Its good to be in America on July 4th-you get a holiday!.Some years if you are lucky the holiday falls on a Friday or a Monday making it a long weekend which is a ready excuse for packing up and holidaying somewhere.Unfortunately that didn't happen this time around.The corporates no longer are generous enough to convert a mid week holiday into a long weekend. Those days are long gone.
A holiday in the middle of a work week can seem strange-more like a sudden stall in the monotony of work.The next day can be bitter sweet thinking about a break which went so fast that it didn't even register.Anyway, I believe in making the most of a paid day off.A recent study declared America to be a 'no-vacation-nation'. The Europeans lead in the holiday category.Since a day is just not enough time to drive anywhere far,we decided to spend the day in the city which turned out to be an eat out and a movie day.I realized that we had never tried out the Buffalo wild wings grill just across the street.The food was delicious specially the hot sauce was sensational.Its not always that spicy means 'spicy' around here. Most of the times it turns out pretty mild. So a thumbs up to the folks at Buffalo Wings.
The movie was "Live Free or Die Hard" another sequel to the Die Hard series with this one coming out after a dozen years or so.I booked us into the director's hall since there were no 3D/IMAX options.The Director's hall turned out to be a smaller theater with leather recliners,definitely much more comfortable than the normal fare. Just before the show started a plump old lady slipped and fell in the aisle just behind us. Miraculously she didn't break any bones.Thank goodness for that. The movie was entertaining- an action packed,typical Hollywood blockbuster.Bruce Willis comfortably over 50 now but still pretty nimble and having that deadpan humor that was the highlight of the movie. A typical conversation went like this:
Gave the 4th of July fireworks in the local area a miss.Been to too many of those.No longer fun until you are out with a group and a picnic hamper.In fact there was a tornado warning in effect but luckily for the crowds the rain Gods relented just long enough for the fireworks to finish before the much needed rain drops crashed over the cityscape.
I mentally made a note to check out the history behind the 4th of July-wikipedia to the rescue!.
A holiday in the middle of a work week can seem strange-more like a sudden stall in the monotony of work.The next day can be bitter sweet thinking about a break which went so fast that it didn't even register.Anyway, I believe in making the most of a paid day off.A recent study declared America to be a 'no-vacation-nation'. The Europeans lead in the holiday category.Since a day is just not enough time to drive anywhere far,we decided to spend the day in the city which turned out to be an eat out and a movie day.I realized that we had never tried out the Buffalo wild wings grill just across the street.The food was delicious specially the hot sauce was sensational.Its not always that spicy means 'spicy' around here. Most of the times it turns out pretty mild. So a thumbs up to the folks at Buffalo Wings.
The movie was "Live Free or Die Hard" another sequel to the Die Hard series with this one coming out after a dozen years or so.I booked us into the director's hall since there were no 3D/IMAX options.The Director's hall turned out to be a smaller theater with leather recliners,definitely much more comfortable than the normal fare. Just before the show started a plump old lady slipped and fell in the aisle just behind us. Miraculously she didn't break any bones.Thank goodness for that. The movie was entertaining- an action packed,typical Hollywood blockbuster.Bruce Willis comfortably over 50 now but still pretty nimble and having that deadpan humor that was the highlight of the movie. A typical conversation went like this:
Co-Star: They kidnapped your daughter,What you gonna do?
Bruce: I will kill all of them and get my daughter back.
Co-Star:That's you plan?Listen...we ought to have a plan B...
Bruce:Yeah...that's my plan...I'm gonna go there and kick their ass...
Bruce: I will kill all of them and get my daughter back.
Co-Star:That's you plan?Listen...we ought to have a plan B...
Bruce:Yeah...that's my plan...I'm gonna go there and kick their ass...
Gave the 4th of July fireworks in the local area a miss.Been to too many of those.No longer fun until you are out with a group and a picnic hamper.In fact there was a tornado warning in effect but luckily for the crowds the rain Gods relented just long enough for the fireworks to finish before the much needed rain drops crashed over the cityscape.
I mentally made a note to check out the history behind the 4th of July-wikipedia to the rescue!.
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