Bowling for kids used to be a drag. Every time the same result: Pick up ball. Lob ball down lane. Watch ball roll immediately into the gutter. Whoopie! Fun for all! Then some crazy genius decided to even up the odds by eliminating those buzz-killing gutters so the ball could actually knock over a pin or two. All of a sudden, bowling was fun. Kids started wanting to actually go bowling. And some even wanted their birthday parties there! In the spirit of the sport's triumphant woo of the younger set, the Alley (Highwood) offers a 2-hour bowling party for a whooping 25 of your closest friends. (Sorry, kids. No beer frames until you're 14).