hearts with dinner

Saturday has been a good day.
I finally went to see "Parker", the latest Jason Statham action flick. He certainly puts some class into these muscle-bound noise fests! Double-crossed by fellow thieves, he sets about taking vengeance and getting what was promised to him. Hey, no one said the story line was original, just the car chases.
Man, I do so enjoy these movies! Eye candy, car chases, lots of sizzle - boom - BAM!
Nice.
After, I joined by house-mate at the screening of "Life of Pi". He had not yet seen it, but I did some few weeks ago. I happened to time my arrival for one of my favorite scenes. Pi is on his raft in the heart of the night, with the stars above and the moon-jelly lit sea all around and beneath. Then, the reflection is broken by the breaching whale, with spheres of light folowing the arch of the beast.
Stunningly beautiful.
Ang Lee certainly knows how to make the universe dance before his camera lens.
I watched the rest of the film with Joe, then we were off in search of dinner. Dinner! Here, dinner!
No, that didn't work. As we were near the southside mall, we considered our options. Food court? No, something nicer, please. The steak place? Oh, sure, that would be fine!
No, apparently not. The line was out in the wide halls of the mall, hungry diners holding buzzers. The wait would be about an hour, we were told. An hour? No, let's continue on.
Where else? Ruby Tuesday! Good salad bar - to feed us NOW! - and diverse menu... yes, that would be even better! So, off we traipsed, arriving to find two couples in front of us. No problem, we would wait at the bar until our table was ready. Then my Eagle guy showed up! He and his former workmate were having a post-Valentine's day together and now was dinner time for them, too. They had one of the buzzers from the steak place, but accepted our impromptu invitation to join us.
Cool beans!
A lovely dinner we did have, too! Great company, warm hearts, good food: a fabulous way to close out a Saturday night!