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1 Nov 11

towerofsleep: sheilaheti: “They were the most outrageous, most envied, most startlingly fun birthday parties a generation of kids ever attended.” Read my article about The Mad Hatter here. You guys have read this, right? Shit is insane. Unbelievable tesimonials of stuff that would never be legally possible today. I was a kid who grew up (mostly) in Toronto and I was a little too young to have gone to this place, but I do remember kids talking about going there, and essentially not believing them. When I entertained the reality of their stories, In my mind I pictured the place (if it did indeed exist) as far more polished and proffesional - kinda like the indoor playgrounds (you know, the ones with big plastic tubing and rope nets and ball pits) my little brother and sister attended birthday parties at. I’m pretty glad I never got invited to a party at the Mad Hatter, because it would have been my worst nightmare, as an awkward, bookish, cautious kid.

towerofsleep:

sheilaheti:

“They were the most outrageous, most envied, most startlingly fun birthday parties a generation of kids ever attended.” Read my article about The Mad Hatter here.

You guys have read this, right? Shit is insane. Unbelievable tesimonials of stuff that would never be legally possible today.

I was a kid who grew up (mostly) in Toronto and I was a little too young to have gone to this place, but I do remember kids talking about going there, and essentially not believing them.

When I entertained the reality of their stories, In my mind I pictured the place (if it did indeed exist) as far more polished and proffesional - kinda like the indoor playgrounds (you know, the ones with big plastic tubing and rope nets and ball pits) my little brother and sister attended birthday parties at.

I’m pretty glad I never got invited to a party at the Mad Hatter, because it would have been my worst nightmare, as an awkward, bookish, cautious kid.

(via sundanceapples)

  1. snapadoo reblogged this from sheilaheti and added:
    inner child in me and the outer adult thinks this sounds like hell on earth.
  2. cocoku reblogged this from sundanceapples and added:
    This is the nuttiest thing I’ve ever heard of. Can you imagine parents today dropping their kids off at a place that...
  3. bethmaher reblogged this from sundanceapples and added:
    I was a kid who grew up (mostly) in Toronto and I was a little too young to have gone to this place, but I do remember...
  4. dragnetmag reblogged this from sheilaheti
  5. alyseelizabeth reblogged this from towerofsleep and added:
    This is totally warped. Warped.
  6. crummo reblogged this from thehandshake and added:
    Oh my god! This is crazy! Somebody make a movie please.
  7. peter-morelli reblogged this from warrenhaas and added:
    They were the most outrageous, most envied, most startlingly fun birthday parties a generation
  8. nowhere-fast reblogged this from thehandshake and added:
    This is just so nuts I can’t even handle it.
  9. sundanceapples reblogged this from towerofsleep
  10. thehandshake reblogged this from towerofsleep
  11. warrenhaas reblogged this from towerofsleep and added:
    I had my 9th birthday at this place. It was the best.
  12. towerofsleep reblogged this from sheilaheti and added:
    You guys have read this, right? Shit is insane. Unbelievable tesimonials...stuff that...
  13. teenageart said: Sheila, the article was very very good!
  14. sheilaheti posted this