I can pretty much track my life by where I saw each new film.
TMP: Everett, WA. Me and about twenty college friends had to drive two hours to see the movie since it didn't open anywhere closer. Road trip!
WOK: Bellingham, WA (which had finally gotten a multiplex in the interim). Saw the movie with Carolyn Cushman, who later became a fantasy book reviewer for LOCUS.
TSFS: Sea-Tac, WA, not far from the airport where I was bussing tables for a living. A friend and I took a limo to meet James Doohan at a special sold-out screening at the Lewis & Clark Theater.
TVH: Downtown Seattle, a few blocks away from the plasma center where I was working as a phlebotomist. Stood in the rain for an hour to buy tickets for me and all my friends.
TFF: Uptown Manhattan with John Ordover, my future STAR TREK editor.
TUC: Manhattan. Dragged my girlfriend to it for my birthday.
GEN: Manhattan. Caught a sneak preview with Ordover and some other Trek types.
FC: Times Square. Dragged my girlfriend again.
INS: A Saturday matinee in the East Village. Kind of a let-down. Couldn't find anyone to go with that weekend. (The girlfriend was busy.)
NEM: Painter's Crossing, PA. Another poorly-attended matinee.
ST09: Newark, DE. Much more fun. A group trip with some Trekkie neighbors. A good time was had by all. (I later took the train into Philly to see the movie in IMAX.)