Today’s ‘Google Doodle’ honors the drive-in movie theater’s 79th anniversary (yeah, the number is kind of arbitrary, but I don’t care, because this is adorable!). I’ve loved drive-ins since going with my family when I was little and it’s unfortunate that so many have closed over the past few years (mostly because of how expensive it is to keep an operation like that up-and-running year-round, especially when a large portion of the business is only functional during the summer), but perhaps that’s part of the fun of it consumer-wise. Unless you’re one of the lucky few with one nearby, you have to make a mini-trip of it— the drive there, the packed snacks, music in the car on the way there and breezy night air blowing on the way home just make it all the better. 

Happy birthday, drive-ins!