Had a brief visit to the north woods this past weekend. And it took me past an old hangout of mine back in high school. Outer Limits, a non-alcoholic club for us teens. Unfortunately we had to drive 30 minutes to get there & we had a tendency to drink a bottle of Dr's on the way there. We would arrive all dressed up to impress the older guys, 18 & 19 year olds. I was known as a pretty good dancer & almost got into a fight or two with a group of black women who thought I was making fun of them. Only they found out that this white woman could dance! Then it was all good.
I have many fond & not so fond memories of Outer Limits. Found my first true love there when I was just 15, he was 19, but we dated for almost 4 months. I was devestated when we broke up. He started dating a girl named Emily & I tried so hard to do my hair like her, so he would want to go out with me again. How lame was I? He wrote me a beautiful poem, gave me a stuffed frog & a necklace as a Christmas gift. Awwww, how sweet.
It's so funny how you can drive by somewhere or see something & be totally transformed back to that time. I totally felt like I was 15 again, except I'm 34, I was going to visit my uncle in the nursing home & I wasn't drunk off a bottle of Dr's! Ahhh the good ol' days!