And we’re back!
Ah, the joys of technology… The modern world, communication and the information superhighway. Still, just like the interstate highway system, things don’t always go according to plan, do they? But...
View ArticleThe Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of…
This story originally appeared here on The Blue Parrot on Tuesday, February 14th, 2007. Seven little words. Keen memories will recall from whence they came. Perhaps you recall them on the screen as the...
View ArticleAccepting the New Reality
A visit to Disneyland will never be like it was Pre-COVID 19. That’s a hard statement to admit, isn’t it? After all, who didn’t enjoy at day at Disneyland before the closure in March 2020 of the...
View ArticleCafé Orleans: Laissez bontemps rouler! *
Note: This article first appeared on Jim Hill Media on July 5th, 2006. As much as we all want to enjoy Disneyland again, I though it might be fun to look back at one of my park favorite restaurants as...
View ArticleDown The Road… At Disneyland!
Note: This column first appeared here on June 4th, 2007. And traffic is still backed up on the 5 trying to get to the Park… Lot’s of attention going on in Tomorrowland in Anaheim lately. With the...
View ArticleAdventures await
Despite appearances to the contrary, this space has not been abandoned nor has the author gone missing. Waylaid, perhaps; yet back at the keyboard, prepared to share more stories, tidbits, images and...
View ArticleNostalgia Redux; Again.
The image above sums up today’s effort nicely. If you may not recall, the dingus, a.k.a. the black bird, is the pot of gold at the end of the proverbial rainbow for all of the characters in Dashiell...
View ArticleA Good Friend Passes
It has taken me a while to sit down and write this. A good friend and cohort of many misadventures passed away last month after a short illness. In many ways, it just does not seem like he is gone. But...
View ArticleIt’s a new day!
It’s been a hectic month! New hosting of the web pages along with other changes. All in all, it means new content being shared here shortly. A bit of this and that, with some Disney stories, Western...
View ArticleA Day at Disneyland 2023 – Prologue
May 10, 2023, to be exact. My last visit to Anaheim and the Happiest Place On Earth was well before the Covid-19 Pandemic. A day with friends visiting the California Adventure almost 5 years ago to be...
View ArticleDay at Disneyland: More Plans
In the past, when it came to tickets for days at the Disneyland Resort, I usually had several choices. For many years, off and on, I had one of the levels of an Annual Passport. That started back when...
View ArticleDay at Disneyland: Getting There
The big day arrived at last. Monday, May 9, 2023. I arrived in downtown Martinez and found plenty of parking in the lot at the Amtrak Station. It’s one of California’s busiest passenger rail stations...
View ArticleDay at Disneyland: Orange County
It’s been. Well, more than a while since I spent any time roaming Orange County. Tuesday, May 9th, 2023 became the latest. Starting the day, K.D. and I began with an adventure getting from our Motel 6...
View ArticleDay at Disneyland: In A Galaxy Far, Far Away
The big day had finally arrived. Wednesday, May 10, 2023. It began as many do, waiting in line for the happiest parking structure in Orange County to open at 7:30 am. We were second in line, in our...
View ArticleStill Lurking About
As Mark Twain may have remarked, rumors of my demise have been exaggerated. I am not lying in the ditch on the side of some rural byway, just diverted along the scenic route, so to speak or type. A...
View ArticleDay At Disneyland: The Rest Of The Story
Now, where was I? Oh, yes… Disneyland. May 10, 2023. A Wednesday, to be exact. When I last left off, we had done the thing that is Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. But as you may know, there is more to the...
View ArticleDisneyland: To Click-Bait or Not To Click-Bait
If you read the various new stories, blogs, Facebook or watch various YouTube channels, the impression is that Disneyland is closed. Or, in other words, the sky is falling. Despite Disney producing...
View ArticleDisneyland – There’s More There Than You Think
Just another family, enjoying a day at the Park. It has become amusing to read, see, or hear some of the Disneyland faithful tell that a day at the Park isn’t what it used to be in more ways than they...
View ArticleWanted: Steam Locomotive for Movie Role – 1959
Director David Swift, recalling production of 1960’s “Pollyana” for Disney, mentions how one day, he called someone and they had a steam train for his movie. While I doubt it was quite that easy, when...
View ArticleNo Joy In Mudville
It’s fair to say that I am a fan of baseball. Living south of San Francisco for seven years, it was inevitable that the Giants would be my team of choice growing up there. How could it not be else with...
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