A gentleman in my matchbook club was scaling down some of his collections and offered me the opportunity to buy his roller skating decal collection (since I purchased a few choice cuts previously.) I took him up on his offer and now – surprise – I have a pretty nice collection of roller skating decals.
The rub of it is…..I don’t know how to roller skate. Just call me XanaDUD!
I tried to learn as a kid, but I just do not have that kind of coordination. This is also why I can’t play a two handed musical instrument. But the allure of roller skating has always drawn me in and now I can live out all of my vintage roller skating fantasies via this decal collection.
Here is a smidgen of my roller skating decals collection (Southern California rinks.)
Here’s some odds and ends I found about the above roller rinks on the Internet:
A hot night at the Hippodrome 😦 
WESTCHESTER, NY – NOVEMBER, 1954: General view of Gloria dancing with a friend while roller skating circa November, 1954 at the Westchester SkateLand in Westchester, New York. (Photo by Hy Peskin/Getty Images) (Set Number: X2005) 
Myrtlewood 
Do you have a new list of restaurants to visit for 2019?
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Not a new list, but continuing the old list. As much as I love vintage restaurants, I also like newer restaurants so I might start reviewing those too.
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Super cool!!
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