All my life my birthday wish has been this:
"Please, just one year of my life, let it be 70 degrees on my birthday."
Well, having a birthday in January and living in Missouri, New York and Connecticut all my life, I knew it would never happen. But it gave me something to wish for.
I can't believe it was actually 73 degrees yesterday!
We saw people driving around with the top down, wearing shorts, men working without shirts, and guys on motorcycles. I don't even care if people are freaked out by it, that was the best birthday present ever!
Since I've been incredibly ill since before Christmas, it was nice to also be able to eat crap on my birthday. (It's amazing how a little thing like getting your appetite back and being free from stabbing abdominal pain can be so exciting after being sick for a while.)
Bruce also took me duckpin bowling, something I've wanted to do for some time. We listened to This American Life and then stopped at some lanes in Machester. Duckpin bowling is to the Northeast what drive-in movie theaters are to the Midwest--part of a vanishing cultural past. The tiny balls were so cute!
New England Custom Blurb
Duckpin Bowling started around 1900. At first it was an alternate game for professional bowlers to practice with smaller balls. Later, someone decided to make the pins smaller to match the balls and a new game was born. At one time duckpin bowling was incredibly popular. It was reportedly Babe Ruth's favorite sport outside of baseball and there are still some photos that exist of Babe Ruth playing the game. Today the game is relegated mostly to the East Coast but there is a Hall of Fame. The game has similar rules to traditional bowling but three balls are rolled per turn, and I've been told, no one has ever rolled a perfect game.
Not exactly what Manchester is known for. Other than shopping, that would be the Manchester Road Race. We chose duckpin bowling instead. A great day all round.
Manchester stats:
Population: 55,572
Size: 27.7 square miles
Villages/Other Communities: Buckland, Highland Park, Manchester Green
Historic Places: Edward L. Burnham Farm, Case Brothers Historic District, Cheney Brothers Historic District, Main Street Historic District, Manchester Historic District, Pitkin Glassworks Ruin, Union Village Historic District, US Post Office-Manchester Main, Woodbridge Farmstead
0 comments:
Post a Comment