The Alleys...

In the comment section in my last post my darling sister brought up the Alleys in Belmar where I spent many a Friday night.

The town that I grew-up in was a small town, at least in the winter(we were a shore town so the Benny's came in the Summer:) where everybody really did know everybody else. Our school held grades K-8 and some of my teachers had been my fathers teachers and the others were his friend. My friends were the children of his friends. My soccer coach was the Principle of the school where I went, it was a small town.

Anyway, on Friday nights, our town would have DANCES(Rec Dances as they were sponsored by the recreation department in town). The dances ran from 7-9pm and after the dance, we would walk to the only pizza place in town(the town is about 2 square miles) Don's Pizza King. It was on Main Street in a square( It was really 2 blocks that were just connected, the street didn't run trough there:) So, we would get our pizza and then head outside to "hang" until it was time to be picked up- usually between 10:30-11:00. Back to the Alleys, they were covered(with tin roofs-think carport:) walkways between a few buildings to take you through the block. Nothing fancy, but on any given Friday night from Sept-May you could find kids in these Alleys stealing a kiss or two hoping that nobody's parents drove by and saw them, because them your parents ould be asking you come Monday why you were kissing so-and-so, and didn't every girl what to have that conversation with her parents:)

I am glad that my darling sister brought up those Alleys, it brought back many, many memories and mostly good ones:) I am also happy that we have no Alleys here for my kids to hang out in:)