Next up on the Walt Disney World foodie tour is The Brown Derby in Hollywood Studios. It is a reproduction of the famous eatery on the West Coast. Our reservation had fortuitous timing because a sudden downpour and lightning storm hit, relentlessly drenching the area as we enjoyed the comfort of the restaurant and…
I woke up this morning, got dressed, and headed down to get a cup of the Nescafe coffee that made me so happy last night. The plan for the morning is to visit Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park. Apparently, they put on full scale Broadway reproductions of the Disney musicals but we won’t have time…
After dinner at Jiko in the Animal Kingdom Jambo house lodge, we decided to spend our first night in the flagship Magic Kingdom park at Walt Disney World. It’s a really brilliant concept -guests who stay in the Disney-owned resorts can stay after the park closes on certain nights; for today, that meant the park remained…
Many of you know about my Douwe Egberts coffee obsession. No, not the roasted beans, the machine itself that combines with a concentrated form of the coffee produced overseas so that every cup is identical. It’s normally only available to restaurants but I called the company and just bought one outright so that it sits…
Ashly and Ian arrived safely in Orlando! Woo hoo! Although it was a tough journey for them after the crazy plane re-routes and fog landings, we were able to keep our dinner reservations at Jiko, a restaurant featuring upscale African, Indian and Mediterranean cuisine. The blog has quite a few foodies and we eat…
Aaron and I hung out in Downtown Disney until meeting up with Karen, one of our oldest friends. We’ve known her for 10 or 11 years, having first met her when she and Aaron were assigned to a Freshman orientation group at college. Within two weeks, she became one of the most awesome, cherished people…
After arriving at the Animal Kingdom Deluxe Resort in Walt Disney World, Aaron and I headed to Downtown Disney to check out the shops and wait for the other people in our party to arrive from elsewhere in the United States. We found our way to the shuttle “motor coach”, in Disney speak, and upon…
After graduating from college, Aaron and I have regularly visited and vacationed with our close friends as a way to keep in touch. There are many times this included 1,000+ miles road trips and weekend home stay, and other times, visits to theme parks, such as Cedar Point, the North American roller coaster capital. In…
One of the weekly traditions in my life, the family get-together of four generations, rolled around again today and it was our turn to provide the food, meaning the kitchen was a flurry of activity for three or four hours as the dishes were prepared. The menu was set as follows: Main Dish 1: A…
After publishing my newest About.com article, What is a Mutual Fund Family? as part of a new group of content focused on very, very basic financial concepts for beginners, I spent the morning over a cup of coffee in my home, curled up at a desk in a side room with reading lamps (it was dark…
