And...Now I'm Blushing

Michanne and I went to the 5pm showing of Spank! at the Buckhead Theatre on Saturday.

We met for a mid-day meal at Buckhead Diner. I've never eaten there before but the food was very good. We split the hummus appetizer and I had shrimp and grits for my main dish. It came with a sunny-side egg on top and I promptly asked for this on the side. Wise decision. We then drove separately to the theater. We had some time to kill after finding our parking spaces (the parking was a constant worry for us--we parked at a local business that had no signage prohibiting parking but we worried we might return to find tickets on our car, or a boot, or that they were towed) so we walked around and then entered the theater early to enjoy the AC. The attendance was modest but everyone was drinking and wearing clothing that was too tight and too short. There were surprisingly a lot of men there with their wives/girlfriends. I don't think I could have paid Jeff to go with me to something like that. They had appropriate music pumping in the theater before the show; S&M by Rihanna was one of the many. Here's the stage.

Michanne and I moved back a few seats to see the stage better and there were only a handful of people sitting back there. Here we are waiting for the show to start.

Michanne calls this her Snooki hair. The cast consisted of three people; the writer, the girl, and the guy. I've only read half of 50 Shades of Grey (the first book) and the first act was very funny and I could follow the story fairly well. I was pretty lost for the second half and didn't find it as funny. It certainly had some moments that made me blush and there was even some audience interaction (Q&A stuff, nothing kinky). The singing was pretty good but all-in-all I don't think the show was worth the cost of the ticket. I told Michanne that it would have been way funnier if we'd had something to drink. Our cars were unharmed and we went our separate ways home. I hate driving in Atlanta and I hope I never, ever have to live there!