Day 20. Romantic cheese with pretty on top

Most Friday nights, I’m quickly wrapping up a long work week, rushing to get something to eat and hopefully, catching a new movie. There is little time to cook (and who wants to deal with dishes on Friday?), so the next best thing is happy hour with quick appetizers and drinks. Tonight, it was seafood dip with toast and fried calamari at Chris McD’s, one of my local favorites (not to mention, previous neighbor, twice). His food is amazing, GO!

Afterwards, we saw The Lucky One. Let me preface this by saying that I’m not a big fan of Zac Efron. Yes, he’s quite pretty (and more muscular since HSM — which I proudly have never seen) but he’s always the same — brooding and tearful. I don’t know, he’s almost too picture perfect. And this movie, is a whole lotta pretty — even the war scenes have a glow. It’s pure Nicholas Sparks cheese and romance. You should be kissed, every day, every hour, every minute … (side note, Will Fetters who wrote Remember Me, is the screenwriter — Will has a way with words). It was good, don’t get me wrong. But I found myself thinking more about how the production set designer made each scene impeccably gorgeous (mosquito net canopy bed, c’mon!) and how I loved every piece of clothing Beth wore. Is that wrong? Still, it was nice movie and wrapped up a lovely, laid back evening.

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