UCLA Track & Field T Shirt

UCLA Track & Field T Shirt
I never really got the  UCLA Track & Field T Shirt I talked to said they loved it, but when I went it just felt odd, like it just wasn’t that good compared to some of the other cities its compared to, thought maybe it was just a bad part of the year or the weather idk was trying to find an excuse, so i went back a second time and it felt the same its a cool city but it just didnt do it for me, other cities like Chicago, NYC, SF, Washington, SD, Seattle, Portland, LV are ahead, like the best part of Boston was leaving the city IMO the areas around Boston are 100x better tbh, Chicago has gotta be my favourite city in the US, absolutely love visiting

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UCLA Track & Field T Shirt

My first NY experience I was 12 years old. It was right before Christmas and I know that for 2 reasons. We saw Titanic opening night and because of all the UCLA Track & Field T Shirt the tree at Rockefeller center. Anyway, it was pre 9/11 and I was going to visit my older sister (14 years older) that had somewhat recently became a traveling nurse and her first gig was in NYC. Since it was Pre 9/11, my parents were able to go with me all the way to the gate and see that I got on my direct flight. I had a sticker that I think had my name on it and that basically said I was to be chaperoned by one of the flight attendants. Plane took off and landed, and my sister was able to come and be there waiting for me at the arrival gate right as I walked off the plane. Her friend who lived in Jersey and had a car was waiting outside La Guardia to pick us up and give us a ride. I think it was how my sister convinced my parents to let me come because they did not like the idea of me riding in a taxi because they didn’t think taxis had seatbelts. We had a reservation at a German place in NYC famous for crazy Christmas decorations called Rolf’s. Apparently we were running kind of late, so my sister’s friend just dropped us off right at the restaurant and he took my suitcase to my sister’s apartment and dropped it off. Some of my sister’s other friends were already there. It was very cold and I walked inside and it was packed full of people and I had never experienced anything like that in my life as a kid from a small town in Kentucky, but Home Alone and Home Alone 2 at that point were 2 of my favorite movies and I knew I was going to be just fine. Immediately on the right was a bar and this big dude just turned and looked at me with a huge cigar in his mouth and he took the cigar out and exhaled smoke in my direction. I thought it was so cool. I had never stood next to a bar before. I don’t think I had ever even seen anyone drink alcohol yet atleast knowingly. I took a sip of Gluwine when none of the adults were looking and ate some schniztel. It’s pretty much a core memory. Actually went into Rolf’s a few weeks ago because I was in NYC for a concert and my girlriend and I were just wandering around and happened to see it and went in. It was how I remembered it, minus all the people and the cigar smoker.

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