Palm Beach Area Mensa

Wednesday, Sept. 6, 6:30pm: ExComm Meeting. Come join the local officers and members at large as we discuss the local group activities. All members are welcome to come listen, share ideas, and volunteer. Online via Zoom; Meeting ID: 869 6767 3030, Passcode: 768236 (Zoom Link).

Saturday, Sept. 9, noon: Downtown Lunch Bunch at Over Ez's Cafe, 15 N J St., Lake Worth. New to downtown Lake Worth, this is the new incarnation of Jo-Jo's Cafe on Lantana Road. The same menu, and the same owners/managers, just a new location, featuring made-from-scratch biscuits and gravy, "hungry-man" breakfasts that start with three eggs, pancakes, sandwiches and sloppy joes, etc. A great addition to the neighborhood, at the corner of Lucerne Avenue and J Street. Please RSVP on Meetup or to Amy Shaughnessy at aesdth@yahoo.com or 561-352-9245.

Sunday, Sept. 10, 5:30pm: Second Sunday Dinner at Del Fuego, 900 East Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach, 561-865-5629 (https://www.delfuegorestaurant.com/delray-beach-fl). This is Tex-Mex-themed place along the Intracoastal with Nachos Del Fuego (of course), Shrimp Ceviche, Sizzling Fajitas, Pan-Seared Mahi-Mahi, Surf & Turf, Fuego Burger, and you get the picture. RSVP on Meetup or elissa12@bellsouth.net or 561-703-9898 by September 9 at noon.

Friday, Sept. 15, 5:15 pm: Happy Hour in Palm Beach Gardens at The Cooper, 4810 PGA Blvd, PB Gardens. Happy Hours at fashionable The Cooper are 3:00 to 6:00 with featured cocktails at $6.50 and $7.00 bar bites such as salmon tartare, lamb sliders, curry chicken crostini, and zucchini fritters. You may want to stay on for their Summer prix-fixe 3-course menu ($35 per person); August's entree choices were 14-oz. NY strip steak, chicken Milanese, or baked New England cod. Please RSVP on Meetup or to Amy Shaughnessy at aesdth@yahoo.com or 561-352-9245.

Thursday, Sept. 21, 6:00pm: Virtual Happy Hour to Discuss Books. We'll be discussing two books at the September meeting - After Death, by Dean Koontz, suggested by Kelton Joyner, is a post-Doomsday thriller in which the protagonist must stop a vicious assassin; and Whalefall, by Daniel Kraus, suggested by Elissa Rudolph (who had read part of it); its hero, while diving in the Pacific, is seized by a giant squid, and then both are swallowed by a whale, while said hero has only one hour's worth of oxygen left before his tank is empty. More information about our Zoom meetings in my column Meeting ID: 858 0295 0276, Passcode: happy (Zoom link). RSVP on Meetup or to Amy Shaughnessy at aesdth@yahoo.com or at 561-352-9245.

Tuesday, Sept. 26, 5:00 pm: Happy Hour in Boca Raton at Taverna Kyma, 5298 N Federal Hwy, Boca Raton. Happy Hours are 4:00 to 7:00, at the Bar only, with a great variety of small plates like keftedes or spanakopita for $5; pikilia or salads for $6; calamari, saganaki, or sausage and fries for $7. If you still have room, stay for dinner of pastitsio or lamb chops!  Please RSVP on Meetup or to Amy Shaughnessy at aesdth@yahoo.com or 561-352-9245.

Dates to be determined: Magnificent Mensa Scribes meets (varying dates, currently alternate Thursdays at 7 pm, might change again; this month 9/14, 9/28) online via Zoom (invitation sent the day before). Rumors of its demise are false! Are you a writer or aspire to be one? Join Alice Silver and our Mensan Scribes to hone your skills and to learn about getting published. For info, go ask Alice at alicessss@aol.com.

Online events of interest

Theodore Talk: Citizen Science with SciStarter: People Powered Science, Sept. 24, 3:30 pm (ET). Register: https://tinyurl.com/5fdkpvdz--Emma Giles, Manager of Public Outreach and Programs, SciStarter.

M Virtual Discussion Group SIG: Dedicated to discussing things such as current events, philosophy, and anything of interest. On Zoom Saturdays from 2 to 3 pm. (Meeting ID: 867 2610 8623; Passcode: 1234; Zoom Link, ICS Calendar Link) For more info, email Ken Lawrence at MVirtualDiscussionGroup@gmail.com

San Francisco Regional Mensa Monthly Zoom Presentation: Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex and Gender (Adults Only, Mensans Only), Sept. 17, 5:30 PM (ET) Details: https://www.facebook.com/groups/zrsvp (Join SFRM Facebook or Meetup group to show them you're a Mensan).

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Women only

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