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Dinner and a Movie Doesn’t Have to Be Boring: Theme Nights to the Rescue!

An impromptu “progressive brunch” kicked off one of our first dates. My partner and I biked around Manhattan, stopping for new-then bagel bombs, coffee, and many other bites I’ve since forgotten.

I’ve always applied that same zest to movie nights and dinner parties. A few select dinner-and-movie dates:

• 🦞 Lobster Tales: lobster meal + “The Lobster” + lobster tail dessert
• 🥩 Wolfing down Wall Street: steak dinner + “The Wolf of Wall Street” + strip club (we didn’t end up at the last place)
• 🥪 Chef Cubanos: cuban sandwiches + “Chef” (though we could have sought out chocolate lava cake for dessert!)

This post seems silly with everything happening around COVID-19 and yet it seems necessary. Amidst the sorrow and self-isolation, fun dinner-movie combos can bring much-needed joy indoors. With that in mind, I brainstormed steaming food and streaming film pairings to inspire you.

• 🍜 Ram-don + “Parasite” (Rent it on iTunes, Amazon, Vudu, Google Play and YouTube)
• 🦀 Crabbies and homemades + “Silver Linings Playbook” (Netflix)
• 🍛 Wakandan Jeweled Vegetable Pilau With Berbere Braised Lamb + “Black Panther” (Disney+)
• 🍸 Aviation Gin Martinis (liquid dinner!) + “A Simple Favor” (Hulu)
• 🍨 Jimmy sundae (dessert for dinner!) + “The Irishman” (Netflix)

What other deliciously entertaining duos come to mind?

This post is part of my WriteMarch series, a commitment to write daily for a month.