Every once in a while, your life can be so consumed with stress and chaos that you need something to take you away from it all for a little while. Whether it be a much needed nap, a bubble bath, a play, a concert, a puzzle, or a move, we are all entitled to an occasional distraction. They keep our little bits of sanity intact. This weekend I figured I deserved a distraction, so I went to the movies. In Winchester, there is a place called The Alamo Drafthouse. It's a movie theater with a bar in the main lobby/ticket booth area. I thought I was going to just see a movie but I realized that they put the dinner in dinner theater. While it's not as cool as a drive in movie theater, which probably doesn't even exist anymore, they are a full service restaurant during the movie. Each row of seats has a counter in front of it and a server brings you a menu during the preshow (cartoons and short films with a topic related to the feature film) and before or during the film you write your order and put it in the front of the counter like a flag. They'll see it and quietly take it before or during the film. Then during the film they bring you your dinner, snack, etc. and you relax and enjoy. It can continue like this as much as you want. Thirty minutes before the film ends they bring the check so you can pay and leave right at the credits and not wait after the film. It's an awesome experience and a wonderful way to spend an evening. I will have to treat myself with another distraction there soon but for now I will go back to reality. Class in the morning. Goodnight.
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