The evening before involved a rather large outing of sorts.

Some 265 or so of friends, colleagues, their family, friends, colleagues and clients. Attending either through Gotham City Networking, Inc.® or Kings FDR Tolerance Foundation of FDR Lodge 613, Knights of Pythias.

Citifield. Mets v. Yankees. Five home runs.

Fireworks during the game and after.

Some left happy because of one outcome (which disappointed others).

(If only this score above held but it was nice why it lasted.  Thanks Roy Fenichel for this pic.)

But overall a mixture of Gotham and Knights made for some good hanging out.

Many introductions made across both group. Some involved business. Others involved social recommendations. One connected a Pythian Camp graduate, now a member of the City Council, with the president of the camp. Two Pythians who did not even know they shared a lodge reconnected. Heck, even the stadium usher for our two sections was a member of my lodge.

I only wish my team at Citifield succeeded the way the team I played with at my elementary school gym succeeded at hoops in the morning.  Next time we have an evening at Citifield, maybe I'll shun making game winning shots if that kind of reverse karma helps my beloved baseball team prevail at the end.

We arrived early. Left late.  As we usually say at the lodge when reporting on events, " a good time had by all."