It's 7 p.m. on a Tuesday, and Suzanne Babayan is easing around her crowded kitchen in her Clayton home, passing hors d'oeuvres. Glasses of soda and bottles of wine decorate the counters, and from ...

These days the Bunco Babes serve up kolaczkis, paczkis, brownies and other delicacies, but no more fake chocolate. Bunco nights usually start with dinner, and then the dice rolling can last for hours.

In bunco, teams of two compete, rolling dice to match the number 1, then 2 and so on up to 6. Points are tallied, and the first team to reach 21 hits a bell. Winners move to the next table.

Evelyn Corrales gets together twice a month with the “bunco babes” to enjoy friendships developed over a lifetime. Corrales is one of three original members of the group of 12 women who ...