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| Reclined in the Red Cinemas luxury seating with our beer and wine, awaiting the start of "Now You See Me 2." |
The purpose of seeing a movie at Red Cinemas was to take advantage of its luxury seating. But only a few auditoriums have luxury seating, so we checked the movie listings to see what was playing. It just so happened "Now You See Me 2" was playing in luxury auditorium six.
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| A giant war bot at Burger Warfare |
"Have we seen the first 'Now You See Me' movie?" I asked Hubby.
"Yes, we watched it last year," he assured me.
"Are you sure? Isn't that the movie that Santa brought us?"
"Yes," he answered.
I countered, "Well, that movie is still shrink-wrapped. We haven't opened it yet. We haven't seen it."
"I promise, we all watched it."
"Well, I don't think so, but let's see the sequel anyway. If I like it, we can watch the first one. Kind of like as a prequel."
Hubby agreed to see "Now You See Me 2," but was adamant about our having seen the original.
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| A "hole" in the wall between the two dining areas at Burger Warfare. |
When we arrived, we bought our tickets and then headed to the concession stand. I ordered a glass of zinfandel and Hubby ordered a craft beer. The wine and beer selections are another reason we like this particular theater.
Three minutes into the movie, I remembered first movie. We had seen it. We must have streamed in on Netflix, because the DVD Santa brought sat unopened in the movie cabinet.
As we walked from the movie theater to Burger Warfare — the proximity of the restaurant and theater makes it a great date-night venue — Hubby mentioned he did not remember much of the first movie and suggested we watch it soon. I spent the rest of the walk recounting the entire plot of the first movie, while ignoring the fact that he was right — we had seen it already.
We then stepped into a war zone. Not because Hubby was right about something, but rather because Burger Warfare is a themed, gourmet burger place with giant robot sculptures and canned war-type sounds periodically blasting out of speakers.
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| My return to Burger Warfare to retrieve my debit card. Lesson learned! |
Not only was the atmosphere futuristically and whimsically fun, the food was fantastic. I couldn't quite finish my sweet potato bot tots, but I was somehow able to polish off my The Governator chicken sandwich.
Adventures not only broaden our horizons, they teach us life lessons, too. Had I not inadvertently left my debit card at the restaurant, it would have been a nearly perfect outing. I learned a valuable lesson. Always check that you received your debit or credit card back from the server and put it back in your wallet before you leave the restaurant and drive home, especially if you live in another town in another county. A few days later, I had to drive back to Burger Warfare and pick up my debit card. That little adventure had me stuck behind a train cross arm on the way there, and then stuck in rush hour traffic on the way back. However, I was nothing but grateful. The Burger Warfare staff had immediately found my debit card and secured it in the safe until I could return.
One summer experience down. Eleven more to go. It's shaping up to be an interesting summer.
Micki Bare, mother of three, wife, daughter & writer is the author of Thurston T. Turtle children's books.
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