A Road Less Travelled

Yesterday Raquel and I Went Out. This is a momentous enough occasion to deserve capital letters.

First we met at Seth’s work for some nifty van switching. Then we stopped at Naturally Yours to buy enough water to tide the Ben-Ezra family over until I can get out today. And then the Outing truly started.

We ate dinner at Fedora’s which is a little restaurant on the corner of University and McClure. Raquel had gone there for lunch with the Lansberrys and she suggested maybe we get our food to go because Fedora’s doesn’t really have very good ambiance. We eventually decided that we would just end up eating in the van if we didn’t eat there and neither of us felt like that so we got the whole Fedora’s experience.

The food was veryvery good excellent. We got a Reuben sandwich and a Spicy Italian sandwich and split them between us. I didn’t eat either pickle that came with the sandwiches because I decided pickles would be an unwise use of my stomach space when there was such yummy food that could be eaten. The Reuben was a little heavy on the mustard, but the Spicy Italian was perfect. And I was beating Raquel at 500 Rummy at the time so I was having a good time.

The food was tasty, but when Raquel says Fedoras doesn’t have much ambiance she means it’s six wobbly tables, styro-foam plates, dirty ceiling fans and fluorescent lights. The only redeeming feature the restaurant has is the nifty posters it has on the walls. There’s one of all different kinds of olive oil, a poster of tomatoes, a poster of European breads and some others I can’t recall at the moment. Next time I think I’ll have my food to go.

After dinner we went to the Nova theater which is behind the Walmart on University and saw Spiderman 3. The theater was a better price than any other theater in the area, but it smelled funny. And the bathrooms were too hot.

The movie was very good, but kinda hard to watch. I pretty much know how the story ends and it isn’t pretty. Raquel was upset about something that happened in the movie so when it was over she made a break for the great outdoors so she could pace. The only trouble was we couldn’t find the exit. There was wall where an exit should be and the doors we came in were locked. When we finally found the exit everybody there probably thought we were either dumb or crazy. Raquel and I paced for a little bit in the parking lot until all of our upset and agitation had evaporated and then we came home. And a lovely time was had by both.