saturday cocktail hour

[threeplusfire]

The Alamo Ritz had a screening of a really fantastic film as part of their cinema cocktail series. There's a lot of drinking going on in The Thin Man. They ran specials on classic Manhattans, dirty martinis, and wonderful vodka gimlets. Plus the show was in the early afternoon, so we could order off the "brunch" menu. Mmm bacon cheddar scones and vodka gimlets. We also lucked into buying tickets for the balcony seats. The Ritz has two balconies, with reclining love seats. You have to take the super slow elevator up and walk through the projection room to get to them. It's awesome and totally worth the surcharge to sit way up there.

On our way down to the theater this afternoon, we witnessed the beginning of a police chase. When the officer tried to pull the guy over, he drove his truck off the road and onto the rail tracks to try and speed away! Bizarre. I wonder if they caught him. Probably, because the way the land is right there meant there was no way he could have driven back up from the tracks to the highway for quite a ways.

It was quite hot and humid this afternoon. I laid around reading Vanity Fair instead of doing anything productive. Well, I learned a little about the modern art museums of Los Angeles and some about Cary Grant's therapy & LSD use and some other things, so I guess it wasn't entirely wasted. I love magazines, with their slick pages and riotous profusion of articles and photo essays.

There are several serious topics percolating away in my head, but I haven't summoned up the stamina to address them. Soon maybe.

Comments

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

BACON CHEDDAR SCONES, YOU SAY?!?

We saw Scott Pilgrim at the Lake Creek Drafthouse today.

I don't think I'll ever want to see another movie anywhere else. They bring you beer! At the movies!

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Bacon cheddar ULTIMATE HAPPINESS! (For all shows starting before 2pm, you can order the scones.)

The Alamo is the greatest happiest place on earth.

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

That cinema sounds awesome.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

The Alamo Drafthouse is the greatest place on earth. They show awesome movies, old and new, helped build a whole crazy film festival, serve food and drinks, kick out people who talk during the movies and don't let children under six into shows, and do all kinds of kick ass special events. Earlier this summer we went to see a trilogy screening of all the Back to the Future movies and Christopher Lloyd arrived in a Delorean. I also met my husband at the Alamo, at their annual Lord of the Rings trilogy screening and feast.

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

Wow, that looks so fun! :) My old local independent cinema was very nice - good bar with terrace, you can bring booze into the films, comfy seats - but that looks like a whole extra level of cool.

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

Man, I have GOT to visit this place someday.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I really think it trumps Disney as the happiest place on earth, at least for people like you and me.

(Have I even mentioned the sing-alongs? They do sing-alongs to music videos and movies often.)

Reclining love seats...

[bjohnson.livejournal.com]

... at the movies. Wow. That's almost enough to make me plan a trip back to Texas.

Re: Reclining love seats...

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Those balcony seats are pretty dang sweet.