Today wasn't all that exciting. It was rainy and grey and somewhat boring. However, when Curtis got off work we headed up to Long Beach to see our friend Leslie in the Long Beach Playhouse's production of "Our Town" and there is where the adventure starts! ;-)
Since we would be in Long Beach we decided to have dinner at La Rizza's Pizza House. We've only been there once before but we really, really loved it and were excited to go back! It's a restaurant that has been around for 50 years this June set in a house that has been added on to a bit. It still has different rooms just like a house. It's cozy yet spacious and the food is good! The salads have olives and garbanzo beans in them and they have a great house dressing and a good ranch.
The pizzas are very tasty and have a delightful crust that is crispy on the bottom yet still a little more breadlike in the middle without being too heavy or thick and they are not at all skimpy on the toppings! They also have great garlic bread that you can order by the basket or by the slice!
We've not yet tried the pastas but I imagine that they must be good! We'd love to go back and try them sometime! Also, the atmosphere is delightfully kitchsy and relaxed. There are statues and knick knacks around. A lot of the booths have little cards telling you which famous people have sat in them. Included in the list are Elvis, Bill Cosby and David Hasslehoff. Last night we sat in the Elvis Booth. :)
After our fun, delicious (and affordable!) dinner, we headed over to the playhouse to see the show!
While picking up the tickets at will call (we ordered them in advance at a discounted rate through Goldstar.com which I highly recommend!) while Curtis was parking (a bit of a challenge in Long Beach)I ran into our friends Julie, Hannah, Danesh and Barbara, also there to support Leslie! Then Leslie's boyfriend Ryan showed up! Good times! Curtis finally found parking and we made it inside! Ryan has seen the show 4 times since his girlfriend is in it and Hannah had seen it 3 times since her hometown apparently required it. ;-) But the rest of us had never seen it. Several of us old enough to have watched "Growing Pains" remembered when Mike Seaver did the play in high school. That was about the extent of it for us.
The play itself won't go down in history as one of my favorites, but I did find it charming and I liked how it focused on the timeless aspects of human life. I'm also glad to say that I have seen this classic play and now know what it is really about. Leslie was great, as usual, and some of the other cast also did very well. The play has three acts so there are two intermissions. During each one it was fun to mingle with our friends. I'm sure we were the loud annoying group during intermission being that there were 7 of us and we are all performers and loud ones at that. ;-) But we had fun and were very well behaved during the performance.
Afterward we stayed to say hello to and congratulate Leslie. A joke was made that everyone decided to twitter or post on facebook in true testament to the social networking culture that is prevalent in 2010. ;-)
After that we headed home with a pitstop at Yogurtland because Ryan told us that they have Red Velvet Cake Batter flavored frozen yogurt and I HAD to have some. We got some and yes, it was all I could have hoped for and more! And that was the end to a very nice night out for us. I'm starting to feel a bit better finally and it is always nice to have a date night with my honey and a night out with friends- especially in the same night! :)
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