While day is settling into dusk, adults and children are settling into Center Brook drive-in. Kids are already squealing with delight as they run around the playground -- without the ordinary constraints and austerity of an indoor theater -- while their parents dutifully set up blankets and lawn chairs. Couples snuggle next to each other in the front seat of their cars after setting up a good buffer zone between themselves and their neighbors. \nPeople make beelines for the dimly-lit but fully-stocked concession stand, while speakers blast out "doo-wop" songs such as "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" that alternate between male falsetto and Barry White bass.\nAs one looks at the large, dirt-smeared movie screen and the children on the swingset beneath it, one would half expect to see John Travolta in the middle of it all, crooning about being Stranded at the Drive-In.\nBut unlike Travolta, no one appears to be alone or stranded. The drive-in is clearly an enjoyable group activity for most and a romantic interlude for others.\n
Reasons to attend a drive-in:
