10pin bowling on a rainy afternoon

“Let’s go bowling!” is my son’s favorite suggestion when I ask what we should make of a rainy afternoon.

10pin, the bowling alley in the Hotel Sax hotel is perfect: It’s got 24 long lanes, it’s never crowded (at least during the kid-friendly hours, every day 11 a.m. ’til

8 p.m.), they have bumpers so there are no too-sore losers, you can catch up on all the new music videos by artists you’ve never even heard of before, AND you can order a thin-crust

8 p.m.), they have bumpers so there are no too-sore losers, you can catch up on all the new music videos by artists you’ve never even heard of before, AND you can order a thin-crust pizza ai quattro formaggio and gourmet s’mores for dessert, instead of the usual bowling-alley Tombstone.

Shoe Rental:

$3.95 for regular shoes

$4.95 for ‘cool’ shoes (whatever that means)

Open play before 5 p.m. is $4.95/game – after 5 it’s $6.95.

Reduced parking available at the Hotel Sax entrance near the closest Marina tower.

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