You Know You’re From Victoria TX When…..

Let's take a stroll down memory lane shall we? Recently I stumbled upon a Facebook page called "You know you're from Victoria, TX when..." but never really had the question answered. Sure, there were tons of great posts complete with awesome old pictures (a few of which I will share in this blog) but I decided to ask the question in hopes a few people would answer "You know you're from Victoria, TX when ____" And let me tell you the response from these awesome folks was overwhelming. So much so that this will have to be a multi-part blog. So thank you guys for participating. Much appreciated.

Now, in the interest of full disclosure, I want to divulge that I am not from here. I am from a small town south of Houston called Angleton. I moved here back in 2012 to start working here at the station. So all of these I'm not going to be able to remember. But that won't stop you from reliving some fond (and maybe not so fond) memories. Enjoy!

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM VICTORIA TEXAS WHEN _____

Nick Silkey You've bought Pepper some Whataburger at 2:15am.

OldGringo Dub Perry You know you're from Victoria when you remember spending a Sunday cruising Riverside.

Lisa Cox You graduated in the 80's and your Alma Mater changed names until it no longer exists.

Nick Silkey When you would wade to that sandbar 'island' in the Guadalupe in Riverside Park.

John Garcia You know you're from Victoria when you went to the Gemini Drive in and the El Rancho and Uptown Theater

Karen Foster If you know Gary Moses

Janie Forsman When you played pool and danced at Sun Valley Dance hall on 10 cent beer nights.

Lucinda H. Cordova ...you remember goin to the Armadillo festival

Michelle Ferguson When one street has 5 different names! Houston Highway, SW Moody, Business 59, Goliad Highway and Rio Grande!

Donna Thomas Sparks You remember where Navarro used to end...and when a big part of today's Navarro was called the Hallettsville Highway.

Annie Anduaga A bad review for a place of business becomes headline news.

Lance Olenius Ŧ When you have moved away, but still subscribe to "you know you're from Victoria when..."

Margo G. Cuellar When you traded empty coke bottles for free movies at the Playhouse theater

Barclay Burrow You ate lunch at The Corral and were served by the owner and then followed up with an 8pm hamburger and onion rings from Dairy Treet, served by the hair net brigade. And did it again and again and again!

Victor Santiago The first telephone number you memorize is 575-2311.

Brenda Honea Pennington When you go back to visit family, but really it's for a Dairy Treat cheeseburger and fries.

Roger Schustereit You know who Patti Welder was.

Lisa Troyer You know your from Victoria when you cruised around Lands Drive In and The Jet Drive In

Abbie Kelly You remember the Saturday afternoon western movies at the El Rancho and Uptown theaters!

Shannan Alqarni When your friend pulls over at 2am so you can drunkenly pose for a picture with the gorilla outside Tom's Vacuums.

Diana Ramey when you drive down the underpass at laurent and smell the good ol bread from Mrs. Baird's Bakery!

I literally can go on and on with all the great responses...and that's exactly what I'm going to do. This will be a multi-part blog so if you didn't see your response here today....rest assured you will. Thank you all for your participation. Stay tuned tomorrow for part 2!!