Last week we had some visitors from Cologne, Germany - Sam And Hannah (Sam is the son of an old friend from Berkeley). On their last night in New York, we decided to take them out for shuffleboard at the Royal Palms in The Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn.
It's a quirky fun spot in what used to be an industrial area, but is now part of hipster Brooklyn.
The first court available was in 45 minutes so we checked out a card game to play and got drinks at the bar. Good thing I chose Uno because they knew the rules Linda and I had long ago forgotten.
After our brief lesson (included in the court fee), we spent a very enjoyable hour playing badly, but with enthusiasm.
Then afterwards, we made our way to the bay designed for a rotating roster of food trucks (the specialty that night was meatball sandwiches) and had dinner while watching other folks playing their matches.
The bouncer outside kindly took a picture of our group before we headed home.
