The other day my internet friend Margaret, writing in her blog Stargazer was telling about going to a movie, in a theatre, and the joy it gave her in spite of it being a kind of crummy movie.
I "dressed up" in nice leggings, a shirt and a pair of boots; I haven't made much of an effort to do that lately. I now realize that one of the gifts of the pandemic (of which there are VERY few) is that I appreciate and treasure these special times out whereas I used to take them for granted. Never again.
Well, that struck a chord with me because I had just had that kind of experience with Judy.
We decided to go out for lunch, in a restaurant, a few days ago.
It was one of the few times we had been in a dining establishment in, what is it . . two or three years?
As we often do we opted for a booth in the sparsely occupied bar and began with a preprandial Martini.
Now we don't drink Martinis often.
They're sort of reserved for special occasions.
But this felt like a special occasion.
And once the feelings of warmth and goodness spread over us the bar began filling up.
By the time we were ready to leave it was a rollicking, noisy crowd of people who all seemed to be having a great time.
Judy smiled at me and remarked how nice it was to see so many people eating and drinking and talking and laughing and just acting normal!
And I knew what she meant.
It was good.
I have been in a theatre in recent months- watching an IMAX documentary- but not a conventional theatre.
ReplyDeleteAnd I expect I'll continue to only do takeaway from restaurants for some time to come.
But what did you have for lunch? Surely you needed more than olives.
ReplyDeleteOnce we finished all those olives, we really didn't need lunch. But I had a Cajun Pasta with shrimp and Judy had a turkey-bacon-avocado club sandwich. Much of both came home with us to be finished the next day.
DeleteHow nice. I have a craving to go out to a restaurant but we are playing it safe for a while longer.
ReplyDeleteWe've been going to restaurants for well over a year now. Never felt unsafe, it is the crowded noisy bars that make me nervous, then I've never really liked crowded noisy bars.
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice to know that life is returning back to some semblance of normal. What a long strange trip it's been.
ReplyDeleteGood! 😊
ReplyDeleteI love "But this felt like a special occasion." Yes, that's exactly what I was getting at. Perfect. When we get to go out now and be around other people, we appreciate it SO much more!
ReplyDeleteGlad you guys went out! We never stopped going out once restaurants reopened etc. Looking at people when they are out and about these days especially in big groups, I've come to the conclusion people just want to be around others, enjoying each other's company. Sadly that was taken away for so long for some and really affected so much stuff!
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I have been thinking about going to a cinema again soonish, I haven't been since before covid, that's a long time. I wonder what's playing? I usually go to the afternoon sessions when there aren't many people.
ReplyDeleteA martini makes everything better, but yes, I know what you mean about getting out and back to "normal," more or less. It IS restorative.
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