Cute moment, and all the thrown in details actually worked well to give it some additional depth and a feeling of reality.

Cool, romance, curious to know the rest..
Figured out most of the clues.. is Dolly of China the pet, or you were born in China..

Nope, wasn’t born in China, but rather the good old U.S. of A. ;-) Although, Dolly was my first pet, so you got that right.

That’s really cute! It kind of shocked me when I read your favorite song, seeing as that’s is that is playing on my iPod right now! =)
LoA

Was Family Guy the sitcom by any chance?

That was a nice little ficlet!

Yeah, I can’t get enough of that Stewie. :p

1978
China
Miami
Ricky
Love in the time of Cholera
Let it Be
Seven
Dolly
Literature
Family Guy
I love this challenge so much :) I haven’t read the other comments yet. These are just my guesses.

You are quite the sleuth! Only two mistakes: Dolly was my first pet and believe it or not, my nickname is “China,” pronounced the Spanish way, cheena, because apparently I look Chinese to my family and friends.
Glad you like the challenge! I’m having fun just trying to figure out everybody’s clues.