Only a handful of men still play boccie, and there are fewer than five coffee shops left on the avenue.

"When you play cards or boccie, there is always a winner."

Old Italian men play boccie across the street while their wives gossip out front.

When the ghosts gather to play boccie in front of the church across the street, I am sure they are smiling.

He said he even played boccie with some of the Kissena regulars at a private backyard court to get their views for the project.

"The kids like to play boccie with their grandparents," she said.

Washington Park's open spaces are often used by visitors to play boccie, volleyball, and badminton games.

The cardinals were playing boccie on the lawn of Poletti's villa.

Old men play boccie there while newer arrivals hold wine-tastings to raise money to keep the park spruced up.

We would like to enlist the help of some of the people who play boccie and introduce them to lawn bowling.