Miss Peacock, Chicago
Age and Occupation: 26, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Internet Whiz
Engagement Date: December 5, 2006
Wedding Date: September, 2008
Blogging Since: December 13, 2007
Venue: St. Clement Church, Cafe Brauer (or a big church wedding and a fancy party at a cafe in Lincoln Park.
About Me: I am a grad student with a secret obsession for all things wedding related. I also love to read, travel, drink champagne and go for walks with our dog, Maisy, and Mr. Peacock. We are planning our very vintage wedding in the greatest city in the world, our hometown of Chicago. I am so proud to be a Bee!
Bowling Anyone?
May 13th, 2008 @ 11:02 am by Miss Peacock
Speaking of our rehearsal dinner, I am totally excited about our location. Mr. Peacock and I had wanted to do pizza and beer. We were having a hard time finding a place with a room large enough to accommodate our group- and where we loved the pizza. We are pizza snobs. We are from Chicago, it’s in our genes.
After organizing a fundraiser for work at Southport Lanes in Chicago’s Wrigleyville neighborhood, we changed our minds on the pizza idea. It is a little bar and restaurant which also has a private room with four small bowling lanes. It is totally old school with human pin setters. The pin setters love tips and they will either help or hurt your game based on the quality of your tipping (or if they think you are cute). These guys are hilarious. My stomach hurt from laughing and I had mascara running down my face. It is also in a great part of town that tourists don’t normally get to see. Southport Avenue, between Belmont and Addison, is home to an awesome little strip of shops, restaurants and my favorite nail salon.
The food and the atmosphere are totally casual. The staff is also willing to accommodate our requests for a slideshow and a microphone for speeches. Its vintage look will also play well into our theme. I can’t wait to have all that quality time with my family before the wedding. My only fear is that I will be up all night laughing and won’t be able to fall asleep!
The lanes!
19 Responses to “Bowling Anyone?”
You rock. Seriously. I love Southport Lanes:) The pin setters make bank- I’ve seen people spend lots of money there (well they were seriously inebriated). What a great idea!
Yeah! This is my neighborhood! Southport Lanes is the best! Your guests are going to have an amazing time!
Just wondering - which one is your favorite nail salon? Pinky is my fave!
I live in this neighborhood, too! What a GREAT choice for a casual rehearsal dinner! I just bought bridesmaid gifts at the awesome Bourdage Pearl shop, next to Anthropologie on Southport.
I love bowling. I think that’s what we’re doing for my bach!
I was just there for my uncle’s birthday party! It was awesome. We did a slide show too and there were lots of speeches. The pin setters were great!
We are going bowling for our rehearsal dinner too - pizza & beer is a great way to just relax before the big day. We don’t have any old-style lanes like that here in Duluth, but I think it will still be fun. You guys are going to have such a great time!
How fun! I love that area too! What nail place do you like over there? I’m always looking for suggestions 
i love bowling! i actually had a bowling party for my birthday last year which was way too much fun. this is going to be a great rehearsal dinner.
SO COOL!! My BFF lives right down the street…I HAVE to check it out next time I’m in town
(i may have to use this idea next year for my own rehearsal dinner)
Actually, How many people can this place hold?
Oh I LOVE that idea! That sounds like a total blast! Plus it’s just so classy/cool - the lighting and ambiance will be fab.
I want to go to your rehearsal dinner, this sounds like SO MUCH FUN!
My BM and closest friend lived on School and Southport for a long time - I love everything about Southport - including Southport lanes. I am in Cali now (I miss Chicago sooo much) and I was just explaining to someone last week the “human pin setters” concept. Well planned!! Enjoy!
That’s an awesome place!
