johnny

yep, i think we actually have a couple duckpin places in the city. i'd been to this particular place as a kid but never thought about it till now. we (my dad, who was in town for the night, my fiance and i) had dinner at this great rooftop place down on the southside of the city in one of the sketchy arts districts, and the duckpin bowling happens to be in the same building. dad was the one who suggested, and while i'd normally shy away from any sort of bowling, i thought "what the hell." pulled of my big ole boots and slapped on some stinky bowling shoes. i actually have a birth defect in my right arm which makes regular bowling painful sometimes, but this didn't hurt at all - except my fingertips because of the way i threw the ball. so we played our last game all left-handed and i did so much better. funny what you find out...

anyway, quite worth it if you can find a place near you. just to do something different. or, when all else fails, go swinging on some forgotten swing set!