Leonora and I went bowling two nights ago and I found it the most scariest thing.

Bowling has been around for 2,000 years. The Egyptians had a primitive form of it and the Romans played it with knocking objects near each other for points (which is now known as Bocce). The first formal bowling game was started on September 9, 1895 right in New York City. So for us to play at the Port Authority bus station we were celebrating our urban roots!

I imagined bowling these days to consist of middle aged guys smoking cigars, drinking bears and rolling balls down smoked-hazed lanes. Nothing could be further from the truth. As we walked into the Bowling Alley it was like something from a city nightclub with lights, flat screen screens, waiters serving drinks, and loud booming bass over a deluxe sound system. After we paid for our lane and put on our ugly bowling shoes (which actually looked cool) we bowled.

My wife was infinitely better than me and afterwards I discovered that I was throwing (is that the right term?) the ball wrong.  My ball was spinning backwards as I hurled it down the lane.

I am surprised it didn’t spin backwards and break both of our legs.

None the less we had fun and we celebrated the American past time right where it was formalized long ago.

-lucien desar