Going out with Stella

"Why did the cow cross the road? To go to the MOOOOOvies!" first joke that my granddaughter told me 24 years ago. Our Stella picked me up and off we went to see Downton Abbey , downtown. We parked in the old  parking garage that certainly needs upgrading, but the parking is free on the second floor, LUCKY!! 

The movie was as expected, like mac and cheese, like warm woolly slippers on a cold day, like safe predictability with old friends. It was lovely. We are used to seeing  DA productions on smaller home screens so the big screen was a treat, The weird part was that when they filmed in the south of France and then in England studios and the Abbey, their complexions remained very tanned from the southern sun, impossible in England - jarring! I guess they forgot about actor's make up.
 

Downtown is confusing, it is small but I felt myself lost as though I had never been there before. It has been a couple of years during covid and the  homeless scourge.  Downtown has been  off limits. Someone with 4" google eyes has gone through the area sticking them here and there, effectively.

In the toilet at the theater - A small  bit of art by the hand dryer- south Korean award winning movie guy.  Research concludes that movies with subtitles improve the brain, reading skills and language. Especially effective for children learning how to read.

On we went to Taco-Lobo for dinner. Sweet little place where generally in the past I have been pleased. This time it was the worst meal I have EVER had anywhere in my entire life- Chili relleno, a simple dish , very difficult to mess up- a safety dish usually, but this!!

Served in a mega bowl full of pastel orange whatever, the egg wrapped around a fat brown chili, resembling a diseased organ with no flavor at all. Beans were like eating sea salt, the rice was OK. Stella had no problem , ordered correctly. But then the universe is working in her favor at the moment, I think she should invest in a few lotto tickets. 

Her trip to Finland next year this time, is falling nicely , effortlessly into place.  A year into the future  seems like a long time , so much happens in a year's time doesn't it?

This was in my news feed from Wyoming this morning.

Trump rally in Casper where he ripped Liz Cheney- spouted his usual slime- and got a standing ovation. This photo representing the rally  did make me laugh. I wonder if  a subversive photo journalist  exposing  the maga- ites slipped this at the fore, or is it  just typical Maga Rump!  

The sun set at about a quarter to ten PM, leaving a soft sky. It was a very good day in spite of the gross dinner at Taco Lobo, where white jesus takes up a good portion of wall , and this weird guy burdened by flowers takes up another.