Almost every Sunday my grandfather and I will go out for breakfast and later catch a movie if anything good is out at the time. While we have our usual spots, we have been making an effort to try out new restaurants this summer. Today we went to this bar called Nightwood that has Sunday brunch. Since I have a major sweet tooth, I decided to get the stracchino crepe with peaches. I was not sure what stracchino meant, but figured that since it was a fruit crepe it should be fairly sweet. As I cut into the crepe I saw a fluffy, white cream that much to my disappointment was not sweet at all, but actually somewhat sour. I googled stracchino on my phone to find out it is some kind of fancy Italian cheese that is known for its "creamy texture" and "delicate flavor". Apparently they make it from tired cows whatever that is supposed to mean. While I was glad to try something new, I left Nightwood with a fairly empty stomach.
It was only about noon and the day was already starting to warm up, looked to be another 100 degree day this summer. The last couple days I have been stuck in my room or downstairs in front of a fan since the rest of the house is just too hot, so my grandpa and I decided it would be a good day to go the movies. We made our schedule and decided to catch the bus at about one o'clock. At about 12:30 my cousins come over asking for the keys to one of the cars so they can close the windows, I notice that some dark clouds are beginning to roll in. "A little rain would do us some good," I think as I help my cousin close the car windows. At about ten till, we decide to start walking towards the bus as a little rain starts drizzling down. By the time we have walked a block to the bus stop the rain has become a little more steady and the wind has picked up, but still not too bad. Five minutes later the bus shows up; as we enter and begin to look for our fare cards I can see a few people smiling at us, others even having a little laugh. My grandpa and I are completely soaked through. For that five minutes it felt like we were in some kind of mini-hurricane as the rain came down in buckets and the wind made sure that there was no where to hide. Due to the fact it is so cold in the theaters, I had decided to wear jeans today which later proved to be a bad idea as I tried to keep them from falling down, now twenty pounds thanks to the rain. On the way to the movie theater the temperature dropped twenty degrees and rain continued to fall. All of a sudden sitting in a cold movie theater did not sound like so much fun. We both stayed on the bus till it looped around, only to come back home. Now I sit in my warm , dry pajamas, typing on this computer as the sun decides to come back up creating another hot and humid day.
*sigh*
Well at least it got me out of my writing funk.
- Gonzalo
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| Nightwood; Good Atmosphere, Overpriced Food. They charged me six bucks for a donut with some blueberries on it! |
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| This guy was smart, unlike us lol |
