Bryan hits the ice at Union Square Ice Rink

Let's check in with Brian Gallo again because this holiday tradition is back open in San Francisco. Brian is changing his name to mark the occasion. He is live at the Union Square Ice Rink. Brian, your new last name, inspired by Brian Boitano, it's Brian Boy Don't Fall. How are we doing? Yeah, well, I fell once. I fell once. I mean, let's not lie to the people. You know, we don't want to pander. No pander bears. I'm good. I'm with Julie Richter, and I'm going to take a break while you talk a bit about, you mentioned weather. I think this is a great place to start. We've got all this rain coming in, folks. I mean, this is El Niño, not to be too serious, but we're going to see this begin this coming weekend, and this is going to be for an extended period of time. So what should they do in the meantime? Well, in the meantime, it's beautiful here, so they should come out and skate while they can, and then, you know, anytime that there's a break in the rain, get on the ice. We have special events. We're open from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day. But here's the thing. No, no, you won't get to skate in the rain. Yeah, when it's unsafe to skate, then they will reschedule for a time that you can skate. Good old Chip chiming in. Can you skate in the rain? No. All right, so check out her shoes real quick, right? She's not going to skate, but they're like these little clip-on things you can put on your feet, so you can kind of be out here and still have fun. But check me out. I was wondering that, too, when she walked on, if she was going to slip. Nice, Brian. Brian, not bad, dude. Look at this guy. What are you going to do with that axle for us, that triple axle? Well, I'm saving that for the end, dude. That's for the 10 o'clock. For those of you that want to stick around for the 10. I have a question. Yeah. So does your, oh, there you go. Hey, does your roller skating help you with ice skating? Oh, he broke it. That was a hard fall. I can hear you. I can hear you. Ask me again. Does your roller skating ability or your dancing ability, it seems like it's helping you out as an ice skater. It goes hand in hand Sal, it really does. I mean, dancing is balance, dancing is rhythm, dancing is a spatial awareness, dancing is knowing how to use all parts of your body. So this is a kind of old hat. I mean, I think even if I had never ice skated before, I'd still be able to pick it up, but not to, you know, Pat myself on the back, but you've seen me surfing, you've seen me, you know, out and about. You know I've got some skills, so I'm sure you're not too surprised. Alyssa Leo has got nothing on you, even though she has an Olympic gold medal. Yeah, she's got at least one piece of hardware. Yeah, exactly. You know, I am a... Hey, do you hear the song? I was just about to ask you, how do you feel about Christmas music this early in the season? Bro, we got Mai Mai on the sound speakers, dude. We love Mariah Carey. Are you kidding me? Heavy rotation for the next two months. All I want for Christmas. Christmas! You know you love it. I love Christmas music. Brian, can you ask Julie, what are the busiest times to avoid coming to the skate rink? Without having to wait for hours. What's the busiest time to avoid if you don't want to be amongst all the masses? You know, it is magical, though, when there's a lot of people out on the ice. But I'd say a lot of people like to come in the evenings when the lights go down and the holiday lights come up. But if I were to make an educated guess, I would say like 10 o'clock opening is going to be the slowest time, right? Yeah, I mean, it's beautiful out, but people might be at work. So it's the perfect time to come down and skate. Yeah, Andre, I think early afternoon is my answer. But hers is, you know, do they serve hot chocolate? Oh, he wants to know if y'all got cocoa. There's hot cocoa nearby. I mean, Super Duper is opening today. That's a no. We got stuff nearby, but nothing here. They do have restrooms. You don't have any vendor stuff, right? No, not on site here, but there's a lot going on in Union Square. It's close. Yeah, you can't. You have to look far. And the Super Duper you can carve up before you go out on the ice. You can carve up on all that. Bro, Super Duper sounds so good. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You've earned it, dude. I know, man. You've earned it. You've burned a lot of calories. Eat some carbs. It's hard, man. Look at this guy with the backwards skating. I have not done this in so long. I used to do this in middle school. We had an ice skating rink, the Miami Ice Skating Rink, and it's now a car dealership. But it was like the big thing, all of us in middle school, we would go there and meet on the weekends and ice skate, in Miami, of all places, but it was a fun spot. I used to be able to do what Brian does. Actually, I mean, yeah, I used to back. Yeah, whatever. Say never. Junior Olympic champion. I was lighter, younger. I could recover easier. I go out there now, dude. You won't see me back here for six months. Okay. All right. You're still young, baby. Let Brian, let Brian, the expert do it all. Yeah. Let him take the hit. Yeah, exactly. With Brian and Union Square, we want to know what's your favorite tradition. And Andre, I am a proponent of you getting back out. You sound like you're 80, bro. Anyway, what's your favorite holiday tradition? Christmas in the park, slightly edging out Christmas Tree Lane. Yeah, the two of them. All these are pretty good options. Christmas Tree Lane is awesome, though. You know that, right? You know the one we're talking about. Oh, yeah, the one in Alameda? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So anyway, so you go ahead and vote. Use that QR code or go to our website, and you'll find the poll right on the website. We'll be right back after a short break.