The Randy Report: 50th Birthday Bowling Party!!!

The whole group!

I'm a funny guy when it comes to birthdays. I don't mind getting older; I am shy of the attention birthdays bring (says the guy who writes a blog for thousands to read each day....).

My husband, Michael, knows I'm funny about all this. But turning 50 this past Sunday, he wanted to do SOMETHING. So in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon, he surprised me with A BOWLING PARTY! With some folks that I've known for 20, almost 30 years. Perfect event for me.

AND one of my best friends, fashion designer Andrew Makay - who shares the same birthday as me - was on hand to celebrate together for the first time in 20 years of knowing each other!

I caught up with everyone while we all bowled a couple of games. We laughed, had bowling alley food - although since I've been watching my nutrition and exercise getting ready for CHICAGO at the Hollywood Bowl, I had a salad and a grilled chicken breast sandwich while the others had burgers and chicken fingers. Check the pics below, you'll see.

Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo dropped by as a surprise for the birthday cake cutting.

Michael had brought our bowling balls (yes, we have our own) but mine had unfortunately cracked! I bowled with it anyway saying better my bowling ball cracked than my body or face (so far).

Michael also presented a video of birthday greetings from friends around the world (!) who wanted to wish me a happy 50th. I'll get it posted to share with you in the next few days. It's pretty fun. I'm stunned at the people who sent greetings. Yeah, I was pretty moved by that.

In any case, it was MUCH fun. And I thought I'd share some pictures from the great time. I highly recommend surprising a loved one with a bowling party. We never get too old to have fun bowling.

(As always, you can click the pics for larger view)