Weichsel

“Although sedentary, bridge is surprisingly grueling because of the mental energy and concentration required,” Weichsel said from his home in Southern California.

Many professional players, including Hamman and Weichsel, had to shift to playing online for the first time themselves.

Kolesnik wanted to know if, um, maybe Hamman and his longtime bridge partner, Peter Weichsel, 77, would join his team for this year’s North American Online Bridge Championships Premier Knockout, being held from July 23 to Aug. 2?

Defense attorney John Weichsel said repeated police visits caused his client to snap.

Some venerable butchers remain: Weichsel Beef, Louis Zucker & Co. and the London Meat Company, crammed into the city-run Gansevoort Meat Market cooperative tucked under the High Line.