The Irregulars’ annual banquet has become the centerpiece of five days of celebration in Manhattan attended by several hundred Sherlockians from around the world. There also was the 16th annual Christopher Morley Walk through Manhattan to McSorley’s Ale House in the East Village, and an Indian-themed Holmes group, the Pondicherry Lodgers, met for their annual dinner in Midtown. PhotoMr. Lellenberg, a former policy strategy analyst for the Department of Defense, still attends the events in Manhattan, but not the Irregulars’ dinner. “These guys are kind of anachronistic — they wanted to take the group back to the 1930s,” Mr. Whelan said. Photo“They write well and they bring a lot of energy to the group,” Mr. Whelan said.

Source: New York Times January 14, 2018 22:41 UTC