You Brought a Snack, All Things British

Do you know what today is?

It is officially Twilight eve. Time to get the kiddies snuggled in their beds, so visions of vampires can dance around in mine. One more day...



Oh, did I mention it's ALSO the day my oldest man-child arrives from the states?


He'll be jet-lagged and passed out for the first three days he's here so I have no problem saying, "Welcome home, here's your bed, I'm going to the cinema!"

Footy Mum and I will leave early mainly because it's friday, it's a city and traffic and parking can get maniacal. That leaves the issue of hungry tummys. Not to fear, Cinema snacks are here.
We can get these:
or these:
but we won't be looking for buttered popcorn.

Popcorn is sweet, like a carmel or toffee popcorn but not so sticky as what we're used to. I don't even know why I'm talking about popcorn since it has been BANNED in several cinemas already. (Even more interesting, did you know that some people are unaware we get gouged when buying movie snacks? There's an uproar from folks who are just now realizing this fact).

Never mind, I'm sure we can grab a Doner kebab (remember, say "kuh BAaaB"--like a sheep) afterwards. That or a curry can be picked up nearly at every corner (I love it here!).

Part of the UK cinema experience is the silly anti-cell-phone use (during movie) advertisements. They're fun enough to make sure I'm in my seat on time. (You REALLY should watch one: Val Kilmer, Darth Vader, Snoop Dog, Macaulay Culkin, Joan of Arc ). The rest of the adverts are from auto makers (I could happily skip those and might go back to the concession stand to pick up more fun stuff).

A new house, a prodigal son, a vampire and sweets...

Can one overdose on excitement?!