Date Night

Rob decided a few weeks ago that he was going to take me on a real date to go to dinner and to see his favorite play, Arcadia. The GT drama club was putting it on over a series of weekends. So I picked a date and he made the rest of the plans. Pretty sweet deal for me. :)

He picked a Thai food place called Spoon, for dinner. The perk was it was within walking distance of the school. The downside was it was cooler than we anticipated for walking. Oh well. We got there without trouble, although we did see two cars turn down the wrong way of a median. That was exciting.

We got to the restaurant, were seated, and had just ordered appetizers when the power went out. It flickered back on for only a moment and was out again. Thank goodness for candles at the tables! The power was not coming back on (the whole street was out) and we started discussing alternatives in case they could not provide dinner. But the staff jumped into action and were just amazing! They gave us Basil Rolls on the house because they weren't able to readily provide our pot stickers. Then they came around and took our order in the dark and we ended up with a true candle light dinner! They figured out a good enough lighting situation with flashlights in the kitchen to enable them to cook. They brought out all sorts of tea lights and put them around. Right as we were finishing, the power came back on. They kept apologizing for the power outage and we were like, no no, we had a blast. :)

We made it over to the drama theater in time to pick up our tickets. Quite possibly too early, but that's ok. We are always early. When we walked in the door, we were assulted by a slew of greetings from different people around the room. Then the man behind the candy counter says, "Ok, so I am not trying to hit on you, but you get a free concession. I was instructed by a friend to buy the next girl who walked through the door anything they want from the snack bar. He left a dollar for it." It was like being the 100th customer. I took the M&Ms and thanked the mysterious person who purchased my candy and the guy behind the counter. I soon met the person who bought my candy and thanked him as well. He ended up sitting next to us during the play. Very socialable person.

The play itself was very good. I had no idea what it was about, but I enjoyed it. The GT Drama club has very talented actors and actresses in it's midst. The last live show I saw was the opera, but before that was in high school. I really do enjoy it. :) It was a fun story and a lot of laughs. We are looking forward to maybe catching another show before Rob graduates. Hey, for student admission prices, we can afford that!

All in all it was a really fabulous night with a few odd, but fun perks that were totally unexpected. A perfect date for sure!