A Night Out in Blacksburg

Drew and I are trying to embrace this college town we live in before we leave. Drew lived like a hermit his first 4 years here so I am trying to bring him out of his shell. This past Friday we vowed to "buy local eat local be local" which is the common bumper sticker of this college town.

We started our evening downtown at the theatre  The Lyric it was built in the 1920's and opened in 1930. I have always admired it as one of my favorite buildings downtown but had never been in it before. We saw J Edgar which was much more riveting for Drew than I because, bless his heart, he hardly knew who the man was (he admitted to me later the only knowledge he had Mr. Hoover came from Public Enemies). Had it not been for my college professor Dr. McKnight I wouldn't have known all of the "secrets" of J Edgar's life but nonetheless it was a good movie.

After the movie we walked across the street to my favorite restaurant in Blacksburg: The Cellar. It is a Greek Restaurant and it has such a cool vibe. They have amazing alfredo and spinach dip (oh and wine). And just to give you an idea of their portions, I made three separate meals out of my linguine alfredo.

We ended our night in true college style by going to the local Hookah Bar: She-Sha. We tried the peach tobacco but the inevitable headache I acquired about 3 minutes after walking in only allowed us to smoke the hookah for a short time. But it was certainly an experience.

This was a tough shot considering I never had enough smoke to get a picture of, this was about our 40th try and Drew was growing impatient so this is what we ended up with.

Oh and we played SORRY! while we smoked ha!

Here's to trying new things and gaining new experiences. I have fallen in love with this little town, it has so much to offer and I am having fun discovering it all. I sure wouldn't mind to end up here again one day.

P.S. My new computer is ordered so soon no more blogging on an "engineering computer" blah!

Jesus Never Fails.