The self-proclaimed Mahjong Mavens have been meeting once a week to play Mahjong for over six years. The friendly group met in a beginner’s Mahjong class hosted by the Palos Verdes School district. Karen Smith tells us, “Occasionally, we’ve taken field trips to Chinatown to ‘procure supplies’ and fortifications (knick-knacks and lunch). We are mostly moms & grandmoms with grown up kids who have navigated various PV schools and now have kiddos of their own in said schools. ‘The circle of life.”