Entertaining Events

While I don't live in NYC, I am far from living in a small town. And THANK GOD, because the wretched city I call my hometown boasted nothing to do throughout my teen years (it has since gotten much better, but now there's nothing to do for twentysomethings).

This anecdote revolves around what I've had to eat in the past few days. Why? Because several meals have led to entertainment, or vice versa.

Yesterday, because there was a *major* football game on, we spent a couple hours at Uno's Chicago Grill, feasting on quesadillas and pizza. My husband and I happen to be on the "exclusive insiders" list, so we were able to sample their new Chicken Parmiagiana pizza which will premiere next week. The food was great; we were stuffed when we left. But I sure am glad that we chose to watch the first half at the restaurant, because I don't think we would have been able to tear our eyes away from the screen during the second half long enough to take a bite! What a crazy game it was, but it was by far the most entertaining of the season, thus far.

Last night, in honor of Iron Man coming to DVD recently, a couple friends came over to watch it on the projector in high-def. Of course, this meant an emergency trip to our local Burger King, in order to have "American Hamburgers" to eat along with Robert Downey, Jr. at a specific point in the movie. Oh, and I should add that we went all-out on variety: 3 hamburgers, 3 cheeseburgers, 3 Whooper Juniors, and a Spicy Chicken sandwich came home with us, only to be arranged in a burger mountain on the coffee table.

For lunch this afternoon, my husband and I had a hankering for sandwiches. And, often as the case is on Sundays, a friend planned to meet up with us at a local Jewish Deli. We drove out there only to find that it had closed down, so after alerting our friend to this fact, we headed over to the Meat Market. Apparently they're not open on Sundays, so that plan fell through. We then headed downtown to a small, Mom-and-Pop-type place simply named, "Downtown Hoagies." While it was certainly entertaining to drive halfway across the city (frequently consulting to make sure all parties were headed to the same location) in search of a delectable lunch, we stumbled upon a little afternoon entertainment on accident.

The "big" art festival is early in the year, but we found out today that there's another Art Fest that takes place in October. So, for a little less than an hour, we were able to wander around the various booths throuhgout the streets of Downtown. Jewelry made from antique buttons, geodes and other rocks turned into oil lamps, driftwood carved into a variety of shapes, paintings, sketches, artistic photography, and metal work were among the beauties that we examined. We also discovered a local popcorn shop, specializing in seasonal flavors (today they had pumpkin popcorn!).

Tonight's dinner will consist of leftovers (both pizza and sandwiches), but I am certain that it will become entertaining in some way. Why? Because my life is hardly ever boring when it comes to meals!