Tonight I had a double date with my dear friends who I miss terribly since my separation. My ex and I spent many a fun evening or weekend or week with these two beautiful souls.
Tonight’s date started at the Bus Terminal Diner. It was delightful step back in time. Beers in bottles. Diner food served quickly with a smile. Not awesome, but not horrible. Records aligned the ceiling as decoration. It was perfect really.
After dinner the four of us moved up the street a touch to Danforth Bowl. OH MY…what an absolutely adorable place. My moment today was stepping back in time into this tiny bowling alley. No automated scoring, there were no vending machines or a fancy kitchen/bar. This place (seriously) looked as if you were in someone’s basement (albeit a long basement)! There were 3 sets of kitchen tables (and chairs) aligning the 6 lanes and fold out chairs for goodness sake!
Norm greeted us with a smile and warmly and quickly suited us up with shoes and a clipboard and pencil. We made our way to lane 1. I was giddy. Such a cute sweet place. I had no idea it existed. I LOVE when that happens. And, to top it off, this place was FULL of happy, fun energy. Debbie dropped by to give us advice on aiming straight down the middle. Another gentleman on our way out was selling us hard on the Wednesday night league. You could tell that this crew had fun. What an incredible experience and so much fun with three people that mean so much to me. I can’t wait to revisit Norm and his bowling alley again soon!
Tonight’s date started at the Bus Terminal Diner. It was delightful step back in time. Beers in bottles. Diner food served quickly with a smile. Not awesome, but not horrible. Records aligned the ceiling as decoration. It was perfect really.
After dinner the four of us moved up the street a touch to Danforth Bowl. OH MY…what an absolutely adorable place. My moment today was stepping back in time into this tiny bowling alley. No automated scoring, there were no vending machines or a fancy kitchen/bar. This place (seriously) looked as if you were in someone’s basement (albeit a long basement)! There were 3 sets of kitchen tables (and chairs) aligning the 6 lanes and fold out chairs for goodness sake!
Norm greeted us with a smile and warmly and quickly suited us up with shoes and a clipboard and pencil. We made our way to lane 1. I was giddy. Such a cute sweet place. I had no idea it existed. I LOVE when that happens. And, to top it off, this place was FULL of happy, fun energy. Debbie dropped by to give us advice on aiming straight down the middle. Another gentleman on our way out was selling us hard on the Wednesday night league. You could tell that this crew had fun. What an incredible experience and so much fun with three people that mean so much to me. I can’t wait to revisit Norm and his bowling alley again soon!
Here’s a photo I took:
And yes. That’s it. That’s the ENTIRE bowling alley. I think I may need to organize an official Lebowski tournament in the near future!
Moments from the past.
Moments of good, fun, down-to-earth people.
