Ma chere Mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair as the dining room proudly presents – your dinner! The newest restaurant on Walt Disney World property is Be Our Guest, which is now open in…
Some very sad news out of Texas today. Hostess Brands says it is going out of business, closing plants that make Twinkies and Wonder Bread and laying off all of its 18,500 workers. The Irving, Texas, company says a nationwide worker strike crippled its ability to make and deliver its products at several locations.…
Halloween is over and if you’re like me, you’re still rolling in the candy. But Thanksgiving is in a few short weeks and it’s important to think and talk about what you are thankful for. For me, it’s food. I love food, I abuse food, I eat way too much. I enjoy it because I…
Happy Halloween! Today is all about candy, everywhere I turn. I’ve already had one of these…I’m sure there is more to come. The Reese’s really is my favorite candy ever. But there are so many other great ones – KitKat, MilkyWay, Peanut M&M’s – I could go on. What’s yours? While today is about eating…
Wreck-It Ralph and his sidekick Vanellope are now on stage at Walt Disney World. Today was the first day guests to Disney’s Hollywood Studios got a chance to see the two main characters from the film, Wreck-It Ralph. The characters are in the Art of Animation attraction – and seem to replace Winnie the Pooh…
It is quite ironic that most of my friends up north say they never want to move to Florida because they are scared of hurricanes. Yet, the bulls eye of Sandy is now positioned on the NY, PA, DC area of the United States. Living here in Florida for the last 13 years, I’ve dealt…
Thank you all for the great kind words about our family Halloween fight. I wanted to give you all an update on this ever important news! After some kind words from family and friends, some encouragement from his brother, and the offer of overalls from a friend (Monica, you are a lifesaver!), we have success! …
This has to happen to all of us parents at some point…right? We try hard to do right…to encourage our children to be, “anything they want to be”. And then it comes to this…fighting over Halloween costumes. Despite my best efforts, my family REFUSES to do any sort of themed-family costumes. In the past, I’ve…
Video games are my addiction, and I totally blame my parents. My father worked for AT&T and was somehow involved in some of the first ever home computers. So naturally, we had one at our house. It pretty much looked like this: As a kid – it SUCKED. We got to play really exciting text…
Walt Disney World’s EPCOT celebrates 30 years today. There’s some great merchandise out to celebrate the milestone. As always, shopping is one of my favorite things! But I wanted to celebrate today with some fun facts about EPCOT. • Epcot was opened 1st October 1982 after three years of construction. • The pavements at Epcot…