The Rose

Tonight's post will be short as the Oscars are still on.

Today, we started out by having breakfast at the packed Sweet Laurette's in Uptown. It feels a bit like a french cafe and it is clearly a town favorite. We also stopped by Aldrich's for Port Townsend Brewing Co's beer for Oscar watching and some pastries. Beer & pastries - but remember, they weren't for the same sitting! We then went out to North Beach to look for sea glass, but came up empty. It was a bit chilly and overcast today but that didn't stop lots of families & dogs and their humans from enjoying the rocky beach.

So we're watching the Oscars with popcorn from the Rose Theatre, the subject of today's photo. We've seen three movies at the Rose in the last three days - The Messenger, The Last Station & Alice in Wonderland. The Rose is quite simply, a JEWEL. As I told its owner, Rocky, it was a factor in deciding Port Townsend was the town for me and apparently I wasn't the first to tell him this. The Rose was Rocky's dream years ago & he didn't stop until it was fulfilled. It has two screens - the Rose & the smaller Rosebud. All movies are "announced" with background about the movie you're about to see. PT is a film-watching town & the Rose hosts many performances of the PT Film Festival held in the fall. You can also go to the Rose to see the Metropolitan Opera live in HD or a time-delayed (there's only so much they can do about the huge time zone difference!) performance from the National Theatre of London. For a film lover, it's Nirvana.

Hope your weekend was everything you desired. Back to 523 photos tomorrow...