Roller derby. You read it right: roller derby. Does your town have it? I don’t know what to tell you if you don’t. It’s really one of the benchmarks of modernity. Like city-wide WiFi and electric cars, which we also have.

OK, I’ll confess, I’ve never seen the Rose City Rollers play, but I can still love that they’re here. They were founded in 2004 and have absorbed and administered an untold number of bruises, scrapes and contusions since that time.

They have their “bouts,” as they call them, at the Expo Center against six visiting teams like the Axles of Annihilation and the Heartless Heathers. You gotta love the names.

But then maybe you go and you’re not content to just watch. You want to mix it up. Lucky for you they have tryouts every couple of months. So sharpen those elbows.

Cheers,
Emily