When I moved to Madison in 1997, it was hard to make friends who weren't also scientists because I was working a lot. I walked over to an ultimate frisbee game at Vilas park, started playing, and stumbled into an awesome group of people who became really close friends. We joined a "new" team that still persists to this day, more than 15 years later, though we haven't played in a few years since the games conflict with Eli's activities. But we met so many great people through frisbee that made our lives so much more fun.
Even though we hadn't played in several years, the idea that frisbee would be a good way to meet people remains fresh. So this morning we walked down the road to Princes Park for a pickup game we found online. We were nervous, having not played, but were welcomed in right away. They had a vibrant group of people and we fit right in. Just like 20 years ago, within a few hours we had met a whole bunch of different people who were super friendly. Very excited to come again next week.
Though both Shelby and I expect to be very sore tomorrow!
--dave
