When the Philadelphia Eagles began using music from the Rocky film, it brought back memories of tailgating on Pattison with my dad and brother. We’d bring three cheese steaks and a football. My dad would quiz us about Eagles’ lore. “Who leads the Eagles with the most career sacks? What year?” I’d also think of my mother and the streets of Hoboken, New Jersey and her family traditions like the serving of seven fish Christmas Eve.
My mom is from Hoboken, New Jersey. She is a second generation American-Italian and proud of her family traditions, and the Rocky movies.