bowling at 300(not to be confused with bowling a 300)

Bob and Claire and I went bowling awhile ago (March 21st, to be precise) and I forgot all about the photos because we were getting ready for vacation.  

We checked out a newer place in Pasadena called 300.

It was a bit too loud and dark for our tastes (there were teenybopper music videos playing on the wall above the lanes, and everything was flashing and animated, everywhere, and the music suggested the bowling alley also doubles as a rave during off hours) (do I sound like a little old lady?) but the bowling part was great, and the snacks were EXCELLENT. :)

Does your family ever go bowling? Are any of you any good? We're definitely not. (Actually, Bob's not bad.)  I actually almost bowled into the other lane, which I thought only happened in cartoons.

I was also kind of sad to see that my real-life bowling scores, when I actually have to walk and exert myself, were much, much lower than the scores I get in Wii Bowling when I sit on the couch and just kind of flick my wrist a little. Sigh. :)

Bob got this t-shirt from his mom's trip to the Yukon last year.  But I digress.

A little coaching.

There were three of us bowling, and three girls in the lane next to us, but somehow we had nine bowling balls. I don't think I ever bowled with the ball I had actually chosen.

The bumpers automatically came up when it was Claire's turn to bowl, and went down when it was our turn. Next time, I'm using bumpers for me, too. :)

Yay, Claire! Claire got a spare! (Too bad we didn't name her "Spike.")

Here's my favorite part.  There was some kind of spicey aioli to dip the fries in.  I'm still thinking about it, two months later.

I'm pretty sure my score was so low because they misspelled my name. It was distracting every time I looked at it.

And afterwards we went to the Spaghetti Factory for dinner. Fun family day! :)