Flora and fauna and margaritas: Licking the Mirror, Day 2

Sunday, May 5: Cinco de Mayo! Let’s get the boring details out of the way – Sunday began much like Saturday. Get up. Get dressed. Get breakfast at Whole Foods (today, from the hot bar. Hot bar!). Drive to Disney … Continue reading

Doing Things We Didn’t Know We Wanted to Do: Licking the Mirror, Day 1

Saturday, May 4 Although we had told ourselves the night before that we’d sleep in this morning, my internal Disney clock had kicked in and I was up shortly after seven. CP awoke not long after, and we both were … Continue reading

Finishing on a Flowery Note: WDW and Then Some, Day 5

Hey, I’m off to WDW in 30 hours!  So, the briefest of pre-trip reports: a superfast, 2.5 day trip to WDW. Staying offsite (I know, the horror!), planning maybe one rope drop day (I know, double horror!), and otherwise we’re … Continue reading

E-Ticket Toilets, Lapu-Iloveyous and a Crapload of Pictures: WDW and Then Some, Day 4

Sunday, March 10 I admit that I have no recollections of the finer points of this morning. We got up…sometime. We ate…something? for breakfast. What I do know is that we eventually ended up at the Magic Kingdom on yet … Continue reading

Value Resorts and Churropation: WDW and Then Some, Days 2 and 3

Friday, March 8 We’re almost back to Disney, I promise! But first, CP had a couple of things to knock off her bucket list: seeing her beloved Red Sox in spring training, and dipping her toes in the crystal blue … Continue reading