As much as I love having everything organized and laid out in front of me, I also love a dash of adventure in life.
Friday is date night. It’s the only night that we are both home and don’t have to work the next morning. It sounds fancy, but usually “date night” consists of cooking spaghetti, drinking wine, and cuddling up for the latest episodes of our favorite shows (The Office and Parks and Recreation). I know, we’re an old married couple. But, we live in a small, country town where Main Street is rolled up for the night at 9 p.m. What’s a couple to do?
Steve was gone most of the day Friday (a guest for a composition class at Keene State) so I assumed date night would be the usual. When he came home late in the afternoon, he said, “How about dinner and a movie?” Our historic theatre find from last fall was showing “J. Edgar” at 7 p.m. I scrambled to change out of my lounge-around-the-house clothes and did a quick curl to my hair that had been wound on top of my head all day.
In the car, I searched for restaurants using my newest app (Urban Spoon). “There’s a Thai place that looks like it’s right around the corner,” I said. A quick walk and a peek in the window later, we were settled at a quiet table for two in the bright interior of Thai Time. Curry dishes are my new favorite and in our typical fashion, we ordered two different dishes and shared. The food was delicious! I love discovering great, new places.
“J. Edgar” profiled the life and work of the legendary J. Edgar Hoover, the first Director of the FBI. He instituted the card catalog filing system at the Library of Congress and was responsible for creating a centralized fingerprint file as well as the first forensic laboratories. I thought the film was very well-done. Leonardo diCaprio never disappoints!
So, there you have it. Our latest adventure.
Image Credit: Mt. Horeb Area Historical Society
Tags: date night, J. Edgar Hoover, Strand Theatre, Thai Time
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