Sunday, June 14, 2020

Dinner and a show

Last night, Cas and I had a socially distant dinner and a show date.  We started outside.  While I do an awful lot of the indoor cooking, he runs the grill.  Anything cooked outside over fire is all Cas.  Last night, he grilled a pair of steaks and a couple ears of corn.  We combined that with a few other side dishes, and it was a very nice meal.  

After dinner, we logged in to a show.  We've been to the Pocket Sandwich Theater many times before, and their shows are always fun.  They are the folks who encourage you to boo the bad guy and throw popcorn at actors.  Given how tightly packed the space usually is when they do live shows, the online option was pretty smart.  

What it boiled down to was folks at home watching what looked like a Zoom call.  The actors were on screen in a grid pattern.  The premise was that some money went missing at a company, and one of the six people on the screen was the culprit.  From there, folks watching from their homes gathered clues, and during the intermission, we all had the opportunity to send in our guess as to which of the six was the thief.  

It was pretty cute.  We didn't arrive at the right conclusion, but it was certainly more interactive than scrolling through the Netflix cue.  

I am not sure if Pocket Sandwich is doing this sort of thing again, but I think we'd pass.  Once was cute, but I'm not sure they can keep the concept fresh for a second iteration.  Still, I have never been to dinner and a show like this: 
Cost: $10/device, additional donations encouraged

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