South Florida Social Shenanigans

Let’s test our trivia chops and kick back with good drinks and great company! We’re checking out Think and Drink Trivia at the charming and historic Blue Anchor Pub, known for its classic English pub menu and bar with beer and cocktails.

📍 Why Blue Anchor?

This cozy spot isn’t just about tasty bites and pints—it’s also steeped in history, with an interior imported from an actual English pub dating back to the 1800s. It’s the perfect setting for a night of clever questions and pub camaraderie.

Important RSVP Info – Please Read!

To make sure everyone has a seat and the venue can accommodate us:

• Priority will be given to regular attendees.
• Tables are first-come, first-served. The hosts will arrive early to grab tables in advance for two teams—if you RSVP and then no-show, you may be removed from the group (yep, we have to be that strict!).
• RSVPs close the day before the event. Please update your RSVP if your plans change so someone else can join.

Looking forward to seeing our trivia regulars and welcoming new faces!

https://www.theblueanchorpub.com/

The Blue Anchor has a rich history of being haunted... Built in London in the 1840's during Jack The Ripper times, Bertha Starkey lived above the bar with her husband, who was gone for long lengths of time due to work. One night while her husband was away, Bertha invited a gentleman over for a visit... her husband came home early, found the two in a compromising position and murdered them both. For over a century, the pub has been haunted by the ghost of the young Bertha Starkey.

Years later the bar was razed in London, but its facade and rich wood interior features were disassembled and shipped to New York City. They were stored there until 1996 when they were brought to Delray Beach; along with the ghost of Bertha. To this day in Delray Beach, footsteps can be heard at night after closing, candles light and extinguish themselves along with banging pots and pans and the sound of Bertha wailing. New bar owners and local residents, Mark and Peggy Snyder, welcome you to The Blue Anchor. Enjoy great food, drinks, soccer and the sounds of Bertha each night!

Let's get together and discuss The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware.

From Amazon:

From New York Times best-selling author of the "twisty-mystery" (Vulture) novel In a Dark, Dark Wood comes The Woman in Cabin 10, an equally suspenseful and haunting novel from Ruth Ware - this time set at sea.

In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christie's works, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. At first Lo's stay is nothing but pleasant: The cabins are plush, the dinner parties are sparkling, and the guests are elegant. But as the week wears on, frigid winds whip the deck, gray skies fall, and Lo witnesses what she can describe only as a dark and terrifying nightmare: a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for - and so the ship sails on as if nothing has happened, despite Lo's desperate attempts to convey that something (or someone) has gone terribly, terribly wrong.

With surprising twists, spine-tingling turns, and a setting that proves as uncomfortably claustrophobic as it is eerily beautiful, Ruth Ware offers up another taut and intense listen in The Woman in Cabin 10 - one that will leave even the most sure-footed listener restlessly uneasy long after the last minute ends.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FXZFH82

Let's get together and discuss Mickey7 by Edward Ashton.

From Amazon:

Dying isn’t any fun…but at least it’s a living.

Mickey Barnes is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whenever there’s a mission that’s too dangerous—even suicidal—the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact. After six deaths, Mickey7 understands the terms of his deal…and why it was the only colonial position unfilled when he took it.

On a routine scouting mission, Mickey7 goes missing and is presumed dead. By the time he returns to the colony base, surprisingly helped back by native life, his fate has been sealed. There’s a new clone, Mickey8, reporting for Expendable duties, and there can only be one Expendable. If Mickey7 reports his survival to Command, one of them is going into the recycler. If he doesn’t and they’re caught, they both are.

Meanwhile, life on Niflheim is getting worse. The atmosphere is unsuitable for humans, food is in short supply, and terraforming is going poorly. The native species are growing curious about their new neighbors, and that curiosity has Commander Marshall very afraid. Ultimately, the survival of both lifeforms will come down to Mickey7.

That is, if he can just keep from dying for good.

https://www.amazon.com/Mickey7-A-Novel/dp/B094DTWPNV/

Let's get together and discuss The Tenant by Freida McFadden.

From Amazon:

There's no place like home…

Blake Porter is riding high, until he's not. Fired abruptly from his job as a VP of marketing and unable to make the mortgage payments on the new brownstone he shares with his fiancée, he's desperate to make ends meet.
Enter Whitney. Beautiful, charming, down-to-earth, and looking for a room to rent. She's exactly what Blake's looking for. Or is she?

Because something isn't quite right. The neighbors start treating Blake differently. The smell of decay permeates his home, no matter how hard he scrubs. Strange noises jar him awake in the middle of the night. And soon Blake fears someone knows his darkest secrets…

Danger lives right at home, and by the time Blake realizes it, it'll be far too late. The trap is already set.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden knocks at your door with a gripping story of revenge, privilege, and secrets turned sour…

https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Studios-on-Brilliance-Tenant/dp/B0DQWW579V/