Last night I had quite an adventure with my older son, Matt. We wanted to see the movie, Birdman. The reviews have been very favorable, but it had a limited release so the nearest theatre showing it was in Orinda. We headed out around 6pm for the 6:55 showing. While we were standing in line for our tickets, we were notified that it was sold out. Okay, Plan B. We called home and found out that it was possibly showing in Berkeley. So we jumped on BART in Orinda and headed out to downtown Berkeley. Once there we walked over to the Shattuck Theatre. Birdman was playing there and also a 2nd movie my son wanted to see, but both were sold out! We ended up seeing a movie of my choice, The Theory of Everything about Stephen Hawking. It was nearly sold out so we ended up in the 2nd row but we didnt mind because it was a really good film. After the movie, we re-traced our steps back to the Orinda BART station and then home. We got home around 10pm. Its been a long time since I actually had a movie date on a Saturday night and did something spontaneous like hopping on BART. Except for the fact that it was freezing outside, I enjoyed spending time with my son since it doesnt seem to happen often enough. Just goes to show you, youre never too old for your kids to make you feel young again, even when your kids are all grown-up themselves!
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 05:26:33 +0000
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