This is a GREAT photo of you and Pods. You should have it framed.
Awww...that's very sweet of you! I do like it of Pods, not so crazy about myself (I think I look kind of tired, and I remember I was tired, so maybe that's part of it) but Thanks!
After reading your report I immediately went to Amazon and ordered Ms. Hazan's cookbook. It will be here in two days.
Yummm....no pics, just recipes. Here are some of my favorites- Pasta sauces- Tomato sauce w/ onion and butter, Amatriciana,Tomato Sauce with Porcini mushrooms, Pasta and pesto with potatoes and green beans (not to mention her pesto recipe itself), Meatballs and tomatoes, Braised pork chops with sage & tomatoes, Modena style, Ossobuco, Grilled fish romagna style, Grilled swordfish sicilian salmoriglio style, fricasseed chicken with rosemary and lemon juice, veal scalloppine in parchment with asparagus and fontina....oh, there are just so many. I can't think of one thing in that book I have made that wasn't wonderful- I hope you enjoy it!
Sarah is the opposite of Tyler. She could hold a conversation with a doorknob - and the doorknob would talk back.
Kate
That cocktail you had probably eased the pain at the time.
Hah! You are right! It did!
I wondered what was going to happen with DCL and NYC. Too bad that didn't work out.
That's ok- I'll probably go on again with just Timmy or Pods or maybe some nice DISers would want to cruise with me again!I just booked the Norwegian Breakaway for 8/3/14 to Bermuda- the kids like the looks of the ship (or they like the computer generated images of her, because that's all there is yet. She hasn't been "born" yet- her first sailing is in April, I think, and from NYC in May. Fingers crossed people love her!!
Can't believe Tyler is already pushing 18. NCL sounds like a great alternative.
What an awesome update, I loved the sunset pictures. Sorry that it is going to end soon.That's too bad that the restaurant didn't live up to what it should have. We are very spoiled here in the greater LA area. There's lots of crappy food, but there is also lots of really good food too.
Yea- I think California has some amazing food- I can't wait to chow down in San Francisco and Anaheim!!
I hope you are planning on visiting Napa Rose when you come to DL. There's lots of other great places nearby too, but not enough time to eat at all of them!
Of COURSE Pods & I are going there! Kids will be having something else that night. I would like to sit at the counter (chef's table? What do they call it?)when we go- really, I am so, so excited I was able to book GCV. I am getting psyched for all of it! So different from WDW- I like that I can pick my restaurants 2 months ahead instead of 6 (which I find insane!).
Snow is great as long as we don't lose power or miss school!
You should definitely do the Menehune Trail- it does really cool things, I enjoyed it and wish I had done it all the way through! I also think you are like me, and as a Disney Geek would HAVE to do it!
You may have a point there.
Sorry dinner was so meh, especially for the price. It will not be on my list of places to go for sure. I am definitely checking out that cookbook, I could use some expansion in that area. I love good Italian and there really isn't that much in Seattle. And, while I cook quite a bit, I don't make as much Italian as I should beyond the basics (aka Giada) so expanding my horizons would be a good thing. Mario Batali annoys me, partially from an ingredient standpoint but he is generally more labor intensive than I want for how good whatever it is sounds as I read the recipe.
Umm...we're sorry- just trying to be good Americans and visit Pearl Harbor, Sir. But our GPS has a mind of it's own, apparently WE are complete IDIOTS, and we have ended up here in error (which I can PROMISE we did NOT intend to do!). He told us this was a naval base and we had no business being here unless we were military personnel. Are you military personnel, Ma'am? Well, not me, Sir, but my sons play some COD on the weekends, so they might qualify- umm, I mean, no, Sir. He explained where we were supposed to go, so we turned around and with HUMAN directions this time, we actually found Pearl Harbor, Historic tourist sacred place version. PHEW!!! (As a side note, we did feel VERY,VERY secure in knowing that there was NO ONE going to breach our military security at Pearl Harbor any time EVER with said officer in charge!). We were supposed to have arrived I think an hour or so prior, but we ended up checking in right before 10:30- however, there was NO line, and the woman checking us in said no problem, you still have some time before the movie to visit the museums. We purchased the headsets, and proceeded with the self-guided tour, which was fascinating.
Oh...the memories of THAT one....). So, before we got here (inbetween military inquisitions and de-briefings) I explained to them that this was a sacred place- that too many men and women had lost their lives here long ago and were buried here, most of them just a couple of years older than Tyler, and that this was to be taken seriously. I am proud to say, both boys really got that, and they were extremely and appropriately respectful and reverant throughout our whole visit.
That must have made your visit even more meaningful than most, and that is really saying a lot.
By the way- VERY sad jenseib met you in the hallway at AKV and I didn't!! Next time I hope I'm the one who runs into you in the hallway!
Anyway, at the Kmart, I also bought a hula dancer doll (battery run- plays hula tunes while she dances ) that is thoroughly obnoxious for my cousin's daughter- my littlest cousin, who is 1 1/2, absolutely LOVES her (even if her mom & dad do not), so it was REALLY worth the kmart stop! 
I know! I'm sad I missed you too! I recognized Jen's hair! I was hoping she didnt' think I was a stalker.
Jill in CO
That's funny- she told me that. I think we overlap in May- I will be at OKW May2-3, then AKV CL May 3-6. We will be spending a LOT of time in Epcot, so maybe you'll recognize MY hair this time- although it's not nearly as colorful as Jen's!
