If you think it, it can be done in Nashville, Tennessee. It’s a land of never-ending possibilities. You want to smash a golf ball while eating nachos? Great – we got a Top Golf for that. You want to ride a mechanical bull? Well, those things may be as old as Nashville itself. You want to play some old video games while drinkin’ beer? Several spots. Hell, they’ve even made a hobby out of throwing axes at the wall! You can pay people to lock you in a room without clear instructions as to how to get out, and then they tell you to get out. It’s crazy. None of this was around when I was younger. We had the Adventure Science Center and that was it. But, I can’t help but wonder if we’ve run out of ideas. We’re going from taking cool stuff and turning it into a fun social activity directly to making up games to seem trendy. This idea popped into my head after I read about this new spot opening up next Spring in an email from The Tennessean regarding this article:
“One new business I just wrote about and will be even more excited to visit is the new Fogg Street Lawn Club coming to Nashville’s Pie Town down the street from City Winery, Third Man Records and Tennessee Brew Works. The lawn club will attach to the Bad Axe Throwing location and include a rooftop lawn for lawn bowling. Just when you thought Nashville had it all, you realize we didn’t have lawn bowling.” But now we will. Next Spring.””
Lawn bowling? Excuse me? You guys are just making stuff up at this point. I mean, I don’t want to call anyone a liar, but I consider myself well-versed in lawn games, and I have never, not once, heard of lawn bowling. A quick Googlin’ of the matter tells me that it’s popular in the United Kingdom and Australia, well guess what. I know people from both countries and I’ve never heard them mention lawn bowling. I think you’re all banking on people just taking that at face value and not seeking out actual UK and Australian citizens to confirm it. Well not me! Not Stoney fucking Keeley! You can always count on me to dig super deep because that’s the SoBros Way.
Anyway, I don’t want to call anyone a liar, again, but this just seems like something that was made up in the heat of the moment to try and seem trendy. Is that going to stop me from giving lawn bowling a shot? No. Please don’t mistake my comments here for an intent to protest. I’m going to be out in front of that bitch two days before it opens, camping out to make sure I get a lane ASAP. I’m just pointing out the excess here. What’s so wrong with just enjoying a good golden hour on a rooftop? Is that not enough for you entertainment-rabid hordes that visit downtown? Do the rooftops have to have gimmicks now? We have to make up elaborate games just to stand out and offer something different from the million other rooftop bars in this city now? Give me a break! Where will it end?
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Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD, #BeBetter, and ‘Minds right, asses tight.’ “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Nashville, Yankee Candle, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley
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