Atonement and Date Night
Thursday, when Bridget was at Mother’s Day Out, I used some of the movie gift certificates I received for my birthday to go see a movie. Based on the amount of GC credit I have and how cheap the “early bird” movies are on week days, I’ll be seeing movies for basically free for weeks. Love it! Thank you, Sarah and Mother’s Day Out!
I saw Atonement on Thursday. I can’t say I loved it. I can say that despite the WWII backdrop, it’s a chick flick of the highest order. Don’t take your husband or boyfriend to it, thinking he’ll enjoy the action scenes or else you’ll end up paying for it later when he drags you to see the newest Rambo movie. (I shit you not, there is a new Rambo movie coming out.) And it’s depressing as hell. I did like it though, no doubt. And I am enchanted now by the name Briony for a girl. I should ask Swistle to do a poll on how people feel about that name. In case you aren’t an avid reader of Swistle’s, first I’ll ask you why the hell not, and then I’ll tell you that she’s obsessed with baby names and will help you name your baby. Maybe even your puppy if you asked her nicely.
On a completely unrelated note, Jake and I went out to dinner last night! With two other grown-ups! With no kid! It was really nice. Yummy Thai food and good wine.
Oh, here’s a question. Does anyone else do this? I have about three things on the menu at this Thai restaurant (and the Indian restaurant we love, come to think of it) that I love. And I always want to try other things, but I worry that I won’t like something new and then I’ll be mad that I didn’t get one of my favorite items, thus wasting an all-too-infrequent trip on a dish I didn’t like. What is one to do? Jake always gets the same thing so I can’t trick him into ordering the new item, allowing me to steal sample it. I think the key is to go out with other people who would be amenable to letting me steal sample from their plates. Unless of course they only like the same items I do. Or just accept the fact that I only order three different Thai and Indian dishes and may never know what else is out there to eat. I guess I could always order the new dish and if I don’t like it, say I found a hair in it and send it back or something. There’s a thought.
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What are your three favorite Indian dishes? G won’t eat Indian food and I want to be a bit informed before I go alone.
How do you pronounce Briony? Bree-oh-nee, Bri-oh-nee
OHMYGOD! I do the same thing at the Thai place. I LOVE Thai food but am particularly fond of around 4 dishes, and will alternate them when I go, because I am always afraid if I try something new I won’t like it AS much and with the infrequency we do go out, I’d be so pissed if I ordered something I didn’t like!
But I am lucky that my husband DOES try something different almost every time, which helps me immensely at the sampling cuisine!
Why don’t you do this? Order something different and if you don’t love it, order a to-go of something you DO like and that way you can take it home and have it later and not be deprived of either experience - the new food or your old love?
We had dinner at an Indian restaurant tonight that seemed to only offer a buffet. While I wouldn’t suggest the one we went to, I know the Austin location of the Indian place you like has a buffet at lunch time. That might be a good way to sample a little of a lot of different things. Then again, they usually stock the buffet with “safe” menu choices which I’m guessing at least 2 of the 3 of your standard choices are.