tonypierce.com + big ass photo essay

everyone wept when they tore down hollystar lanes on santa monica, the alley they filmed the big lebowski among others. but karisa dried my eyes with shatto lanes a gem of a bowling alley on vermont in koreatown, a convention of pool tables and video games and a bar and a coffee shop and everything youd expect from an old timey early 60s. for some reason they put the kiddie balls behind the counter where the money is. the man says that people steal the kiddie balls. he didnt know that i had a kiddie ball in my bag but i had paid $20 for it in eagle rock. i told the guy that he should have a sign that says Kiddie Balls $15 and he looks at me like im the sickest motherfucker he's ever seen. just then a bum passes out on the air hockey table and causes quite a clatter.

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