Holy cow. I forgot how much fun bowling is!! Real, old school bowling. Not virtual bowling (which we did last weekend, and was the inspiration for doing the real thing this weekend). But the go-to-the-bowling-alley, everybody wear matching ugly and moderately disgusting bowling shoes, buy pitchers of beer, come up with team names and cheers, pick out the PERFECT bowling ball - which is kind of greasy from all the dirty hands that touch it each day (mine was neon pink and 7 pounds...I called it Bubble Yum), and get out there and knock those pins down.
There were 8 of us playing, I'm pretty sure we drank 9 pitchers of beer, and we had a fabulous time. What a great place to be - I'm almost certain we'll be back to the bowling alley on Pico Blvd. again real soon.
Some great observations from the night (including the time at Barney's after bowling, where we stayed until bar time without intending to):
1. Sometimes I get uncomfortable when people try to kiss me and I'm not ready:
2. A nice gal pal shot makes me feel waaaaay more at ease:
3. If you have a camera, completely empty bowling alley (it was the 30 minutes of no-bowl time while they were setting up for disco bowl), time to kill, and a bunch of people that love to ham it up, you can get some pretty spectacular pics:
4. There is a lot of pressure in bowling...when you get a gutter ball...you almost don't even want to show your face anymore (especially when you have teammates heckling you on the walk back):
5. Girlfriend photos are all fun and games...
....until someone tries to break your neck/twist your head off (reallllllly not sure what LK was trying to do to me here - I must have been beating her at that point in the game...she's very competitive!):
6. Apparently guys can have babies too! Or they at least shove things up their shirts sometimes to pretend they can (looks like we're very excited about our bright blue, 11 pound bundle of joy):
7. Some people are just way better at taking self-portraits than others (LK), and should take the camera away from the lesser-skilled (LM), even if it's mid-shot:
9. Beware of boys....in photos, and really just in general:
10. Make sure you wear super cute skinny jeans to the alley so you look fabulous like this if someone sneaks an action shot of you (I think I might buy those exact same pants now):
There were 8 of us playing, I'm pretty sure we drank 9 pitchers of beer, and we had a fabulous time. What a great place to be - I'm almost certain we'll be back to the bowling alley on Pico Blvd. again real soon.
Some great observations from the night (including the time at Barney's after bowling, where we stayed until bar time without intending to):
1. Sometimes I get uncomfortable when people try to kiss me and I'm not ready:
2. A nice gal pal shot makes me feel waaaaay more at ease:
3. If you have a camera, completely empty bowling alley (it was the 30 minutes of no-bowl time while they were setting up for disco bowl), time to kill, and a bunch of people that love to ham it up, you can get some pretty spectacular pics:4. There is a lot of pressure in bowling...when you get a gutter ball...you almost don't even want to show your face anymore (especially when you have teammates heckling you on the walk back):
5. Girlfriend photos are all fun and games...
....until someone tries to break your neck/twist your head off (reallllllly not sure what LK was trying to do to me here - I must have been beating her at that point in the game...she's very competitive!):
6. Apparently guys can have babies too! Or they at least shove things up their shirts sometimes to pretend they can (looks like we're very excited about our bright blue, 11 pound bundle of joy):
7. Some people are just way better at taking self-portraits than others (LK), and should take the camera away from the lesser-skilled (LM), even if it's mid-shot:8. Gotta keep those spirits up, even when the strikes aren't coming as frequently as you would like (beer also helps):
9. Beware of boys....in photos, and really just in general:
10. Make sure you wear super cute skinny jeans to the alley so you look fabulous like this if someone sneaks an action shot of you (I think I might buy those exact same pants now):
Alas, no one got a turkey. 4 of us got multiple two-in-a-rows, but no gobble gobble. But it was still fantastic fun - if you haven't bowled any time recently...you really need to get out there and give it a whirl! And the genius bowling alley gave us all BOGO coupons upon leaving. Brilliant. We can't pass up an offer like that, can we?!
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