Our building happens to be right on Main Street in our town; I don’t think our neighbors would appreciate a bonfire. Some guys do chill out back with cigars, though.

Warm fraternal greetings from the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the oldest grand lodge in the western hemisphere (despite what PA and VA might say).

At one of my lodges, our June regular communication (before we go on break for the summer) is focused primarily on fellowship. Dress code is relaxed from jacket-and-tie to Hawaiian shirt and shorts, we have the shortest possible meeting, and then retire downstairs for surf-and-turf. Brothers who have moved too far away to attend regularly make a point to come for this, and it tends to be a popular night for visitors as well. We went through about 50 lobsters and 32 pounds of ribeye steaks this year.