Movie date

We were eventually successful in getting to the movies to see The Guilt Trip and boy did Ed feel guilty about messing up the schedule on the last attempt. No more chances, he had to get it right this time.

We had stuff to do at the mall so decided that lunch and a movie matinee would be the order of the day.

We also decided on a little bit of nostalgia with a visit to Johnnie Rockets' Diner.

Buy your lunch and get a movie ticket for $8 - not a bad deal however you say it.

Ed immediately became obsessed with the old juke box  - "only 5 cents a play" he said " let's listen to a few of these old songs". (Back to our teenage years with the Beachboys, Neil Sedaka, Beatles,etc. - great stuff.)

The waitress was really sweet:

"They are only for show sir, they don't work"

"But I just put a nickel in there and can't get it out"

"Sorry sir"  

The piped music was good!!!!

 

 The meal was huge - too big for just before a movie - we were at risk of snoozing through the movie - No, it cannot happen!!!

 

Thank goodness for air conditioning - it was freezing in the theater - not even a slim chance of falling asleep. But we are good learners - Ed carries his pack and in there with other sundries are a couple of light fleece jackets - thank goodness.

And the movie was pretty good too - a road trip of an adult son, not living at home, accompanied by his mom, presented lots of situations which were very funny. we really enjoyed it.

 

A remnant of the mall Christmas decorations was a, northern winter themed, model railroad. Ed was fascinated with it. Not that he is particularly interested in model trains, but for the amount of work and detail in it. There were 3 or 4 separate tracks - it was hard to tell - tunnels, a ski hill, an airport, a small town and a fairground. Amazing.