were two other games going on, and we have played in the back room in our own private space.  We've had people bumping in to us while shooting pool, UES Democrats running around during games, softball players, beer pong players, and any number of people wandering into our game looking for the bathroom.
We've gone through an uncountable number of waitresses who have put up with us, learned our drink orders, and brought us burritos an quesadillas, jalepeño poppers and grappa, large glasses with small amounts of bourbon, small glasses with large amounts of bourbon, burgers, beers, and the holy of holies - the buffalo chicken salad with the "green dressing" on the side.
Every home game we check the board, get the score table ready, make sure we have seats on "our side" of the room, and we spread out.  We make ourselves at home.  And just like home, there may be little things that bug us, like the temperature, but we still love it.  Surrounded by a room full of friends, more TVs than a Best Buy, eating and drinking and playing a goofy game all night, it is about as comfortable a place as I've ever lived.
So it will be very strange to see it go this season.  We will only have two more home games, and after the March 29 match we will be heading to a new place every Tuesday.  I'm sure we will be able to find a place that will be happy to have our team, and a place where we will enjoy to play.  Of course everything else about our Tuesdays will still be great.  But it will never be home.
Bon Voyage, Ship of Fools.  We will miss you.