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Mom's Great Escape: Dinner and a Movie
Stressed out? Patch has your back. Each week, we tell you where to go to unwind and stay within the city limits.
It's our latest feature here at Laguna Beach Patch: Great Escape. Your teens are spending the day at , the grandparents took your toddlers to , or maybe it's the ex's turn to have your 8-year-old this weekend.
In other words, it's time to make time for yourself. Enjoy some solitude. Catch up with your girlfriends. Find an adult companion and cruise the . Do anything you want, even if it's nothing at all.
This week, in the spirit of Sunday's Academy Awards, we suggest catching a flick at Laguna Beach's very own , an intimate movie house whose two screens (and balconies!) seem quaint by today's megaplex standards, but the prices are certainly right: try $6 for all shows before 5:15 p.m. After that, tickets only go up to $8.50, all for first-run movies (like The King's Speech and Just Go With It) that you'd pay a lot more for over the hills at the Irvine Spectrum.
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Afterwards, you'll be craving some eats (if you're not full of movie popcorn), so walk over to , where you can sit outside on the patio and enjoy a satisfying half-order salad for only $6. It comes with a complementary baguette that's piping hot straight out of the oven, along with a butter/tapanad spread.
