Is Bryant Lake Bowl. It's actually a Bar Plus. Its only problem is overcrowding Thurs-Sat.
The front is a bar/restaurant with a huge beer and wine list. The back is an old bowling alley. There are maybe 10 lanes max, some of the floors are a little warped, but bowling is around $2 a game and shoes are a $1. All the decor is original and no flashy lights or anything. Then, they also have a theater. It might show local novice filmmakers productions or dance or comedy etc. The theater just does really innovative stuff. And you can bring your drinks in from the bar! And since it's a bar and not a theater, the crowd is really fun!
Here's an example of one regular event they have. A scientist comes in once a month to talk about something scientific but using laymans language and making it fun and interesting. Each month is something different.
Cafe Scientifique
Hosted by John Erik Troyer, Ph.D.
December Show: Professional Guinea Pigs
Carl Elliott, author and professor at the U of M's Center for Bioethics, discusses the use of healthy humans in medical research. As drug companies offer higher payments to test subjects, will people be tempted to undergo frequent and dangerous trials? For those who make most or all of their living as paid research subjects, what protections are in place to safeguard against exploitation?
Tuesday December 19 at 6:30 pm (5:30 doors)$5
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Check on the last iggy post...we almost made 90.
Mary you just wanted people to read your last post.
Yes ...I'm not done with below! Just posted about Patty's.
so, a bowling lane with bio-ethics speeches...what's it called bio-bowling...there is no relationship between gutter balls and bio-ethics, right?
Pat, one of my classmates was wearing a Hamline shirt yesterday. She said her cousin went there. Kind of small world.
What makes it an even smaller world is that she was Martha's neighbor growing up.
Hey, y'all...
Thank you for all of the information...The List is coming along nicely.
Please, forward me your birth YEARS. Also, if there is someone on The List that you think won't be responding...and, if you know their information...please, forward that along too.
Thanks! :-)
tomandnance@netamumail.com
Bob~
What are the birth years of your family? Well, might as well give me the dates...just in case I have them wrong.
Thanks!
Oh Bob...your wedding date too!
Chet Culver our governor - elect and Patty Judge, his running mate. A little scary. He will deliver on important issues like balanced budgets, most likely, but he appears to have no imagination. I worry about where Iowa is headed.
a gay bar in Algona? you can change the town motto to A FABULOUS Place To Live.
Do you mean gay as in happy or gay as in homosexual? I'm just trying to figure out why Joe likes it. How many gays are ther in Kossuth Co. do you suppose?
I used to love Bryant Lake Bowl when I lived in MPLS. It wasn't quite as popular back then, so not usually as crowded. They had a really really good chicken and black bean quesadilla and the best part is that you could enjoy it with a glass of wine while bowling!
Chet Culver is pro-abortion rights and pro-death penalty. He's Governor Death. I voted for him as the lesser of two evils. Fortunately, he's not in a position to have too much impact on either of those two issues (unless the legislature, in some kind of gutless-wonder attempt to show that they are "tough on crime" re-institutes the death penalty. So fear, cooler and more ethical heads have prevailed.)
Gay bar in Algona, Iowa? There's progress for you. When I was growing up we had to drive to Fort Dodge for fast-food hamburgers. Or pizza. Never had a taco till I was in college. Oh, yeah, and I really did walk miles to school, if I missed the bus. Well, pretty many blocks, anyway. First to St. Cecelia's (Seton) and then, if too late, out to Garrigan. Usually some sympathetic grownup would give me a ride. Not a danger stranger, someone I knew. This is turning into kind of a senile ramble, so never mind.
The bowling bar sounds fabulous! Just fabulous!
The Gay Bar in town is called, "The Lava Lounge."
Funny...Joe3 really embraced the, "Lava Lamp," in his take on The Graveyard Games Trophy...hmm.
Years ago when I was a truck driver...I was in St. Paul one morning. I had to wait to deliver someplace (Pearson's maybe) and it was a bitterly cold clear day. I went into a diner to eat breakfast. It was a typical greasy spoon place. Music was coming through a set of doors and I poked my head in there to look. It was a strip joint. A combination greasy spoon-strip joint. I went back to my breakfast. Every now and then a girl would come through the doors and get a cuppa coffee.
There- is that manly enough? I've got truck driving, strip joints and greasy breakfasts all in the same little story about combo bar restaurants.
only if you took your plate into the bar.
Nice story Joe...but, what about your crock pot with the attached spoon holder?
and as the unmarried 36 yr old who's never lived with a woman, i'll shut up now.
The combo bar-laundromat has made life better in college towns all over the world.
If only you could sip on a plastic cup of wine while grocery shopping...
just take a corkscrew with you when you're shopping. people open boxes of cereal and snack on them while shopping... it's the same thing.
Tom and I drank wine while Christmas shopping for Joe and Mary in 1995!
Hey! The List is almost complete...I just need Emily and Scott's birth years...anyone? Yah know, the James list was way easier and I included extended family! (ha, ha)
Say. Joe, I'm interested in that cute little pastry squeezer with all the decorative tips that you used for the deviled eggs. Find out how much that is, will you?
In defense of Joe's machismo, I found out over Thanksgiving that in 50 years, he had never boiled an egg. Ed said that if he lived 50 years without boiling an egg, he would try to make it a lifetime non-achievment, but Ed likes records like that.
On the advice of my ob/gyn, I had a glass of wine while on the way to the hospital to deliver Joe. Unfortunately, it apparently put him to sleep for about 12 hours, but he finally showed up.
Ummmm Tom, I seem to recall some story about you spooning some guy on the beach? And does Joe have a pink Christmas tree? Maybe you both use your "alpha male" female-bashing to hide something.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
I've never boiled an egg either. Does that make me a lesbian?
I don't think so because I do love the egg-eating Cool Hand Luke.
Don't you hate it when your're blogging to yourself?
What we have here is a failure to communicate!!!!
I have boiled many-an-egg...in my lifetime...hmm...what does THAT mean? Nevermind, don't answer!
I make some generalized statements, not attacking anyone, and I receive these vicious personal attacks. Pink Christmas tree? Now really! Must I remind you all that I finished just out of the money in the graveyard games? And if you're attacking me you're attacking Ed 'cause I bought the car from him. And if I like things related to cooking that doesn't make me gay, right Tom? Cause if it does, Jeez, you've taken it up as your life's work. And no-one who's been in my house could ever think I was fussy about wanting things "just so". I only wear white dress shirts cause that way I don't have to think about what goes with what color. If you're going to speculate, what about Mike? He drove around in a pink Geo convertible. I think he wore a scarf and a beret.
TOm, I know that every time you hear the song "Under the Boardwalk" you think about the life you could have had if you'd just been honest with yourself.
Joe, no pink Christmas tree? Was it white?
I have a white, male Christmas tree. Do I need sensitivity training?
OK, how many people in this family have never boiled an egg? What's the deal? Cheap, good-for-you protein. Got a bad cholesterol rap for a while, but has been proved innocent. No deviled eggs? No egg salad sandwiches? (actually, I don't like egg salad sandwiches. Mom made me eat one once when I came home from school for lunch, but when she was out of the room, I chewed it up and spit it into my coin purse and disposed of it on the way back to school.) No decorative and tasty egg crumbles topping salads, soups or hors d'ouvres? No warm, 80-calorie carb-free soft-boiled breakfasts? What's wrong with you people?
Oh, wait a minute. Just hold it. You must be masculine to win the graveyard games? The gauntlet is thrown.
I know haw to take care of this. Anyone who doesn't respond to this post within 10 minutes is gay. There. That's easy enough.
Cathy you're excused from responding. You work for a church.
4:34 PM.
Gosh Cathy, I didn't mean to insult you enough (I only intend to insult a little) for you to jettison a glove. Especially when it's this cold out. I could be wrong but I think men took all the places in the games. And generally, men did better than women. This despite a real effort to come up with events where girls would have a chance.
Joe, you're just trying to divert attention away from yourself.
In your defense, once you paid me to clean your car and I found a slip. It was small so it wasn't yours. I washed it and kept it.
I got me a little wreck of a bike, and I'm practicing...practicing... just you wait. I do seem to recall a picture of Lisa in a yellow shirt, and of all the Straub girls, she is the most, um, girlish. The least masculine. Whatever.
Must be a slow day in offices, restaurants, churches, etc. all over the world.
The way you belched and farted when you were a baby, there was no doubt of your masculinity.
What I find most interesting is this rush to defend. Joe, embrace your domestic tendencies.
5:33pm
Shit...of all the times NOT to be on my computer. I lose. :-(
Oh,Tom...please,stop...you're making me,"hot!"
Ain't nothin' gay about my fude dude.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Oh, hey...on a cooler note...me, Liam, Auntie Kelli and Uncle Joe attended Eli and Betty's Christmas Concert this evening. The children were angelic and I do believe I heard Uncle Joe singing, "Jingle Balls," with a new and unusual enthusiasm.
Oh, by the way, I drove by the, "Lava Lounge," (on the way home) and saw Ed's car parked in the alley...I didn't know Ed was in town?...oh, ...oh,yah...nevermind.
What kind of car did Joe buy from Ed?
TOM, HOW COULD YOU ALLOW A GAY BAR TO OPEN! If you are indeed sweating over pans while hoisting 50lb chickens and all the while chopping chives for the salad bar...seems like sure sell. HOW DID YOU LET THEM GET AWAY!
Gay or straight you need a HOT girl out front, and maybe a few cute boyz busing, and Streisand playing...I can't believe you're giving Joe shit, it's all about the mortgage, they have money and they like your pretty food! GET 'em back. (into Sarah's)
Lisa's upper lip has a few more hairs than mine.
I don't believe the egg stories...I boil a dozen a week, really!
By the way, where is this gay bar? I want to go, over Chistmas, check it out...See Tom, you need to close it down...I've never heard of a duncan hines casserole, must be something from cooking school!
I swear I have never boiled an egg. I don't really like them. I don't hate them. I'll eat them if they're in a sald or something. But Cathy may have have convinced me with her cheap, low-cal protein sell.
Joe 3 - you did a fine job of diversion and deflection on this posting. But I notice you never answered the question of what you thought of the gay bar, and why you felt it necessary to take 2 trips to form an opinion.
I made deviled eggs for thanksgiving, read into it what you will.
Jojo killed and ate a pheasant on Thanksgiving. But I think it was a coverup, because he knew all the answers to questions about musicals during trivial pursuit. And yes, there was more than one.
Easter eggs? Haven't you gals ever made Easter eggs? Whadupwihdat?
Em~ I make a low fat/calorie rendition of egg salad. I use 5 egg WHITES and only like one and half yolks...add, FF MIracle Whip, pepper and a bit-o-onion/garlic powder...diet wheat bread and, "Wahlah!" Yummy and very healthy. Even my sister, Ann, who likes everything, "fully fatted," says it's good!
Here's the skinny. The Lava Laounge ain't really, "gay." (I don't think) It's getting this, "bad rap," because the guy who bought it is gay (that's what Joe says and he would know). I guess he is leasing it from Doug Peppe's Dad...and, Doug isn't thrilled that his Daddy leased out a spot to the competition. I believe it's down by the old Theater (?have to ask Joe?) and the only way to enter it is from the alley. Joe says he won't go in there alone...and, has a difficult time convincing others to go with him.
Wow! I can't believe Ray leased his space for a competitive bar...is it near his old antique store? Remember I said "it's all about the mortgage". Maybe Ray is Gay. I used to babysit for him, so I guess I babysat Doug...It wasn't my fault.
Best fast easy breakfast (Mom has it every morning) softboiled egg on top of whole wheat toast, bit of butter spray and salt YUMMY and low cal!
Tom, quick turn on the tv...Anderson Pooper is sitting in for Regis! They can call them Pooper and Pipa...he just said he will be doing some segments on 60 minutes.
The umbrella was needed so you wouldn't drop any of your sweat into the brew! Hetero sweat.
Yeah-the door to the bar is located at the rear end of the antique place.
Who the hell are the Pointer Sisters?
I handled a legal matter for the gay guy. One day a mortgage broker friend came by the office and said the bar had been opened and she, my paralegal, and another girl and I went in. It's the old Moose Lodge. I don't think it will last. The owner wants to get music in there a couple times a month. He's also a hairdresser. Heck-I've gone into rest stops on the interstate before but that doesn't mean anything, right. And I own 2 shotguns and assorted rifles. I gotta get rid of my cat (too many accidents) and I'm gonna do it myself to save the $50 Vet bill.
My ALgona friends at school say they go to the Lava Loung when they go home. None of them said or knew it was a gay bar.
Other friends from Council Bluffs that went to algona to visit, (who were at a party at Sarahs, too!) said they had a better time at Lava Loung than Peps because everyone at Peps kept looking at them weird.
I'll use my hands. and watch as the light slowly dims from her eyes.
About men with guns...a couple in-laws will admit (or not) to a boy crush on Antonio Banderas. One movie in particular, said in-law's trigger finger is always on the rewind button.
Scot with one T-fabulous!
Tom, I can't wait for March 17...I've already planned my outfit, have you?
Mom and Dad are coming back early just for it!
Joe-
It's oh-so-common for cats to have accidents because they have sensitive stomachs. This is true. Give your cat a chance. Spring for some expensive, digestive tract sensitive cat food before you dim those lights forever.
Thank you, Cathy, for your memory of me. (NO THANKS TO MARY, THOUGH!) How could anyone feel feminine or masculine while carreening out of control? And, by the way, I do believe I finished just behind Joe III in the graveyard games. It must have been a huge fluke! I am not the most athletic, smartest or agressive. I am pretty much a little, Irish potato. You should have all done better than I.
Grace, I have some expanded ideas for the kids: who stole the cookies from the cookie jar? Played with hula hoops (the jar) and walnuts or bean bags (the cookies).
Lisa...jest in fun!
That last paragraph of Lisa's confused me a little, but I get it now. Good idea.
Pepperloin has a posting on the manliness issue. It's all about the hardware.
And Joe has lots of hardware. Pastry guns, slicers, choppers...
Joe,
Your cat could also have a urinary tract infection. Easily fixed with antibiotics.
Brian's band is playing tonight at Sokol Hall...that's a big deal in Omaha. The booking was with 1%productions, (basically Saddle Creek Records the #1 Indie in the U.S...Bright Eyes, etc) he's an opeing act for a big deal band out of the twin cities. Even Catherine gets to go!
Wow, that sounds like fun! What kind of music does he play?
I would call it rock n roll with a heavy edge to it. Original stuff...Cathy, what do you think?
If Troy Smith wins the Heisman and then Ohio St. loses (cuz of the curse) who was Florida's only loss to...and who does that team play in the bowls?
Who's the big deal band from MN? Yes it's true, my husband loves Antonion Banderas.
We havent talked about this yet, have we?.... The ND /LSU game is going to be tough!
I wish I had Josh for the Christmas Gift Exchange...I would get him that new men's cologne, "Antonio!" :-<>
Pat, yes, your hubby is one of 2...but not the one with the remote!
Hhmmm where is everybody? I guess all the happy people are napping!
Hey...we have Scott for Christmas...is he the other?
Scott is definitely not the other Antonio Banderas lover.
Randy?! I should have known! ha, ha, ha, ha... :-)
I like Antonio in the one in Mexico with long hair and that hot girl and he shoots with both hands with his arms crossed. That one.
Mary's description of Brian's band is pretty good. I would add that they cover some classic hard-rock pieces and they've been known to do songs like "Leaving on a jet plane" real fast and loud, a la the Pogues. They're fun. We're excited about tonight. A lot of the time when they play somewhere, we take the girls overnight so Molly can go.
When is the ND bowl game?
Randy is NOT the one!!!
But, that is THE movie!!!
Game is Jan. 3, I think.
Emily, doesn't he like him a little?
Girls can have girl crushes, but boys find it hard to admit if they do!
That was a seinfeld episode. George had a crush on the rock climber.
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"And Then I Turned 7" that's the name of the band...but they're from Duluth, not the tc.
George's crush, the rockclimber, was Elaine's boyfriend and she referred to him as her mimbo.
In honor of Liam's reception of the Sacrament of Reconciliation...I have a Confession: I have a crush on George Clooney and Angelina Jolie.
I have a crush on the new James Bond.
Did you see the movie?
Monica
yeah, i read about the bond thing too. his reason was that bond would do anything for the Queen. get it? huh? the Queen?
I read that Phil McCracken bought the Lava Lounge. Anyone know him?
No, it was Dick Fitzpatrick.
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