Before "winter" came to Perth, there was a plethora of outdoor movies. I have come across outdoor movies on Saturday nights in the park back home. I've been to a couple drive-ins. Our high school even set up a drive-in in the back parking lot (which was before we could drive, so thanks mom for dropping us off in the mini-van!). But during the summer, there are at least four or more "theaters" that play an outdoor movie every night of the week. Yes, not just Saturday nights. EVERY night. Rent a bean bag, bring a picnic basket, and you've got the perfect summer night. I realized that it's the perfect thing for Perth, because it doesn't rain in the summer. Like, never. They don't get rained or fogged out (remember watching Alaska, Mom and Dad? I still don't know what happened in the end).
I waited all summer to find someone to go with. And then I was rowing, which basically destroyed my weekday night social calendar. But I couldn't let the season go by without going to the outdoor cinema. So I invited myself along with my favorite Perth-ites to the movies.
And it wasn't just any outdoor cinema, it was a rooftop cinema. Set up for the season on the top of a Northbridge parking garage. One that had popcorn, snacks, artificial green turf, pink flamingoes, palm trees, plastic baskets hung up as lanterns, and a view of the illuminated skyline as the backdrop. It was awesome.
Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba
(Which after screeching hundreds of times, I just looked up means "Here comes a lion, Father" in zulu).
And watching a favorite from our childhood, we joined Timon, Pumbaa, and Simba looking up to see the sparkly dots that are the West Australian stars. Or big balls of gas. Or fireflies.
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