If the weakling of bowling and the alpha male of skee ball grew up and had a baby, candlepin bowling would be its name. Candlepin, rather than ten pin, is the type of bowling most popular in New England. I had never heard of candlepin bowling until I first starting working at EnerNOC, and experienced my first game of candlepin bowling on a celebratory work excursion. I thought it was so unique I wouldn't quit talking it up to Kavan, so for our belated Christmas outting, we decided to try it out. Unfortunately, we didn't realize how popular this place was and it was packed. We couldn't get a lane, and left without Kavan even throwing a ball (although the amazing butternut squash flatbread pizza that we at almost made up for it).
After Kavan's birthday wine and cheese class was canceled (losers), he thought that it would be fun to try out Sacco's Candlepin Bowling again. After a 2 hour wait on a Thursday night, yes it really is that popular, we finally got a lane. Kavan found out what I already knew, it's really fun and really hard! I consider myself a decent bowler and skee ball player and I didn't even break 100. We certainly got put in our place by the candlepin gods, but had a lot of fun in the process. Birthday present success! :)
Here are some action shots:
That dress was a little shorter than I thought....
