{"id":10916,"date":"2013-12-17T20:47:10","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T02:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=10916"},"modified":"2013-12-17T20:47:10","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T02:47:10","slug":"blackhawk-bowl-martini-lounge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=10916","title":{"rendered":"Blackhawk Bowl & Martini Lounge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Blackhawk Bowl & Martini Lounge<\/a> is definitely one of the best features of Hotel Blackhawk<\/a>. And, Laura, our bartender, was fantastic. <\/p>\n

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I had fun hanging out with Faith and Lance and sampling their delicious martinis the first night. I didn’t stay out late, of course, because Brian and I always video chat whenever I travel. I heard that Faith and Lance had a jolly good time with Laura after I left, though. There may or may not have been sing-a-long at the bar that night.<\/p>\n

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Here are some drink photos. Why? Because you can’t go to a “martini lounge” and not have any martinis. LOL.<\/p>\n

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You can’t go to a bowling alley and not bowl either and so we did.<\/p>\n

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After seeing this photo, dad said there was probably more martinis than bowling going on. But, in my defense, I didn’t actually bowl my best game until after two martinis. Thanks, Lance!<\/p>\n

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Here’s Lance trying to figure out what to do with this split.<\/p>\n

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We played guys vs. gals. Isaac was feeling pretty confident after the first game because he and Lance obliterated Faith and me.<\/p>\n

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It was a friendly competition and both teams were cheering each other on. The guys won the first game. Faith and I won the second game, but we were still seven pins behind in overall total. That’s when we decided to bowl another — deciding — game.<\/p>\n

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It was Isaac’s worst game and he wasn’t very happy. Guess who won our third and final game. Yup. Faith and I did. We’re awesome that way. <\/p>\n

We had such a great time that it made me wish we had a place like Blackhawk Bowl here in town. The closest thing we have is The Alley and it’s just not the same. Blackhawk Bowl has a cozy, intimate feel. I love that they only have a few lanes so you don’t have to deal with huge crowds. <\/p>\n

The only downside about Blackhawk Bowl is their rates. Five dollars per game and three dollars for shoes is a little expensive. The hourly rate of $35 is more reasonable but still up there. We were lucky that Laura hooked us up. <\/p>\n

I’d probably go back to Blackhawk Bowl if I’m ever in Davenport again. The bowling is expensive but it’s a really cool experience. Totally worth it. If you’re ever in the area, you’ll have to check it out for yourself. Be sure to say hi to Laura for me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blackhawk Bowl & Martini Lounge is definitely one of the best features of Hotel Blackhawk. And, Laura, our bartender, was fantastic. I had fun hanging out with Faith and Lance and sampling their delicious martinis the first night. I didn’t stay out late, of course, because Brian and I always video chat whenever I travel. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,262,21],"tags":[477,2236,83,2235,2080,2237,2488],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10916"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10930,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10916\/revisions\/10930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}