For
the most part, my childhood was pretty serious.
Despite being an only child, I rarely got toys, we never went on
vacation, did not celebrate birthdays and for Christmas, only the bare bone
minimum with a 1 foot artificial table top tree. Instead of the Teddy Ruxpin that was on my
Dear Santa List year after year or the My Little Pony I would immediately make
a beeline for upon arriving at the CVS only to have to put back every time we
left, I would get $20 cash from Santa which I had to immediately deposit into
the bank instead of finally getting my $6.95 pony. The upside is the savings ended up helping
with my down payment on a home 20 years later but the downside is I never truly
got to experience what it was like to be a kid.
Just
like my lack of exposure to travel and the diversity of food growing up due to
that sheltered childhood that makes me want to try it all as an adult,
sometimes I find myself just wanting to be a kid, not again, but for the first
time.
South
Bay Yelp Community Manager Candice had done a segment on KRON 4 News a year or
two ago and Little Farm was one of the places featured. Although children would love the petting zoo
aspect of it, it was the feeding part that immediately drew me in. With free admission you just need to BYOL
(Bring Your Own Lettuce) and BYOC (Bring Your Own Celery) making it a fun and
cheap way to spend a good hour or so interacting and feeding the cows,
pigs,
geese,
chickens, goats,
and lambs
(rabbits although there for viewing are off
limits to feeding).
Over just two visits
last month since celery was on sale for 79 cents each, I love already knowing
the cows and goats prefer celery and lambs lettuce and that it is a good idea
to bring at least 2 celeries.
High Scores Arcade, Alameda
and new Hayward , CA
As
expected, I did not go to arcades as a kid but did play some games on the
computer especially when everyone went on the overnight middle school class
trip to DC and Boston
Tetris, Frogger,
Atari Star Wars,
Space Invaders, Mortal Kombat, Street
Fighter, BurgerTime
and what I was so psyched to see and the first game I ever played,
Tapper! As a kid, I think it was
modified to sling lemonade or root beer and not beer but now as an adult, I get
to sling Budweisers!!
At
throwback retro prices from when I was a kid, $5 for an hour or $10 for
unlimited play all day with your wristband, it was the best $10 spent in a long
time. Chuck E Cheese may be where a kid
can be a kid but High Scores Arcade is where adults (and kids) can be a
kid. The jukebox blasting classics was
just icing on the cake.
With
that $20 from Santa, I could finally go experience both Little Farm and High
Scores Arcade for a full day of fun. As
the saying goes, better late than never!!
