We're Not in Kansas Anymore

We've been to the movies twice while here. We saw The King's Speech at a theater in Canal Place, an upscale mall downtown where we used the paid  indoor parking. When we bought our tickets, the man asked us to select our seats from his chart.  We were then escorted to our seats and handed a menu and cloth napkin with utensils. We sat back in our huge leather chairs with foot-room galore. The button on our chair could be used to call for service.

The couple next to us had a bottle of champagne and something from Chef Adolfo Garcia's Italian restaurant. We had some Mrs. Fields cookies we "happened to have with us".

Total Cost for two: $37 (not counting cookies)

Our other movie experience was to see Black Swan. If you haven't seen it, I must warn you that it's a psychological thriller that's not easy to watch. But not to worry, just watch it while sipping a frozen daiquiri. There in the lobby was a place to buy frozen daiquiris which came out of a Slurpee-type machine into to-go cups.

I'm afraid ours didn't have the fruit. They looked toxic but tasted yummy.

  Oh, and you could buy your tickets with a credit card from a machine next to the ticket booth or online. This theater was in a suburb with free parking.

Total Cost for Three: $30 (not counting daiquiris)

We're not in Kansas or Montana anymore!