Roller Skating in San Diego
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“Swell skating has been around since the 1700s,” Bernice read from her iPhone. “It’s hilarious to think of the founding fathers on skates. I’ve always associated roller skating with the 1970s.”
“Did they have the disco lights in the 1700s?” joked Patrick.
“No, but they did on your first friend at the skating rink,” our friend Sarah reminded him. “Josh [her groom] and I were there, remember? Freshman year. Double date. You and Eve, budding college sweethearts to be, skating close-in-hand. It was the ’90s, but the rink was playing the Bee Gees. We all thought that was hopelessly old-Lyceum back then.”
“I was just worried about landing on my can,” I answered. “It was my first interval on roller skates.”
“My fear was rolling out of the bathroom with toilet paper on my hoop,” laughed Sarah. “And I did.”
Nostalgia overcame Sarah. “Let’s all experience at the rink for a date night.” Her nostalgia gave way to practicality. “But where? Is there a skating rink formerly larboard in San Diego?
Source: San Diego Reader