We had a great weekend with the Lipcans, filled with variations on this theme:

with a little soccer and tennis foolishness mixed in. Plus a few local garage sales and some shanghai rummy.

And... we bought a carpet for our dining room from Material Culture. It was difficult to make a decision but I really like what we ended up with.

6'1" husband for scale:

Now what we really want to do is save up for this table and these chairs (or something like them) from The Old Farm Table Company, based in Virginia: