Ever since I was a young girl, I’ve played the silver ball. From Asbury Park to Budapest, I’m doing my best to play them all. Pelham, New Hampshire is kind of in the middle of nowhere (under an hour from Boston), but completely worth the expedition if you are a […]
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Markets: Marché du Vieux-Port de Québec, 160 Quai Saint-André, Ville de Québec, QC G1K 3Y2, Canada A varied market on the water at the edge of Old Quebec. You’ll find meal options, snacks, produce, knick knacks, and flowers. J.A. Moisan, 695 Rue Saint-Jean, Ville de Québec, QC G1R 1P7, Canada […]
What’s a boardwalk without an arcade? Asbury Park is home to a prized gem of an arcade that overlooks the beach, a slice of my kinda heaven in New Jersey. The Silverball Museum Arcade [1000 Ocean Ave, Asbury Park, NJ 07712] is blinking bright and a little noisy, I couldn’t […]
I never got into bowling. My parents brought us as kids, and they were on bowling teams, but I wasn’t any good and never developed an interest in it. Same story with Jeff. So in the seven years of our relationship, we had never been bowling together! Fancy that. We were […]
Pinball seems to be a relic of the past, though there is a cult following of those who love the game. You can’t find many arcades that have pinball north of NYC these days, except a novelty machine or two in the corner of a dusty bar. I’ve found places […]
We drove by once and missed it looking for a blinking neon sign and some sort of red carpet. Pulled a quick u-turn and looked again. The GPS said we were there, where is the place? It was a Saturday night, off the main drag, it could have been any […]
I found my dream arcade in Binghamton! Robot City [126 Clinton St, Binghamton, NY 13903] has all of my favorite childhood games, I could spend endless hours playing under the neon lights. They host seven pinball machines from the 90s and 2000s including Star Wars, Twilight Zone, and WWF Royal […]
Growing up with a big brother meant many hours playing video games in the house, and taking frequent trips to the arcade. Nowadays I don’t have any video games in the apartment, and most arcades don’t have any of my old favorites. You can imagine my surprise when I found […]
It may be called a ‘museum’ though what you’ll find inside is a lot less educational than what the term typically advertises. The Flipper Museum [Budapest, 1137, Radnóti Miklós u. 18, 1137 Hungary] is quite possibly the best arcade I’ve ever been to. This joint is chock full of 130 […]
If you want to feel the best parts about being a kid again, a visit to Brooklyn’s Coney Island is about as close as you can get. When you get there, you can’t miss Luna Park [1000 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224] a colorful and quirky amusement park. One of […]