I’ve closed out the ninth annual birthday list with a film about the Wild West and a meal at an ’80s-themed diner.
The other night I watched Stagecoach (#63 in AFI’s Top 100 Movie List). I became cast under the spell of a fella named John Wayne. Where has he been all my life? I figured that I had seen him in something or other before. But he made quite an impression on me in this film. I didn’t think I was into the Western genre of film, until I started watching the ones on the top 100 list. Turns out they are pretty damn good. Drama, adventure, romance. It’s all there in the Wild West.
Today I went to an ’80’s-themed diner called the Breakfast Club. I had driven by it multiple times over the years. I don’t know what took me so long, as I love diners and I love the ’80s. Well, it lived up to my expectations. Anya and I waited in line for a few minutes, but it moved pretty quickly. We grabbed a spot at the counter and took in all the mayhem that is a diner on a Saturday morning. The food was great and I felt like I was in the movie The Breakfast Club when this song came on over the speakers. In other words, it was heaven on earth.
Here’s the recap. Thanks to everyone who accompanied me on excursions. Now I have four months off until the next list begins…
1. Eat at Michael’s Deli January 5
2. Watch Nashville January 5
3. Apply nail art to my nails January 13
4. See a concert at Portsmouth
Music Hall January 19
5. Get DNA analyzed February 1
6. Use teeth whitening strips February 3
7. Eat at Busy Bee Diner February 8
8. Read Why We Can’t Wait February 10
9. Visit Chinese bakeries February 28
10. Attend a genealogy workshop March 2
11. Become a member of NEHGS March 2
12. Read Henderson the Rain King March 3
13. Watch Birth of a Nation March 8
14. Eat char roe March 10
15. Eat at Sandrine’s Bistro March 23
16. Watch A Clockwork Orange March 24
17. Take pearl knotting class March 26
18. Buy Sonny Rollins CD June 15
19. Visit South Berwick, ME June 22
20. Visit Prescott House June 29
21. Make lotion June 29
22. Watch Best Years of
Our Lives June 29
23. Volunteer at a monastery July 5
24. Try foot reflexology July 8
25. Read Appointment in Samarra July 10
26. Buy left-handed knife July 11
27. Try Shandy Bass July 17
28. Eat dim sum July 20
29. Visit Plymouth Rock July 27
30. Make pickled carrots July 29
31. Read Invisible Man July 30
32. Visit Lovells Island July 31
33. Have a Ward 8 August 2
34. Watch poetry slam at Cantab August 15
35. Visit FL Olmsted Site August 17
36. Visit Constitution Beach August 22
37. Watch Stagecoach August 24
38. Eat at Breakfast Club August 31
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The Breakfast Club diner is awesome! I will totally be going back. I liked that they had meals named after the characters from the movie, like “The Princess” (belgian waffles with whipped cream) and “The Jock” (egg-white omelette).
Yes, loved the “Library Specials”!