Plane Crazy

If it weren’t for Nabisco, I’m not sure that I ever would have noticed.  It took a package of Oreo sandwich cookies, a special edition package, for me to realize that Mickey Mouse and Steamboat Willie…

The Nightmare Before Christmas New Years

On October 5, 2001, Disneyland guests experienced their first official “Nightmare.”  No, the park didn’t close early, experience a multitude of mechanical breakdowns, or (gasp) run out of ice cream.  

Learning to Let it Go

October is a big month for fans of Walt Disney World. October is when the Orlando Sentinel announced in 1965 that Disney was coming to Central Florida. October is when the…

The Adventure Continues

It was important that I go back.

Granted, I have been to Disneyland more times than I can possibly count. But thirty years after stepping into Walt Disney’s original Magic Kingdom for the first time, on August 19…

$40, A Single Suitcase, and a One-Way Ticket

Last month, I took my Dad to a Braves baseball game in Atlanta.  The promotional event that evening, on a hot and humid summer night, was “Christmas in July.”  Given my obsession with the 1990s band…

You Deserve a Break Today

Niki and I spent some time in Chicago this summer. While there, we stopped by the Museum of Science and Industry to experience the excellent Science of Pixar exhibit…