Academy Awards at the Republic in the Marina district

What a wonderful event it was!  This year I decided to do something different for the Academy Awards evening.  Several friends were having a party at the Republic, a new wine bar in the Marina district of San Francisco.  They invited me to join them.

The wonderful Peter Scully, one of the owners, emailed me to let me know that they set up one of the TV screens with the subtitles so I was able to watch the Academy Awards on TV and enjoy reading the dialogue and watching the fashions.

We had Kir drinks, nachos and popcorn with melted butter in a cup for dipping.  We also had papers with checklist of different categories.  Some of my guesses were correct.  I predicted correctly who would win Best Actress, Best Actor, Best supporting Actress, Best supporting Actor and Best Picture!

One funny incident during the event was when a friend of my friends showed up with his friend.  I thought he was Jim H. from Amanda's New Year party but it was not him.  He said I do not know him and showed me his driver's license.  It was embarrassing at first but now I can laugh about it.