Traversing Easy Street

So my girlfriend and me decided to go see a movie last night for the first time in oh, about six months. We usually just did not have the time and when we do, we are usually too tired to go anywhere. It was not until we decided to go see a movie that I realized that I did not know where the nearest theater to me was. I have never gone to see a movie around my place. I checked in the East Village Chicago Neighborhood Guide but only found specialty theaters. They only play limited release movies and some foreign ones. They did have a couple that sounded interesting but I did not feel like a true cinematic experience I would never forget, we just wanted to go see a romantic comedy. Well, she wanted to go see a romantic comedy. After looking for about a half an hour and double checking all of the addresses, I found out that the only place that was playing current movies was the movie theater at the mall that I work at. It was about a half an hour drive and simply annoying quite frankly. I think the gas alone cost as much as the movie did and the last thing I wanted to do was go back to my place of work only hours after I had just left.