Life is a Journey

The Date:  4-4-19 The Time:  1:30 p.m. The Reason:  Things slowed down dramatically at work. Rather than go home, my friend Laura and I decided to go to the Parks and I'm so glad we did! Since it is still spring break season, the crowds were there but it wasn't unbearable. We started our visit at Tongaroa Terrace because Laura had never experienced a Dole Whip! Naturally, we got the spiked version. She thoroughly enjoyed it! Once we were done, we walked to the Monorail station to ride into Disneyland. I had an ulterior motive - I wanted to show Laura a little bit of Disneyland history so as we disembarked the Monorail, we walked towards the Matterhorn and I showed Laura the Three Fences and gave her a brief explanation as to why this area was special to Disneyland nerds like myself. I also recorded it for the latest episode of my podcast, Not Strictly Disney. Laura then mentioned that she has always wanted to wander through New Orleans Square a...

So last night I met my friend Mallory and we went to White Water Snacks which is pool side at the Grand Californian Hotel to get something to eat. There were many tempting choices on their new menu but I immediately knew what I wanted. I chose the cheeseburger and I was not disappointed. Loot at that thing! It's gorgeous! And huge! And juicy! Do not wear long sleeves when eating this burger. The juices ran down my hand and on my sleeves. Why didn't I roll up my sleeves? I had no idea I was gong to bathe in burger! I have never been a fan of crinkle cut fries so I asked if they could make them extra crispy and they said yes. They were perfect! One word of warning, the menu description did not mention onion and as you can see in the photo, there is onion on the burger. I sometimes get an allergic reaction to onion so had I known, I would have asked them to leave it off.  This is a fancy burger and it is delicious. I would definitely have it again, sans the o...

Nothing new, right? Ah, but there IS something new! Most of you know that I am on a podcast called The Disneyland Gazette. From time to time, I record reports from the Parks and share those on the podcast. However, many people don't listen to podcasts and I wanted to find a way to share those audio recordings via Facebook and Twitter so that people could get a taste of what our show is all about. I found a way! But let's get back to Disneyland and I promise to give you more info on hearing my audio reports at the end of this post. By noon, the Mickey and Friends parking structure was already full so I ended up at the Toy Story lot. Christmas was till everywhere in the Park and I was glad I got to see the decorations one last time before they were gone for another year. I was meeting my friend, Alicia, so I made my way to Big Thunder Railroad where she was waiting for me.   We took the obligatory selfie and then met up with the rest of our group and ha...