Life is a Journey

I'm back! Do you ever feel like the Universe is trying to test your patience? Ya, well it's been messing with me but I refused to let it get me down! The last time I went to Disneyland (my last post) I sprained my knee. Don't ask me how because I honestly can't tell you how it happened - it just happened and boy oh boy it happened with a vengeance! Now that the knee is back to normal I am dealing with an abscessed tooth. Tooth Fairy, I am shaking my fist at you!! Where was I? Oh ya, 18 days later... I went DCA for a few hours to meet up with a friend and check out Olaf's Snowfest. But first, I met Oswald!! Here I am with Oswald, Shawn and Luke. Shawn used to be on The Disneyland Gazette and one of his segments was Diningland which is now done by me and Mallory. Luke is our Editor in Chief, otherwise known as the Big Chief of the Gazette. While we were waiting for Mallory, I fell in love with these mini Olafs. Love this troll! The...

That's right, I actually got some "Park time"!! The crowds were nonexistent and that made me very happy. So the first thing I did was walk over to DCA because I hadn't been there in ages . The little that I could see over the construction walls had me salivating! The Carthay Circle Theater is looking more and more gorgeous as the days go by. Here's a shot I took with my phone just so I could taunt my friends, LOL! And then, I spotted something...people! At first I thought they were very lucky "preview-type castmembers" but then realized they were the guys working on the building. Lucky dogs! Then I noticed the trees that are lining the street - nice! And then , I noticed the grates around the trees on ground level. I remember seeing those in downtown L.A. when I was a kid! Very nice details, Disney! I was happy yet sad looking up at this, knowing that there would soon be a part of the Park that I would not have a...