Our parents came to visit us this weekend for Columbus Day. Rae and I had been scouring Groupon for good things to do/places to eat. We used one at an Indian restaurant (Mela). They had a “vegetarian dinner for two” that was a good deal and came with all the extra stuff that I like (samosas, raita, and even dessert!). Yum!
A few weeks ago Rae and I had come across and ad for the show Two Kids, One Hall which featured two of the five members of the Canadian sketch comedy group The Kids in the Hall (Scott Thompson and Kevin McDonald). We were determined to see it because we’ve loved KitH since high school. Since they were only in town for one night, we convinced our parents to come too. Big mistake! We had already seen the group live and we’d been to Scott Thompson’s one-man show, so we thought we know what to expect: a little stand up, some monologues, and sketches. Turns out it was all stand up, which was fine. What was extremely awkward was that Scott talked about only the most racially charged and sexually explicit topics you can imagine! Not the kind of show you want to bring your parents to! Kevin’s material was less offensive, but he sang several overly-long songs that didn’t make any sense. Luckily our parents were good sports about the whole thing (at least one group in the not-packed theater walked out in the middle). Personally, I feel like I can handle the shocking content, but wasn’t even all that funny! Very disappointing. 😦 I’ll have to watch “Journey to the Top of the Stairs” a bunch of times to console myself!
On Sunday we used another Groupon at the MIT Museum. We thought it was really interesting: and nice combo of art and science and MIT history. Also, apparently Lady Gaga went there, so you know it’s cool. Plus I wanted to buy everything in their adorable gift shop! After that we went to Toscanini’s for ice cream — Mom had been determined to go ever since Rae told her that they have a malted vanilla flavor. Sadly, they didn’t have it that day, but she was happy with toasted coconut too. I got salty caramel and could barely eat one scoop! It was practically as thick as real caramel! Later, we ordered pizza from The Upper Crust and Dad helped us hang some pictures and the magnetic knife rack. Now we have a whole bunch of knives stuck to the wall, so no one had better sneak up on us!
For Science! 