Red Carpet Ready

We are back in Southern Maryland for our annual family Oscar Party getaway. For the last dozen years, we have created our own long weekend around our love of movies and the pageantry of award shoes. Our destination varies, but it has to be within a couple hours of home and on the water. Fortunately for us, the Academy Awards are presented in the off-season, and so we can usually find a pretty nice place for a reasonable rate. 

The core attendees are me, my wife, my brother, and my sister-in-law, but there has only been one year when it was just the four of us. We're usually joined by one to four of our nephews, their girlfriends, or other friends. This year, we had one fly in from Reno, another from Nashville, as well as our local nephew. We were hoping for a visit from the nephew who is currently working in Iceland, but it just didn't work out.

Even so, the seven of us, with our three dogs, have had a fabulous time in our bayfront beach house. We've had the beach to ourselves, staying in a rental tucked between two houses we have rented a couple of times each in the past. The place is filled with memories of Oscar weekends past, which we've added to by cooking great meals, playing games, building a bonfire, star-gazing, and seeing the sights, and we still have the main event to look forward to. 

Back in 2018, we had this same crew plus a few extra, and on a day trip to Leonardtown, my wife and sister-in-law found some amazing leggings, both colorful and comfortable, and bought a few pairs each. Back at the house, the boys got a little silly, and somehow, everyone ended up in leggings for the party. At the end of the weekend? They all kept theirs, and they still talk about how crazy comfortable leggings are. 

In fact? They are actually in Leonardtown right now trying to track down a few more pairs to wear tonight. We wouldn't want to be underdressed, would we?