Xanadu...

[eclecticavatar.livejournal.com]

Anyone know the nearest place to go rollerskating, indoors? I would prefer T subway or bus accessible, but I could get a ZipCar if needed.

Thanks!

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Your neon lights will shine

[xjustquietx.livejournal.com]

Chez Vous (http://www.chezvousskate.com/) is the only one in the area (to the best of my knowledge). It's in Dorchester, pretty far, and a little hard to spot if you don't know where it is already. But I've always had a ton of fun when I've gone, which is usually for special events. People get dressed up in all kinds of crazy costumes.

Re: Your neon lights will shine

[ron_newman]

Chez Vous always seems to be on the financial brink of closing, but somehow survives. Never been there myself (yet).

[ron_newman]

For that matter, why was a movie called Xanadu not a musical remake of Citizen Kane ?

[hopkinsgranada.livejournal.com]

I have always wondered that myself...

[pearlythebunny.livejournal.com]

There's a place in Saugus. It's on Rt. 1.

http://www.roller-world.com/

[jspazzer.livejournal.com]

Where else would a 60s throwback activity center be? Is it next to the mini-golf place with the dinosaur?

[ron_newman]

Wouldn't that be a great name for an establishment? "Sixties Throwback Activity Center"? Even has a nice acronym, STAC.

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

I couldn't find the roller rink in Norwood I remember from my childhood online, but I did stumble across this one in Saugus: http://www.roller-world.com/

Awww

[wench33.livejournal.com]

Roll-land no longer exists, it is now a WOW (workout World)

I grew up in Norwood myself and I was quite sad to see it close.

[ron_newman]

When I lived in Columbus, Ohio, our local roller rink had the Best Name Evah: "United Skates of America". I think it's still there, too.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

We had United Skates in Brooklyn, too. I went to many a grade-school birthday party there.

[spud.livejournal.com]

The Boston Derby Dames (http://www.bostonderbydames.com) primarily use Roller World in Saugus for tryouts and occasional meet-ups. Some of the girls have been over to Chez-Vous, though I know little about the rink itself.

Join the Derby Dames and you can skate several times a week at various venues while training, and then even more at the Shriner's Auditorium for bouts! ;)

-Spud... "Derby Ref"