Cheap Seats

In these hard times, we need little pick me ups. Anything on discount and free are the things I am looking for. Most of the theater groups and orchestras’ are giving out discounted performances. Also there are a lot of events at South Coast Plaza that have free drinks and eats.

We were able to see a musical recently since there was a discount on some of the seats. They called it their “economic stimulus rates”. Keep an eye out for such discounts and ask for them. FedEx Kinko’s gave out free resumes the other day.

If you have any cash left store closings or moving can be a godsend. With Circuit City going out of business people can get new flat screens at dirty cheap prices. The shop where I get my corsets is having a moving sale and I hope to get in on some good deals this Friday.

We recently found a nice seafood restaurant that has reasonable prices all the time on dinners. It was about 50.00 for two, with wine and dessert. It’s The Seafarer Inn located in Whitter on Whittier blvd. It is mostly an older crowd but they do have good scallops and nice calamari. I know these prices still are not cheap for everyone, I just use them as a example.

If we don’t look a little harder and find these discounts, we end up staying home all the time and that can just get depressing. Sure I have my chickens that will start laying eggs by the summer and my dogs. But they are only entertaining for so much.

We are also going to see Lady Ga Ga in San Diego this week. Her tickets were hard to come by and some people on Ebay and Craig’s list were holding out for a lot of money. That’s great but if they hold to them for too long, you are going to get stuck with tickets you didn’t use. People just don’t have money to be spending tons on concerts.

We have been getting season tickets for the Pacific Symphony Orchestra every summer. This year we are going to have to cut back to only a few seats. We have hosted a lot of our friends over the years but we just can’t do it this year. I am so glad we had a big group for the last performance last summer. We didn’t know that it would be so different for us this year.

Things I am grateful in these hard times, being able to borrow a top for my belly dancing performance. The fact that I can invite my friends to a place that doesn’t have a cover charge, it makes it easier to advertise. I have my croc pot to fill up with beans and eat for a while. I am also not too proud to get the cheap seats. Sure they might be in the back, but I have been buying nice things to wear over the years and I can still look decent, no matter where I sit.