Memory Lane:
This is what we remember...



Even though we're very ambitious women, there was certainly no way that we could truly span the ages with our issue. So, in true Happygrrls fashion, we cheated and just randomly named things we remembered from childhood. Did we just say "cheated in true Happygrrls fashion"? Er, we really meant to say, "the first and only time we're going to cheat." Yes, that's it. So sit back and take a stroll through memory lane with us.

Michelle
  • Pac Man and Ms. Pac Man
  • Rubik's cube
  • Neon-coloured clothing
  • "Yo mama" jokes, a.k.a. the dozens or snaps
  • New Edition
  • "Fame" (the TV series)...yo grrls, didn't you love Leroy's braids?
  • The Gumby hairstyle
  • Roller skating
  • Watching the guys at recess break dance
  • My Easybake Oven
  • Phan
  • "Saved by the Bell"
  • French braids (never wore this style because I couldn't get the hang of French braiding)
  • Hungry Hippo
  • Bangs and a lot of hairspray
  • Red lipstick
  • Shorts worn over tights
  • Bodysuits
  • Platform sandals
  • "Jumpsies" (a game played with a string of rubber bands attached to each other)
  • Kissing Tag
  • Snoopy Snow Cone Maker
  • Arkanoid
  • Christine
  • Peace signs
  • Onks
  • "She-Ra," "Jem and the Holograms," "Transformers"
  • Skip-It
  • Super Mario Bros.
  • MAD Magazine
  • Hostess chips
  • Teen NBC Saturday morning line-up
  • Housers
  • Double dutch
  • Side ponytails (not that I ever wore my hair like that)
  • "Boom Boxes"
  • What You Remember
  • House music (classic house to all the youths reading this)
  • The first time Michael Jackson ever moonwalked
  • Digital watches
  • Saturday morning cartoons
  • Anything with A.D.I.D.A.S. on it
  • Smurfs
  • The controversy with gangsta rap
  • "He-Man" and "G.I. Joe"
  • Walkmans
  • Overalls