AreYou a Movie Fanatic? How to Make the Most of the Academy Awards
If you’re a big film buff, then there’s a good chance you set aside one important night each spring to watch the Academy Awards. A great number of memorable moments have happened during the Oscars, such as the 2017 “La La Land” best picture mix-up, the 1974 streaking incident when a naked man ran across the stage, or the 2013 falling accident when Jennifer Lawrence tripped as she walked on stage to receive her award for best actress. The Academy Awards is an event you don’t want to miss out on. Here are three ways you can get the most out of Oscars night. 1. PLAY TRIVIA Everyone loves a good trivia challenge. If you and your family watch the ceremony live, you can use the commercial breaks to test your knowledge. Pose questions about the best picture winners over the last 90 years or the actors selected for different categories. You can also find printable Oscars prediction charts and offer prizes to whoever has the highest number of correct answers. 2. THEMED FOOD If you’re throwing an Oscars party, serving some tasty dishes is a must. But why not kick it up a notch and keep your entrees and hors d'oeuvres in line with the blockbuster theme? There are multiple recipes for Oscars-party popcorn online, and you can also
use star-shaped cookie cutters for your desserts. For your libations, you can serve cocktails from famous films and make a martini even James Bond would approve of. 3. TICKETS GALORE! The ticket price for the first motion picture ever shown at the oldest American movie theater cost 15–25 U.S. cents, depending on the location of your
seat. Nowadays, the price of watching a film is astronomical. Fortunately, there are ways for you to create the feeling of watching a film premiere or Oscars ceremony from your own home. Find printable tickets online to distribute to your guests before the showing, and encourage them to dress like they are heading to the red carpet.
Maria's Corner
FromMy Wife’s Perspective!
While this month marks the beginning of spring, a season associated with sunshine and growth, it can be one of the most stressful times of the year for my household. Since tax season is in full swing, Adam is working almost 70 hours a week, and when he gets busy, we all get busy. In fact, it seems like our boys know their parents will be extra exhausted this month and try to take advantage. If any of you reading are parents, then you know how great (and slightly awful) it is to have to really smart children who pick up on every little household change that occurs! While March is an especially overloaded month for our family due to Adam’s job schedule, it has been extra busy ever since we had our second son, Ethan, nearly six years ago. It was 2013, and we already had our hands full with our oldest son when Ethan was born near the end of the month. Since then, we’ve had two more sons and our youngest, Samuel, celebrates his third birthday in March as well. Adam and I like to joke that even though March 15 is the corporate deadline
for taxes, we still ended up having a baby just weeks after the deadline and then another just weeks before a few years later.
We are going to host two big parties, one at the beginning of the month for Samuel and one at the end of the month for Ethan. We’ll invite all their family and friends over for some tasty cake and epic pool time. While Adam and I are looking forward to these celebrations for the sakes of our boys, we are also excited to be able to spend some quality family time together amid the hectic workload this month brings. All in all, while this month can be trying, it is also signals a really beautiful time.
-Maria Libman
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