Canada is looking better

Well, we made it up to Binghamton, NY on day one of our trip. This is an odd little place. There are some gorgeous HUGE old homes, but most of them have been turned into businesses. I suspect because they are completely surrounded by the "bad side of the tracks." The bad side of the tracks apparently has no idea where its boundaries are as there are no actual tracks.

We got in early enough and decided to see a movie since the theatre is right by the hotel. Husband didn't fight me at all on seeing Stepford Wives. I was happy and in need of popcorn and a beverage.

With our "evening meal" secured we headed in to the theatre to find a seat.

Apparently in NY they do things differently. I saw a woman with her shoes off and her stocking feet draped over the chair in front of her, I thought it odd also that she was reading a newspaper before the previews started.

Eh, okay. People confuse me sometimes.

As we try to find seats, I begin to wonder if this is a Japanese movie theatre. Only a handful of people have their shoes on. For the most part I am not talking about women secretly slipping their feet out of sandals. I am talking about untie the running/tennis shoes, take them off and then make the last final decision as to whether leave the socks on or off.

Well that makes the seat finding a little harder. Not only do we have to find seats with an optimal view of the screen, now I have to try to discern who is least likely to have offensive foot odor. I have this weird ability to smell things from far greater distances than the husband. I suspect it comes from spending great amounts of time with a Golden Retriever. We settle just few seats down from a woman in Yoga pants and matching jacket and very clean socks and the shoes - on the floor - were as clean as her socks on the back of the seat.

I guess since it seems okay for children to expose their rib cages, belly buttons and much lower, and their ass cracks or at least the thongs hanging out of their pants, that it seemed okay for women to take their shoes off and get comfortable for the movie.

Again, people confuse me.

The movie was very enjoyable. Many more laughs that I originally thought. Even the husband enjoyed some hardy laughs,