Finishing Up The Old Year

     On Friday night, January 30, Tom and I went out to the movies at The Arclight Cinema in Manhattan Beach to see "La La Land," which got great reviews and the trailer of which  promised a sweet, whimsical musical,

...but which kind of made me think of flat ginger ale.  Between the song and dance numbers the movie didn't really fizz, I thought.

   Still, the theater was beautiful,

​...as was the square outside the theater,

...and in the lobby were on display the actual outfits worn by Denzel Washington and his co-star in the movie "Fences".

     The next day, New Year's Eve, Tom and I went to The Point, 

...a nearby mall in Manhattan Beach,

...to a cute, healthy-food restaurant called Mendocino Farms,

     We agreed the sandwiches at this restaurant were the best, each one deliciously seasoned and sauced.

    I had the "Not Fried Chicken Sandwich",  which was one awesome chicken sandwich.  I wish I knew how to duplicate whatever was in the  sauce.

     That evening we opted to go out for dinner at a little Manhattan Beach pizzeria called Union Pizza,

...which looked over a pretty terrace,

...and that serves good spaghetti.

Tom had the spaghetti and meatballs,

​...while I had the Spaghetti Pomodoro.  Molto yummy!

    After dinner we returned to the nearby Arclight Cinema to catch another movie.

      This time we saw "Office Christmas Party",

...which, despite the stank reviews it received, we really enjoyed.
     It's been a while since we laughed so hard at a movie, and  then we continued laughing after the it was over, recalling the hilarious scenes.
     We figured we could do worse than laugh our way into the new year.