oh what a day!

what do the mom and dad of a 2 1/2 month old baby think of the movie "A Prairie Home Companion"? Never mind that the movie is possibly better suited for radio, and that the excellent Meryl Streep seems to be trying too hard in this role (sorry Meryl!). The parents think of the glorious fact that there is a new art house movie theater in Davis (yay!) and instead remember the silly funny moments of that movie. They like the fact that Prairie Home Companion regular Guy Noir (private investigtor) has a big role in the film. They enjoy the music, and Garrison Keillor's face and very good acting. And they feel strangely like they got away with some sort of secret activity. Yes. Bringing a baby to a movie and enjoying the WHOLE movie. Not a peep out of the little peepster, who suckled her way through 90 minutes of glorious darkness illuminated by the flicker of the screen and pickled with the odor of freshly poppped corn.

And those same parents felt even more guilty pleasure when, instead of shuttling their tyke home to bed, they went to an Indian snack shop (albeit a fast food snack shop) and enjoyed spicy snacks while their very alert baby (who should have been in bed) impressed the wait staff, patrons, and even the group of butch college girls singing in the parking lot for a cell phone video.