The Savage Pacer ran a cute article about the closing of the bowling alley. Apparently, they liked the paving paradise metaphor too.
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This is not the last frame
It’s not the last night, but the melancholy is thicker then the cigarette smoke that hangs in the air like a cloudy blue curtain. I am perched behind the bar like every Friday night from…
So long Sloppy Joe
The Sloppy Joe Bowling Tournament is no more. Never again will I serve Manwich Sloppy Joes with Bud Light at 9 on a Saturday morning. I’m not quite sure what to say about it all.
The case of the mysterious bowling alley phone call in the night
Dear Anya, Anka, but definitely not Anna or Hannah, My mom called me about 10 o’clock last night. She called to tell me how you called down at the bowling alley, saying you were a…
Actual Factual Toilet Repair
Jaycie and Max were perched at the bar at the bowling alley. It was about 9:30 in the morning. The Stink was keeping score for the Sloppy Joe Bowling Tournament, and I was feeding the…
7, 189 or, They are gonna pave paradise and put up a parking lot
I haven’t talked about it much, but the bowling alley is nearing its final days. Come May 1st, Dan Patch Lanes will cease to exist. A bowling alley built in 1956 will be bulldozed to…