My early afternoon today was spent in a hospital visiting someone very close to me recovering from surgery.  As I was looking around at the capacity of the facility, it dawned on me that the quantity of coffee necessary to serve all of these people would require a reconstitution, grind-free system that had a reasonable chance of being either Douwe Egberts or Nescafe.  I got excited and went to the cafeteria.  Sure enough, they had Douwe Egberts at only 80¢ per cup with the first refill … [Read more...]

Aaron shattered his 32 Gigabyte White WiFi+3G iPad 2 last night on the way to watching the True Blood season finale with our regular obsessed fan group.  Yes, the same iPad that caused us to hide out in the Intercontinental Hotel in Kansas City so we could be at the doors before the sun come up during the original release push by Apple.  The same iPad that has been in half of the United States over the past six months, including our New York trip and Disney World vacation. He had an … [Read more...]

It is no exaggeration to say that many of the most enjoyable moments of my life are now spent watching Disney movies and just hanging out with tiny people talking to them as we sit on the porch or lay on the floor for hours.  At one of the two family dinners I have today, I hung out on the back porch with Ranny and the kids as my brother grilled, in-laws watched an NFL game, other folks played on iPads, and still others congregated in the kitchen preparing desserts. At least a few days each … [Read more...]

After dinner and dessert at the Yachtsman Club restaurant, we made our way back to The Magic Kingdom because we have reserved seating for the fireworks show at Cinderella's castle.  The whole thing is themed as a dessert service but I doubt any of us are going to be able to eat anything else, though a black coffee would be welcome at this point.  Entering the park, it looks like the staff must have put up the Autumn decorations this morning because the entire Main Street area has begun to … [Read more...]

It's been a full day so far.  I'm not going to post most of the pictures of our events but we weren't able to track down the Disneyland Blue Bayou drink anywhere in Walt Disney World, we saw a lot of stuff, did many more things, hung out with people, and now the four foodie groupies are heading to our dinner reservation.   At this point, I'm tired of blogging about food (I have about a dozen ideas for some really fantastic essays on business, psychology, sociology, and finance I've been … [Read more...]

After dinner at Citricos, I went back to the room at the Animal Kingdom resort, took a shower, read the news, worked on the MacBook Pro, and relaxed until 2 or 3 in the morning, when I fell asleep.  Today, we have a few things to do: Return to Downtown Disney to purchase and ship some stuff back to Kansas City Head to The French Quarter hotel to see if the bar can make Aaron the virgin mint julep from the Disneyland Blue Bayou restaurant at the Pirates of the Caribbean ride (no, it's just … [Read more...]