dinner and a movie, in style!

I didn't see the first Pirates of the Caribbean till a few weeks ago (netflix). When it first came out, I didn't see the appeal of a pirate movie. I don't like pirates. After seeing it though, Alex and I both thought it was fun and entertaining so we decided to see the second movie.

We decided to try out the Lowes Club - VIP seating and dinner at the Lowes restaurant. It may sound cheesy, but it was actually a lot of fun. The tickets are $5.50 more than regular seating, but we got 2 $3.50 coupons for dinner at the Lowes Club restaurant. The food at the Lowes Club restaurant was cheaper than any of the restaurants at the shopping center (most dishes ~$10), the menu had good variety, and the food was delicious. We got a quesedilla for an appetizer, I had an artichoke pesto pizza, Alex had some beer battered chicken fingers with really good fries and a really good honey mustard sauce, and we split a delicious dessert of vanilla ice cream with oreo cookie crust and crumbles of Snickers. Alex also had an alcoholic Oreo Mudslide and I had an iced tea - which with the coupons came to $31! You can also pick up beer and other drinks from the bar at the Club and take it into the theater with you (we didn't do that).

We then went through the upstairs restaurant into the theater. There were 4 rows of "VIP" seating. Since it was opening weekend, normally we would've waited in a long line outside the theater for 40 mins to get in and scramble for some good seats. But yesterday, we came in 10 mins before the show and sat in our reserved seats - really wide leather chairs, wooden floors (instead of sticky nasty carpet), wide ailes, and wide leather armrests. It was awesome!

If there's a theater near you with the Lowes Club, I highly recommend it for a special movie you've been looking forward to.