Confession: I still consider myself to be a full-blown man-child.
To live out my extended adolescence, I often enlist my niece and nephew as compadres. They provide excellent cover.
Most of the things we do today weren't even an option - or hadn't yet been invented - when I was their age. But occasionally, something great comes along that is the EXACT thing from my own childhood.
Example: White Rock Skate Center. When en route there with my niece and nephew last year, I couldn't quite recall if I had ever been to the WRSC. However, as soon as we walked in, I knew this was the place I'd spent sooo many Jr. High Saturday nights.
You know those movies - the ones where the kid goes off to college, and the parents never touch their room again, except to dust? The room forever preserved in time? That's the White Rock Skate Center - absolutely nothing has changed!
They even still do all the same activities, like slow/couples skates, races by age group and limbo contests. Kids and adults alike still learn to skate by hugging the wall as they go 'round. During a break or flashback - I'm not sure which - I was even tempted to pour myself a 'Suicide' by mixing Dr. Pepper, Big Red, Root Beer & Sprite.
They even still do all the same activities, like slow/couples skates, races by age group and limbo contests. Kids and adults alike still learn to skate by hugging the wall as they go 'round. During a break or flashback - I'm not sure which - I was even tempted to pour myself a 'Suicide' by mixing Dr. Pepper, Big Red, Root Beer & Sprite.
And I'll never forget the ear-to-ear smile of my semi-toothless eight year-old niece as we skated together.
If you want to create a connection with a child in your life (or get in touch with your own inner child), roll into White Rock Skate Center. It's also a nice place to burn off that second helping you are sure to have this time of year...
See you tomorrow!!!
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