Out the Door

John and I got out the door close to 1 p.m. Perhaps cutting it a little close for him to get to work on time. Me, I was just going to do my favorite pasttime, shopping at the Westfield Center before meeting a friend to see a movie, "The Kids are All Right". Shopping was disappointing. Sales people have become lackluster. They lack the basic understanding of how to make someone feel good about making a purchase. Even when I've signed my credit card, the experience isn't over. A thank you isn't enough. They need to complete the experience by reinforcing my purchasing decision, "you're going to love it", or "you look great". These statements make the experience. So I left Nordstrom and headed to the theater to see the movie.

"The Kids are All Right" was fantastic. It left me feeling for the characters and even as I sat down with John for dinner at Out the Door (Charles Phan's Slanted Door spin off), I cried as I told him the story. Not sure if this was the movie or hormones, but regardless, I loved it.

Julianna Moore and Annette Bening play two middle-aged lesbian mothers of two kids who find thier donor dad. Relationships become complicated and the story evolves.

Dinner at Out the Door was equally fantastic. We had crab and corn soup (a clear broth with chunks of crab w/fresh corn and tiny little hints of cilantro), a Lobster roll (one was cold, one was hot - that was sad), and a generous heaping portion of crispy duck. Out the Door was a nice little hidden gem inside of the giant hulking mall.