Glee!<\/em><\/p>\nAnd …<\/p>\n
… well, the pizza is pretty bad, though it was hot, and hot pizza is, at its worst, only mediocre. I didn’t dare order the wine on the menu (tempting though it was). The ambience was claustrophobic, a number of the games were out of commission, the animatronics were lousy, and …<\/p>\n
… and, well, Katherine had a ball. Which is, of course, the important thing.<\/p>\n
And I’ll also confess that, at 1 token per game, there were some pretty good deals for the few video games that an adult would be likely to want to play. And if you’re clever (we weren’t), you can go to the web site and download coupons before you go.<\/p>\n
Her friend, Thomas, from Margie’s office day care, was there, too, so there was someone for her to go running around with in the Habitrails, and play games with, and so forth.<\/p>\n
So, overall, a success, and a fun way for her to celebrate her birthday.<\/p>\n
Now to see if we can keep it down to just one visit a year …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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