Oh my gosh, was I ever young (25) and full of hopes and dreams. We would go to church on Sunday and after church we would either eat lunch at Sambo's, later after it wasn't nice to refer to that name, it was sold and became a Village Inn, then a tacqueria, now it is closed and up for sale, or we would eat at the Soda Straw. Remember how if you order a gallon soda they would sound a fire siren to alert everyone in the room you were a "pig"! Oh what fun, and the decor was so "gawdy"! Pink and Red.
Back in those days, every Friday or Saturday, I don't remember now in the summertime we would go to Pikes Peak Speedway and watch the stock car races! In the early 70's they even had a streaker that came running out of the pits and ran across the field. She was immediately chased down and reckoned with!
Then in the winter months on Friday nights we would go to Shakey's on Fountain and Circle, drink dark beer, eat pizza and listen to a live piano player there!
This has really brought some wonderful memories back to me. Even though I grew up in Limon, I spent a lot of time in Colorado Springs, and later moved here and have no desire to ever live any place else!
