The sad story of my life is that I don't get out much anymore. You know how that goes: the less you go out, the harder it is to force yourself to go out. Sometimes you just want to hang out and watch some episodes of New Girl on demand, ok?
Last night, however, comedic genius and my partner-in-crime Robert M. Nelson managed to stir me from the sofa to head out for a night of gay rollerskating in, of all places, Farmington. That's a hell of a drive.
I am not a good skater, never was. The last time I rollerskated was in, say, 1980 when I face-planted on the rink at Metro Beach (resulting in three root canals a few years later). The last time I rollerbladed I ended up in the ER with a closed-head injury (cute ER resident though!). And one thing I
really hate is not being good at something in front of other people. So it was with great trepidation I approached the entire adventure, but I'm really glad I did.
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| Snack 'n Chat!! |
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| Robert obeys the rules in the Snack 'n Chat. |
The
Bonaventure Family Skating Center is a full-on 1980 time capsule, from the architecture to the interior signage to the skating rink lightshow. I don't think I have to tell you how much that excited me! It was exactly like
this scene in Tales of the City.
It was boys-boys-boys and some girls (and some ladyboys) and everyone was so damn nice, it was great. I watched the action rink-side for a while before venturing in, and one guy was skating by and said "hi!" and then fully wiped out. Classic!
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| Robert M. Nelson, rollerskating enthusiast. |
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| Cindy Elmwood only fell twice, but looked lovely doing so! |
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| The Lady Anastasia was booking around the rink. |
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| Robert loves Prize Time! |
I wasn't as bad at skating as I thought I would be, although I hesitate to say I had it mastered by the end of the night. But I did see some guys I know and haven't seen in a long time except on Facebook, and I got to skate to "Xanadu" which is pretty much the greatest thing to happen to me this year.
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| Shiny disco balls. |
After the fact I found out it was organized by Menjo's and Backstreet, so I think I am in love with them and I'm going to check out the new Menjo's re-do as soon as it opens. There's an article about the gay skating night here, and God willing they will do it again soon! Best gay time ever!
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| Bonaventure really IS the home of the good times!! |
