The Food and Wine Festival will always be my favorite annual event at Disney, but for DadJovi and E., there is one thing they look forward to all year long — Star Wars Weekends at Hollywood Studios. And they’re finally here! Last year, we hit it nearly every weekend of its month-long run. E. even…
Archives for May 2012
Country Roads Take Me Home
Sometimes, you don’t realize how homesick you’ve been until you actually go home. About a month ago, I made an impromptu decision to head back to Pennsylvania for my cousin’s wedding. I had ruled it out months ago because flight prices are outrageous this year. Like, seriously, airlines. What the hell is going on? But…
Wilco: My Shot in the Arm
Six years ago this weekend, DadJovi and I got hitched in Key West. It was our perfect wedding. From start to finish, we personalized it to perfectly reflect who we are as a couple. To this day, one of my favorite parts of the ceremony is the song I chose to walk down the aisle…
My Most Urgent Mother’s Day
2012 will always be remembered as the Mother’s Day when E. and her father learned a valuable lesson — Mommy is ALWAYS right. But more on that in a moment. It started out quite lovely. I woke to the delicious smells of breakfast cooking and hearing E’s Homer Simpsoneque “whispers” outside the bedroom, conspiring with…
Junk Food Books
Speaking of bad books, there are two books in my house that harass me with their awfulness. The book on the left is my No. 1 nemesis, and of course, it’s E’s favorite. It’s not just snippets from various Disney movies. Each story is the complete movie. Like scene for scene. The stories are at…