Date Night with my son!

When I was asked if I wanted to go to an advance screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides I jumped at the chance.  Usually, when I get invited to blogging events they are things that I can take my 11 year old to, or just a friend.  I never get invited to things that my 14 year old would think was cool...until now.  I knew he would love it and boy, did he! I made a night of it and decided to first take him to Richard Blais' restaurant, Flip Burger Boutique.  Jake loves Top Chef so I knew he would love going to this season's winner's restaurant. Doesn't he look happy?

 The restaurant was very cool- love when you can see the chefs and we had a perfect view.  We watched them construct burgers the whole time!

 We also loved the design concept where everything can be flipped- check out the matching booths on the ceiling above the booths!

 The best part of the meal was the Nutella and Burnt Marshmallow shake.  It came frozen solid and steaming with Nitrous...such a cool presentation.  My only problem was that there were too many marshmallows and only the top ones were burnt. 

 I got the burger of the day- the Osso Bucco burger.  So delish.  Veal burger, veal short rib shredded on top, micro parsley and a rockin' sauce.  The fries were just fries.  I didn't like the smoky mayo which people rave about.  Wish I had ordered the fried pickles instead.

 Jake had the local burger- local grass fed beef, locally grown yellow tomatoes, very crisp bread and butter pickles, lettuce, chives and coca cola ketchup.  It was pretty awesome, as were the vodka onion rings.

 After an awesome meal, we went to Atlantic Station to see the movie.  How fabulous is it to skip right past the lines and head to a chair with this paper on it?

 

Jake looks like Justin Beiber here, doesn't he?  He hated that I said that!  He he he!

So, the movie starts and we are just sucked right in.  After the last movie, I honestly didn't know if they would keep going.  There wasn't really a cliff hanger.  The good thing about that is the movie is more independent than others. My favorite part is that the movie is very Jack-centric.  No Orlando Bloom. No Keira Knightly.  That whole story line was wrapped up. 

The movie follows Jack as he tries to find the Fountain of Youth with Penelope Cruz and Blackbeard.  I didn't think any mermaids could be more scary than the ones from Harry Potter, but these give them a run for their money.  Beautiful and terrifying at the same time!  The movie wraps up nicely and as usual, gives us the option for a sequel.  Love that!  This is a great summer movie and I would absolutely go see it in 3D again!  It's one I'll buy on DVD to add to the Pirates collection, that's for sure!. Love the love story between the missionary and the mermaid!

Disclaimer: I was given tickets to go to the advanced screening of Pirates of the Caribbean by Disney Theatrical Releases and Allied Integrated Marketing. Of course, all thoughts are my own.