Palm Beach Area Mensa

Wednesday, Sept. 4, 5pm: Happy Hour Feast in Boynton Beach at Café Frankie's, 640 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. Frankie the Parrot may greet you at this easy cafe serving ziti, eggplant parmesan, and other Italian fare - Happy Hour food, vegan dishes, home-made ravioli, and Margarita pizza. It's in Ocean Plaza, right by the harbor and there's outdoor seating with a trellis. Please RSVP on Meetup or to Amy Shaughnessy at aesdth@yahoo.com or at 561-352-9245.

Sunday, Sept. 8, 5:30pm: Second Sunday Dinner at Tavolo Winebar & Tuscan Grille, 8260 Jog Rd, Boynton Beach, 561-336-3862 (https://www.tavolowinebar.com/Tavolo-Italian-Kitchen-Bar). Typical pasta, pizza, Italian everything locale with interesting appetizers: Salumeria Board, Burrata Fig Flatbread, Fried Risotto Balls (they were out when I was there last time). Luscious entrees too: Lobster Ravioli, Shrimp Scampi Fra Diavolo, Penne Cardinale. RSVP to Elissa (elissa12@bellsouth.net) or on Meetup by noon on September 7.

Saturday, Sept. 14, 5pm: Movable Feast in West Palm Beach at Lynora's Kitchen, 3301 S Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach. Family owned and operated, inspired by the flavors of Italy. Casual al fresco seating in a very converted former gas station. All the familiar Italian cuisine, with vegetarian dishes as well. Please RSVP on Meetup or to Amy Shaughnessy at aesdth@yahoo.com or at 561-352-9245.

Tuesday, Sept. 17, 6:30pm: ExComm Meeting on Zoom. All Palm Beach Area Mensa members are welcome to attend. We try to limit those meetings to thirty minutes or as close to it as we can. After the ExComm discusses each agenda item, other local group members can make brief comments before we vote. The Zoom link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83711242466?pwd=C789UT8f92tRuskaP2B9aWbYmN03ps.1. Copy this link, paste it into your browser and it will allow you to observe the meeting. [Meetup]

Thursday, Sept. 19, 6pm: Palm Beach Area Literary Society. Our innovative Zoom book group is holding our interest for a broad selection of books each month. And we continue to circle back to previous selections that merit further delving. The Demon of Unrest by Eric Larson proved to be a powerfully close examination of the events leading up to the Civil War and its people and times, evoking the heartbreak of events on each faction. Disclosureby Michael Crichton had a daunting level of detail about the corporation and the corporate culture, but the plot was a real table-turner. For September, we proposed a couple of off-beat topics. The Bees, by Laline Paull, details the course of life in a hive, in general but also as a poetic, sensual story that follows the life of Flora, a sanitationworker bee; it includes the role of the dances that provide location codes for new food sources. Also, The Ants,by Edward O. Wilson and Bert Holldobler, is an examination of how antslive, in thorough detail. A member new to our group has proposed 12 Months to Live,by James Patterson and Mike Lupika, that centers around a hotshot attorney on a case involving the mob while she is battling cancer. The Ministry of Time, by Kaliane Bradley, looks at a government ministry seeking time travelers from across history to establish the fabric of space-time. And, we have a Scott Turow murder mystery, Identical,that combines twins, Greeks, and murder. 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. 24, 5:30pm: Moveable Feast in Palm Beach Gardens at Limoncello, 2000 PGA Blvd. Suite 3110, Palm Beach Gardens. It's time for the Summer specials, including at the sister restaurant to Barcello, where we went in July. It's the same good deal - 50 % off the regular prices for main course entrees ordered between 5:00 and 6:00 (no specials or splitting). Make sure you arrive in time to order before 6:00! The trattoria, located in City Centre, PGA Blvd., serves handmade pastas and other classic entrees, as well as limoncello. Please RSVP on Meetup or to Amy Shaughnessy at aesdth@yahoo.com or at 561-352-9245.

Dates to be determined: Magnificent Mensa Scribes meets (currently alternate Thursdays at 7 pm) online via Zoom (invitation sent the day before). 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.

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