Godzilla Night at the Drive In!

Travis and I have been waiting for Godzilla to come out! Could there be a more perfect drive in movie?  We went down to HiWay50 in Lewisburg with our best friends Sunday night.

For some reason I thought it would be packed so we got there early. It was a beautiful night though! So we walked around and took too many photos.

 I brought my little Godzilla along of course.

 Super fan! I guess you can't really see my Godzilla shirt. 

 Such a cute little guy.

 It was a little chilly out, but I felt cozy once I got out a sleeping bag to wrap up in.

The best part of the drive in is the cheap food! I want to eat fries every time I watch a movie. We had fried pickles too! Yum!

 Yum!

The movie was awesome! I loved it! Godzilla looked so cool and the other monsters were GROSS and freaked me out. I ended up stuff in the back of Crystal and Marc's car and Travis sat in our car alone because he got tired of us laughing at carrying on. Haha, that is what I love about the drive in! I can talk as much as I want! Here's to many more nights at the drive in this summer! (though probably not this one again. You could see all that rust on the screen whenever the scene was light. lame.)

Johnny Cash and the Drive In!

Travis and I have been meaning to check out the Johnny Cash Museum in downtown Nashville for a while. Last Saturday we were both off with no plans so we made a day of it!

Young Cash was pretty dashing. I learned that his given name was actually JR! When he joined the military they wouldn't let him use initials on his official id so he picked the first name John.

The museum was pretty good. I always want to see more  and outfits but there was a good selection of old posters and merch and embroidered shirts.

There is one dark room with a large screen showing all kinds of old video. We saw this clip while we were there and I LOVED it so much. I feel like you can SEE how much Johnny and June Carter love each other whenever they perform together. And I love how June sings the little "Weeeeeellllll" part after Johnny calls her a saucy mare. And her booty shaking of course.

Here is a valentine Johnny gave June. That is the kind of stuff I want to see! Though I realize most people are more interested in the guitars and hand written lyrics and things.

One interesting display was about how Johnny Cash is one of the one (if not THE only) artist to have released singles on pretty much every kind of media from records to mp3s.

All in all it was a great look at his career and life. Though I do feel like the 15 dollar admission is a little steep for the size of the museum. I could also be spoiled by pretty recent trips to the Motown Museum and Graceland, which are both excellent!

We went to eat at a place called Taco Mamacita that I have been meaning to try out. They have a whole separate vegan/vegetarian menu which was intriguing to me! I'm not realizing we went to eat first, because Travis got his haircut before we went to the museum. So that explains his different looks if you were wondering. Oops.

I got the vegan jerk tacos and OMG they were AMAZING. They are plantain with beans and cabbage slaw. I wasn't sure what to expect but they blew me away when we came! My only complaint about the place is they charge for chips and salsa, which is just lame. And the fresh salsa we got wasn't very good. So next time I'll skip that and just get the tacos. Mmmm I didn't know plantains could be so good in a taco!

Then we decided to drive out to Watertown and go to the drive in! We used to go a lot when we lived in Murfreesboro or Columbia but now it is about a forty minute job to the closest one. But I think it's worth it! Look, $7.50 for a double feature!

We went to the Star Dust drive in, which we hadn't been to before. It was surprising that they had a digital projector so the picture looked perfect! And in between movies they showed about 10 minutes of vintage snack bar ads which I LOVED!

Look at that menu! And they have a veggie burger! 

We shared some potato wedges, Travis ate a huge pickle, and I drank so much sweet tea I felt terrible the next day! Oh, and we ate Dots too. So much junk, so delicious! We saw a double feature of The Other Woman (pretty funny and fun to watch) and Divergent (I didn't love it, but it also didn't make us want to leave). The only thing that sucks in the movies don't start until it gets dark (duh) which is about 8, so after the second movie it was after 1 am. Then we had a 40 minute drive home.

Something we loved was they play the national anthem before the movies start, complete with clips of America and waving flags. People were standing on their cars saluting which was a little bizarre for before a movie.

We'll be back this summer for sure! We hoped they'd be playing Neighbors this week so we'd have an excuse to go back! But no, so maybe later this month.

Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum!

This might have been the coolest place we visited on our trip to Michigan. Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum is a little outside of Detroit in Farmington Hills in a shopping center. It isn't like a traditional museum, it is more like the most amazing arcade I've ever been too! It is the personal collection of Marvin himself, who has been collecting games since the 1960s!  This place is PACKED to the ceiling (literally!) with amazing coin operated machines from all eras. I tried really hard to narrow down the photos in this post, but there was just so much to show you! These photos show a TINY fraction of what there is to see. I'm sure it would take multiple trips back to see it all! And he adds new things all the time. It if free to get in, but bring a bucket of quarters!

I could have just looked up at the ceiling for hours!

This machine was basically a lit up flip book that flips when you turn the crank. It showed the Phantom of the Opera. I loved it! I've never seen anything like it.

Humpty presiding over the snack bar.

There is a whole wall of pin ball machines from all different eras. Travis says that the Addams Family machine has always been his favorite. We played it a few times. We would LOVE to have that machine for our house!

These marionettes play their instruments when you drop a quarter in.

One that I REALLY loved was Wally and Wanda the Polka Babies!

You drop the quarter in and the two little babies get jerked around on the string and seem to be dancing. It was so cute! The little sign said that it was made in the 1930's in Chicago.

I remember riding a little ferris wheel like this at Showbiz Pizza when I was a kid. I loved it! For that King Cobra machine you had to put your hand up and hold it there as long as you can. It freaks you out because when that cobra "strikes" it blows air on your hand!

There were a few fortune telling machines.

Travis testing the strength of his personality.

I love the options for the job you could have in this machine. I think I would like to be a love pirate. Or maybe a hot air artist.

There were lots of machines that were scenes like these. I wish I had put quarters in. I have no idea what they did!

Apparently this used to hang in a ladies room.

If you lift the fig leaf that big camera above it flashes and an alarm goes off! Ha! Poor Travis, I made him do it.

This was my favorite machine in the whole place! I put three quarters in it. The monkeys dance and great old music places! It is short, and it kind of reminds me of an old cigarette machine. I would LOVE to have this thing in my living room. Gorgeous! I took a video of it, but I'm not sure how to get it online. But trust me, it was a delight.

Travis' favorite was Time Crisis. He helped that little boy figure it out too. It was cute. 

We won some tickets! Mostly playing Fruit Ninja, which was awesome on a big touch screen! There are lots of modern games mixed in with the old ones so everyone would have a good time there.

There were tons of great prizes of course. If only we'd had enough for a switchblade comb.

That is Marvin in the photo booth pictures! He was actually there and asked us if we were having fun. Of course we were! What an amazing collection he has! And I LOVE that so much of it is on display  and out for anyone to enjoy (though I'm sure he has even more that doesn't fit in the shop). We had such a good time we actually talked about going back the next day but didn't end up having time.

This is the ceiling in the entrance. 

We used our tickets to get some really attractive vampire fangs!

After Marvin's we went back to our apartment and cooked dinner. Then we went to the drive in! We used to go to one in Tennessee all the time but we don't live close to one anymore. I love that they do double features for less than the price of one movie at a regular cinema.

There were almost no other cars there! I guess because it was cold. But we were cozy in our car with the heated seats. We drank cute sodas and ate popcorn and watched 42. I really enjoyed it. The costumes and sets are great, I'm easy to please if the movie takes place from the 20's through the 70's.