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Dinner and a movie!
May. 30th, 2013 11:17 amMason's school does an "overnight camp" at the Audubon Center of the North Woods every year for the 4th Graders. So, yesterday, we packed off our little adorkable boy and sent him away for two nights with his class.
Shawn and I went on a DATE last night.
It was crazy. I got dressed up. We went to Scusi where I think we officially ATE ALL THE THINGS. We sat in the lovers' nook (a weird little set-in alcove that feels super-private) and had happy hour pizzas and wine _like grown-ups_. We had the calamari appetizer, I tried the salmon/dill pizza with a side of asparagus (very good!) and Shawn had the sausage pizza. At the encouragement of our waitress, we pushed the boat out, and EACH had a seperate dessert--Shawn had the apple cobbler and I had this donut-thingie that was so yummy (think donut holes with whip, chocolate and dried cherries smoothered on top). I ended up having the leftovers of it for breakfast.
Shawn was super-cute, because after her third glass of wine, she announced to the waitress that she might be a little buzzed, but that was OK because this was a big date night for us. At which point the waitress brightened and cleverly found a way to mention HER partner.
Suddenly, we got the BEST service.
See, it's the gay agenda at work, folks.
But, after all that excitement and rich food, Shawn and I rolled home and settled in for a movie we'd rented a long time ago from Netflix but hadn't been able to find time to watch: LOOPERS (with Bruce Willis).
Wow, "Loopers" was hard-core science fiction. It was no-holds-barred BRUTAL, but really, really well-done. I don't want to give any spoilers in case you, like us, haven't gotten around to seeing it yet, except to say, 1) put it at the top of your queue right now (if you can handle shocking, sudden violence and off-screen implied death of children/stories of giving up children), and 2) the main character(s--future and "present" Joe) really goes through a tremendous story arc that takes several unexpected turns.
It's really well done. I can see why io9 liked it so much. But it was so intense that I said to Shawn afterwards, "I know it's late, but can we watch something else?" because I was afraid I'd spend the night getting shot in my dreams, you know? We ended up watching EastEnders, which we've been faithful fans of since it started airing here on PBS in the early 90s. If you're watching it in the UK, we're AT LEAST two years behind where you are... right where Den returns from the dead to become the sleeziest father-in-law-to-be EVER. Anyway, it was just the right note of "OMG! You are so GROSS!" to cleanse the palate of "OMG! Shocked!"
Hmmmm.
Anyway, the point is we had a good night. Tonight we're considering trying to catch a movie IN A THEATRE. We're thinking about trying to see "Star Trek: Into Darkness." Wish us luck!
Shawn and I went on a DATE last night.
It was crazy. I got dressed up. We went to Scusi where I think we officially ATE ALL THE THINGS. We sat in the lovers' nook (a weird little set-in alcove that feels super-private) and had happy hour pizzas and wine _like grown-ups_. We had the calamari appetizer, I tried the salmon/dill pizza with a side of asparagus (very good!) and Shawn had the sausage pizza. At the encouragement of our waitress, we pushed the boat out, and EACH had a seperate dessert--Shawn had the apple cobbler and I had this donut-thingie that was so yummy (think donut holes with whip, chocolate and dried cherries smoothered on top). I ended up having the leftovers of it for breakfast.
Shawn was super-cute, because after her third glass of wine, she announced to the waitress that she might be a little buzzed, but that was OK because this was a big date night for us. At which point the waitress brightened and cleverly found a way to mention HER partner.
Suddenly, we got the BEST service.
See, it's the gay agenda at work, folks.
But, after all that excitement and rich food, Shawn and I rolled home and settled in for a movie we'd rented a long time ago from Netflix but hadn't been able to find time to watch: LOOPERS (with Bruce Willis).
Wow, "Loopers" was hard-core science fiction. It was no-holds-barred BRUTAL, but really, really well-done. I don't want to give any spoilers in case you, like us, haven't gotten around to seeing it yet, except to say, 1) put it at the top of your queue right now (if you can handle shocking, sudden violence and off-screen implied death of children/stories of giving up children), and 2) the main character(s--future and "present" Joe) really goes through a tremendous story arc that takes several unexpected turns.
It's really well done. I can see why io9 liked it so much. But it was so intense that I said to Shawn afterwards, "I know it's late, but can we watch something else?" because I was afraid I'd spend the night getting shot in my dreams, you know? We ended up watching EastEnders, which we've been faithful fans of since it started airing here on PBS in the early 90s. If you're watching it in the UK, we're AT LEAST two years behind where you are... right where Den returns from the dead to become the sleeziest father-in-law-to-be EVER. Anyway, it was just the right note of "OMG! You are so GROSS!" to cleanse the palate of "OMG! Shocked!"
Hmmmm.
Anyway, the point is we had a good night. Tonight we're considering trying to catch a movie IN A THEATRE. We're thinking about trying to see "Star Trek: Into Darkness." Wish us luck!