A Holiday Outing

 The Rialto Theater in downtown Tacoma hosted the play A Christmas Carol. It was a nice occasion to dress up a little and enjoy a December evening out.

It was our first time at the Rialto Theater. I thought it was very nice looking. The seating was a bit cramped. The seats were very narrow and the rows were very close together. As much as I wanted to avoid touching shoulders with the man on my left it was just impossible.

Overall it was a decent play. There was a part in the play where one of the men insinuated sensual advances on a woman and I thought it was inappropriate in a family production even though the audience found it humorous. (it's been too long I can't quite remember which character this was).

Riley appeared to have enjoyed it.

After the play we had dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory. It was busy. Sometimes I do like the rush of the holidays ... only for like a few hours because once I get home from a busy day or night I like to change into cozy clothes and get cozy on the couch. It makes you appreciate a quiet cozy home that much more. 

A just because fact: There used to be three Spaghetti Factory's near us. One across the street from the Seattle waterfront, another one in Tukwila (south of Seattle) and a third in downtown Tacoma. The one near the waterfront closed. The building was turned either into an office building or lofts. The one in Tacoma serves fried calamari only. One of the times we went to the one in Tukwila I was craving calamari and noticed they didn't offer it at that location. That was irritating. 

The following day after the play we drove back to Tacoma after church and went to Corina Bakery. They have quite a bit of a pastry selection.

I got a lemon flavored cake. I love cake. It was very moist.

I believe Jacob got a cinnamon roll. It was pretty big so he and Riley shared it.

Finding coffee shops that sell delicious sweets has turned almost like a weekend hobby for us. So, after first service each Sunday we have been going to different ones. This one, Corina's is definitely one we'll come back to.