Bananagramers

On Sunday morning, Dan and I were back at Big Bear, eating bagels and drinking lattes. Only this time we had our new game with us: bananagrams. A word game similar to boggle or scrabble, all the letter tiles fit inside a yellow banana-shaped case. Sitting at the counter, we spilled all the letters out onto the hard wood, and turned them face down. (Yes, the barista was staring--but only because he was curious. Big Bear is one of those places where you really can whip out board games). After we each picked 21 words, we raced against each other to see who could create a group of intertwining words (like a scrabble board) the fastest. Each time one of us turned our letters into complete, coherent, dictionary-approved words, the person would shout "peal" and both of us would delve into the pool of letters and pick another tile. It's a fast-paced game, and so we were deeply concentrated on our tiles and seeing what words could be made out of them. Only occassionally we'd sip our stevia-sweetened drinks and take bites into our bagel-and-cream cheese sandwiches. It was a clear beautiful day, and even though we were inside, the giant windows gave us a great view of the outdoors. A perfect way to relax from all the wedding planning and just be.