The highlight of my Fourth of July with GLS was seeing "Cars." We missed the showing at Alamo Drafthouse and so ended up at Barton Springs mall instead. It had been a while since we'd visited a normal movie theater and really felt it in the leg room.
The movie itself was a lot like "Doc Hollywood" (1991). L.A.-bound hotshot (in this case, racing car) finds himself stranded in small town U.S.A. and comes to appreciate the charm, the locals, a lawyer lady (who fled from "the rat race"), and, after some rivalry, is taken under wing by the doc.
The car-related details--bugs that were actually VW Beetles with wings, etc.--were thoughtful and amusing.
What worked best, though, were the references to famous Route 66 (AKA The Mother Road) and a pre-Interstate world less concerned with "making good time" and more inclined toward enjoying the ride.
Dinner was hot dogs on whole wheat buns (resulting in much discussion with my native Chicagoan husband over the fact that I'd dare to put cheese on a dog), corn on the cob, and fries.
