Last night

My hubby and I went to see Richard Jeni last night at the Paramount Theater in Aurora. The drive there was uneventful, even pleasant, and the town is very easy to get around in (even with a festival blocking some of the downtown roads). We parked the car and went across the street for dinner. The place was packed, and the waitstaff didn't seem to be prepared for all those people, so we did alot of waiting, which was OK because we got there pretty early. The show was.....fantastic! Jeni's opening comedian wasn't anything to write about, so I won't, but Jeni was very funny. The downside was we sat in front of this couple that was obviously on their first date, and the guy was a very loud talker. So we got to hear all about the movies he's seen lately, the band he's in (which we both agreed was probably a line, because he had a coarse, grating voice, and he was telling her he was the lead singer. She asked if he played an instrument, and he said he played the tambourine and moraccas...WTF kind of shi**y band is he in?!), etc., etc.
So, the show's over, and we get loud talker and date following us back to the parking garage. I'm tuning them out by then, but as soon as we get in the elevator, hubby says with a big sigh, "I thought we'd never get away from them!" But we did.
One thing I noticed about Aurora, IL, is the incredible amount of spiders they have. No kidding. Walking to and from the garage, we walked over the Fox River, and in the openings of the railing were....spiders. On the decorative lampposts......spiders. And not little daddy longlegs, either. Big, grotesque, bulging spiders. On massive webs. How does the town overlook all these spiders? I was a bit afraid in the theater, thinking of the spiders that may drop down from the ceiling on us during the show, but thank goodness we were laughing and clapping and such, scaring the spiders off, I'm sure. Otherwise that's where they would have found us all, wrapped up mummy-like in our seats, with all the town's spiders feasting on us 'til then.
We headed home about 10:30 (with a bag full of White Castle burgers), and the signage said to get back on I-88 we had to be in the left lane. Fine, left lane. The next huge sign said I-88, so I assumed the turn would be coming soon. As I was passing the sign, I saw a teeny tiny arrow pointing to the left. We missed our exit. And had to turn around. Where were all the signs for us stupid people (or out-of-towners), saying turn here Turn Here TURN HERE?
Anyhoo, we got out of SpiderTown safe and sound, and today is a knittin' day. Can't get better than that, huh?