Summer at the Drive-In
Full moon, summer night. My neighbors set up projection equipment in their driveway last night and - using their garage door as a screen - showed, for the benefit of all the neighborhood kids, a double-bill of both versions of The Parent Trap - the old Disney version with Hayley Mills, and the Lindsay Lohan remake. They served wine and popcorn and cookies, and set up the portable firepit, and a good old time was had by all. (I live in an extremely kid-friendly neighborhood - where the kids in...
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Up until about 15 years ago, my then boyfriend and I used to go to the Winnetka Drive-In every few months because I could bring my husky with us. We'd pop our own popcorn and get take-out on the way there. We'd arrive early, eat our dinner before the show started, and then we'd snuggle up with a big quilt in the back of my SUV and enjoy the show.
I'm guessing that this is the Drive-In to which you are referring: http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/06...
What was cool about the Winnetka was that they had 6 screens and you'd see a double feature for each screen, kind of the multiplex of drive-ins.
But growing up in the San Fernando Valley meant that we had several drive-ins to choose from when we went as a family or later as a car full of teenagers (http://www.garbell.com/drive-ins/driv...). Most often we went to the Victory or Van Nuys drive-ins, which as you can see on the link, also sported neon-western motifs.