When You’re From the 518

It is now my turn to blog about things that only people from the Capital Region will know about because I am firm believer Nationalism. Surprise! Also, I am kind of the only one here that was actually born and raised in the 518.

• You're still embarrassed about the time you went to Secrets.
• You asked your first crush to dance at Secrets.
• You know what Secrets is and you hate yourself for it.
• You started going clubbing at the age of 10 with your friends at Secrets.
• You have been to a party at the Pits.
• You had to explain to your parents why your friend is puking his guts out after the two of you snuck out to go to a party at the Pits.
• You have had arguments about which 'Pits' are the 'Pits.'
• You have never been to a party at the Pits but you know someone who did.
• You still call the Times Union Center the Pepsi Arena.
• You still call the Times Union Center the Knick.
• You waited in line to try a Krispy Kreme doughnut then just went to Dunkin the next day.
• You pulled over to watch the 4th of July Fireworks from 787.
• You know all the lyrics to the Water Slide World commercial.
• When you were 16 you paid a bum to buy you beer in Albany then got drunk in Washington Park.
• You remember every show you ever saw at Saratoga Winners.
• You know all the lyrics to the Water Safari song.
• You went to Zoom Flume but wanted to go to Water Slide World.
• You still remember Justin Resnick and how Air-Tite Window and Sidings ripped his sign down.
• You've had to explain to someone why he is called Greasy Gus.
• You have a story about the time you went to Pinewood Cemetery.
• You and your friends have been asked to leave the 76 Diner for just ordering coffee for six hours.
• You call Soda, Soda and if anyone calls it Pop you make fun of them because it's Soda not Pop.
• You've gone on picnics with a cooler full of Adirondack Soda.
• You still have one of those big plastic NFL cups from Bradley's
• You once got a contact high from the lawn at SPAC
• Your Summer is not complete without a trip to the Great Escape.
• The Minne-Ha-Ha made you cover your ears.
• Every rotary is Latham Circle.
• You keep saying you want to go to the Saratoga bars more often but you can't seem to make it out of Albany.
• You've knocked on one of the doors at Trinity Apartments.
• You did not go to Siena but you've been to multiple Siena Townhouse parties in one night and no one noticed that you did not go to Siena.
• You stepped on one of those black thorny things at the Colonie Town Park.
• You have gotten so lost while driving in Schenectady that you don't want to go back.
• You have avoided all the goth and emo kids sitting outside Crossgates Mall.
• Uh, yayyy.
• You noticed that all the goth and emo kids from your school eventually moved to Lark Street.
• You have met the Mayor of Lark Street.
• You remember Jimmy the Monkey.
• You've been stuck in Hudson Valley traffic on the hill for an hour.
• You don't understand why you were ever afraid of any of the rides at Hoffman's.
• You feel like you're driving through a war zone on your way to the Rensselaer Train Station.

To be continued I'm just getting started.