At long last, my daughter finally got up close and personal with her beloved Beast last weekend. It was tough to get her to let go of him …
Around Orlando
Everyone Loves a Parade
My daughter is slightly obsessed with parades lately. Sorry — harades. Not quite sure why she’s decided to swap the p for an h, but who am I to argue with a 2-year-old who knows everything? She’s a lucky girl. She’s been to parades at Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios dozens of times,…
Eating Around the World at Epcot
This post is coming two days after the fact, but in my defense, I’m still full! Here’s why: Epcot’s Food and Wine Festival is one of the main reasons we have Disney season passes. We used to get the 4-day Florida resident passes every year just for the F&W, but we always realized we wanted…
Birthday on the Bike Trail
Today is my father-in-law’s 79th birthday. To celebrate, we all packed up our bikes and headed to the West Orange Bike Trail. It’s one of our favorite places in Central Florida — 19 miles of paved paths with bathrooms and — most importantly to our girl — playgrounds about every 5 miles. Today, the weather…
An A-MAIZE-ing Field Trip
(Oh boy, pun overload in that headline, no?) Even though Mother Nature apparently isn’t a fan of the calendar these days, it is in fact fall. And 87 degrees and humid weather be damned, the Jovi family was going to celebrate fall this weekend. A few weeks back, Groupon had a great deal for Long…