Yesterday afternoon, Brugger needed to hop over Danville to deliver some
medical information to one of her doctors, so we decided, well, maybe we should both go and make a little event
of it. So, she did her business, and then we headed over to the
Danville Stadium Cinemas
to check out Lee Cronin's The Mummy (comments below). That took us right to dinnertime, so off we went to Cotton at Riverside Mill, which has become one of our favorite restaurants. It's moderately upscale,
with pleasing decor and a scenic deck that overlooks the Dan River and the nearby
Riverwalk (which I have visited for the purposes of geocaching many, many
times). They make a dynamite gin martini at Cotton, and Kim enjoyed the wine.
My double smash burger and Kim's cast-iron-baked meatballs did more than the trick. An awesome dinner.
On Lee Cronin's The Mummy... It was moderately enjoyable, with some effective, creepy set pieces, particularly the VHS video of the ritual that sets things in motion. Mostly, it's a rehash of The Evil Dead Rise, which I liked a lot better. This one could stand to be about 30 minutes shorter, as it felt needlessly padded. A fine enough way to enjoy an afternoon, I'd say, but I have no desire to revisit it.
So, our more or less spontaneous Danville outing turned out to be most
satisfying — as well as much-needed given the severe stress to which I
alluded a couple of blog entries back. Till next time...
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| A very creepy Natalie Grace in Lee Cronin's The Mummy |
