I know we have all experienced this to some extent, but I just had a major dose of visiting a place from childhood and it appearing much smaller now. Before driving to Michigan yesterday I went to pick up my dry cleaning and it was not ready. We had a major power outage in North Carolina and therefore the cleaners were unable to wash my dress shirts. I have a large meeting to go to in New Orleans on Monday. Therefore, I need to buy a couple of dress shirts. I headed to the mall that I grew up going to. When I was a kid the mall seemed enormous. I could get lost in it, however now it seems rather small and somewhat pathetic as far as malls go.

There used to be a Burger King in the mall. When I was 12 years old, my mom drove me and my first "real" girlfriend to the mall so we could hang out and see a movie. We were joined by my pal Dave. His girlfriend, Natalie was supposed to join us but she went to the wrong mall (Dave was bummed but should have been clearer).

We three went to the burger king for some food. When we were done eating, Dave went for seconds. I looked at my girlfriend and turned beet red, "want to?"

With that we were making out in the Burger King.

It was so romantic.

That Burger King is now a hair salon. It may seem small now, but it still holds one of my biggest memories.

What about you? When, where, how old were you?

Aside: she is still a friend to this day, as are Dave and Natalie. Gwendolyn (my 12 year old kissing partner) turned out to be a really beautiful woman. Actually, so did Natalie. Dave and I knew how to pick them.