ALL YOU CAN BOWL FOR $10

Mel's Bowl in Alameda has a summer discount on Sunday through Thursday nights. From 8 PM until midnight, you bowl as much as you want for $10.00. I visited Mel's on my way home from the office softball games at Nicholl Park and found the place only about a quarter full.

The lanes had fresh oil and the NBA playoffs were on some of the vacant scoreboards. I stopped counting after I bowled my tenth game. When you're bowling solo with two lanes and not taking any breaks, you can pile up a bunch of games in four hours.