Mon, 22:41: Last year, one of my oldest and dearest friends, who I met in Spokane in 1996 and who lived in Seattle 2000-2010 before moving back to Arlington, VA for the next 11 years, moved to Louisville, Kentucky. That never would have been high on my list of trip destinations otherwise, but I said then that I would come visit her there when I could. I always take an opportunity to visit a new place! And: last week I booked the trip, for the last weekend of March. Air travel, car rental, and hotel: all booked.
I chose the last weekend of March for two reasons. First, Shobhit leaves tomorrow for a four-week trip to India and this gives me a trip of my own to take while he's gone. Second, the Academy Awards are that weekend this year, and this way I'll have someone to watch them with; I'll see them with Barbara just like in her old Seattle days!
I literally only realized while writing this that I will actually be there on the one-year anniversary of her move to Louisville.
Barbara recently asserted that she will *not* be wearing an "Oscar Gown" like she did at so many of my old Oscar Parties. So, I thought I'd present a Nostalgia Trip of her old, famously creative homemade "gowns" she came to my Oscar Parties in, between 2005 and 2010.
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