2011 Elaine and Lauren's Oscar Party 10 - the Menu

Academy Awards Gala - So much fun!

February 27, 2011
Academy Awards Gala
DINNER MENU
Appetizers
127 Hours – Trail Mix
The King’s Speech – English Stilton Cheese
Passed Hors D’ouvres
Black Swan - Russian Caviar and toast points
The Social Network – Pizza Bites
First Course
The Winter’s Bone – Spinach Salad with Strawberries and Goat Cheese
Main Course
True Grit – Cheesy Shrimp and Grits
Inception – French Haricot Verts – green beans with slivered almonds
The Fighter – Irish Roasted Potatoes with Rosemary
Hollywood’s Main Event – Beef Tenderloin
Dessert
The Kids are All Right – Strawberry Cheese Cake
Toy Story 3 – Gummy Bears+
Wines produced by Francis Ford Coppola
Hosted by:
Elaine Christian and Lauren Cleek

2011 Elaine and Lauren's Oscar Party 9 - the Party

Elaine makes a toast! Lauren - on point in her ballet slippers! The Academy Awards Gala is underway!

2011 Elaine and Lauren's Oscar Party 8 - the Hosts

Matt and Lauren and Elaine - dressed in Black - on the Red Carpet!

2011 Elaine and Lauren's Oscar Party 7 - The Stars

Kathy Crafton, Jacque Hillman, Britany Burkett and not pictured - Mary Reed

2011 Elaine and Lauren's Oscar Party 6 - The Stars

More stars arrive - Lynda Climer, Liza Forbes, Robyn Lents, Melba Homra, B J Pritchard, Diane Abbott

2011 Elaine and Lauren's Oscar Party 5 - The Stars

The "Stars" start to arrive on the Red Carpet - Leah Ashby, Amy Dietrich, Brenda Whalley,Dottie Dorris, Pam Bowers, Lisa Hollis

2011 Elaine and Lauren's Oscar Party 4 - The paparazzi

The party was really a family effort. Trey and Tim York were the "Paparazzi" were taking photos of the "stars" on the Red Carpet.

2011 Elaine and Lauren's Oscar Party 3 - Movie Themes

Movie Themes:
True Grit - books and the book
Black Swan - Lauren's ballet slippers and a swan
The Social Network - the Facebook Movie - computer mouse and pad

2011 Elaine and Lauren's Oscar Party 2 - Movie Themes

We developed the party themes based on the 10 movies nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture - including decorations and also menu items representing each movie!
The King's Speech - My friend Kathryn Swindle loaned me an original book from the actual Coronation of King George VI (Bertie)
Inception - filmed in Paris - thus the Effiel Tower
127 Hours - hiking gear
The Kids are All Right - gardening tools
Toy Story - Buzz Lightyear and candy!

2011 Elaine and Lauren's Oscar Party 1

Elaine and Lauren host an Academy Awards Gala in Jackson for our friends. The house is ready and the Red Carpet is out! Chris and Matt (aka Roberto) are very handsome in their tuxedoes.

2011 Hatch Family lunch & Tornado Warnings

Annual family Feb birthday lunch with Daddy, Joyce, Mike, Chris, Mary Claire, Catie Beth, Trey, Lauren, Matt and Elaine.

Elaine and Lauren in the closet - during a Tornado Warning - the sirens were screaming!

2011 Boy Scouts Eagle Club Dinner - John Smoltz

Trey, Matt, Lauren, and Elaine pictured with John Smoltz - Cy Young Award winning Baseball pitcher - played the longest with the Atlanta Braves!

Santiago - The Ritz

We enjoyed our stay at the Ritz Carlton - located in Los Condes (El Golf) area - an upscale business section of Santiago. Plus a wonderful roof top pool and spa with a glass dome with great views of the Andes. We both enjoyed massages. Then walked close by for a wonderful dinner at "Akarana" - wonderful New Zealand style (Pacific Rim) cusine. We chatted with "Dell Taylor: - the owner(also owns several Santiago restaurants). Our A & K guide Piadad - had made the arrangements for our dinner with Dell personally. We enjoyed sitting on the terrace with a wonderful Chilean wine. The Avenida Apoquindo area has many outdoor sculptures. Santiago has recovered well in this part of the city from the 2009 earthquake and is a modern metropolitan area. We were happy to have a very late check out on our last day in Santiago - to have a full day to tour - then go back to the hotel for showers and collect luggage before an overnight flight on American Airlines to Miami (MIA) from Arturo Merino Benitez (in Santiago) (SCL)airport.

Cerro Santa Lucia, Santiago

a wonderful enclave in the big city is the Cerro Santa Lucia parque with its maze of paths and hills and lovely ruins from a fortress. "The Santa Lucía hill, the site where the conqueror Pedro De Valdivia founded Santiago in the year 1541. From the top of the hill, you will have a panoramic view of the city, while enjoying the hill's vegetation and the architecture of Hidalgo's Castle" Views of the Andes Mountains - through the smog.