As I was about to leave, I got a phone call. It was Tatiana. Thinking it might be an emergency, I answered, "Hi Tatiana. Is everything OK?"

She said, "I just talked to Barb. She and her husband went last weekend to the new bar on Park Street. They had a lot of fun, and she highly recommended that we go there. Our anniversary is next weekend. Can we go?"

"Honey, bars are not for us. It's noisy, smoky, and people get drunk. Isn't it better to go to a concert or a show?"

"Every year we have done it. Let's try something different. If we do not like it,...