10-27-2007, 06:54 PM
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Hungry Are The Damned! 10/15/07-10/25/07 - COMPLETED W/LOTS OF PICS!!!
Hi everybody!
 I'd like to say welcome back to those of you who may be old friends jumping on board for our final food report of the year (or next year for that matter) and I'd like to offer a warm hiya to anyone who's brave enough to take this ride with me for the first time. Jay and I are harmless ... we just like to eat and drink and laugh ... a lot.  We've just returned home from 10 days at Walt Disney World where we ate and drank, but sadly, not to excess. I had planned a trip that would render both the hubby and me fat with food, but fate was against us (I blame Norway). Who are we? There's me - Oybolshoi (Brenda) - turned 38 on this trip and am, believe it or not, still something of a picky eater. I have all kinds of interesting chronic health issues - Crohns Disease, Endometriosis, Arthritis - that make daily life and travel with me a real joy. My philosophy is "just take the pain pill with an alcoholic beverage and you'll feel better that much sooner." I plan all the vacations because it's what gets me through the daily grind of real life working for the Soulless Dominions of Finance. I'm a frustrated wanna-be writer with a goofy sense of humor and a penchant for blowing every vacation budget the hubby has ever given me. And there's the DH - Jason - the most patiently impatient person I've ever met ... laid back to the point of coma and possessed of a wicked sense of humor which includes a real gift for mimicry. His philosophy is "life is too short to eat bad food or drink bad booze" followed closely by "if the wife's happy ... everyone's happy." I'm not sure why he puts up with me but I'm lucky to have him.  Here's us ... because it's always nice to put a face with a name.  So ... where did we eat / drink and where will these reviews take us? Click on the link to go directly to the review, or take your time and read through everything ... the choice is yours! Beaches & Cream A Little Food & Wine and a lot of Kimonos F&W Festival, Take I F&W Festival, Take I, Part II Hurricane Hannah's & Jiko Crystal Palace Character Breakfast, Part I Crystal Palace Character Breakfast, Part II A Birthday Interlude Casey's: The Counter Service of Choice for Ducks Boardwalk Bakery Cakewalk Bistro Paris, Part I Bistro Paris, Part II Yacht Club Gacky, uh, Galley Afternoon Tea - Gardenview Lounge Oodles of Spoodles Kona Cafe - Breakfast Le Cellier Food & Wine Pairing Yacht & Beach Club In-Room Dining, Take I Party for the Senseless, Part I Party for the Senseless, Part II A Senseless Summary The SpongeBob Incident & Lunch at Sci-Fi Dine-In Theatre F&W Festival: Scotch & Food Pairing at Rose & Crown Pub A Wee Bit of Food & Wine and Some Other Random Stuff ESPN Club More Food & Wine Festival Tastings and Beach & Yacht Club In-Room Dining, Take II Even more Food & Wine ... with some Segway Narcoossee's Multiple Food & Wine Booths, Yorkshire County Fish Shop, and Boulangerie Patissiere... Come read our food blog if you're interested in seeing what we get up to outside of WDW! GASTROPODTRAVELS Sadly, due to illness on the part of the hubby, we didn't eat or drink as much as we planned at the festival booths, although we made a pretty fair attempt. We also canceled ADRS at Raglan Road, Flying Fish, California Grill, and Rose and Crown as well as a Food and Wine Pairing at Coral Reef ... you can only imagine how much it twisted my guts to cancel these ressies after months of salivating over menus at my desk during endless lunches of chicken noodle soup and raw carrot sticks, but there was no point in going if the man wasn't going to be able to enjoy himself. Poor hubba ... he was such a good sport even though he didn't feel well, while I seem to have developed a tapeworm because I couldn't stop eating.  Stay tuned for Day 1, which will include Beaches and Cream, Kimonos, and the first of many visits to the Food & Wine Festival!!! 
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10-27-2007, 07:10 PM
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Earning My Ears
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Yea! They're back!!! Always love your reports. I leave on Monday for the "World" and I will look forward to reading about your adventures when I return. You always seem to have so much fun-hope we have as good a time as you did.
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10-27-2007, 07:30 PM
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Yay! I'm so glad you are writing another dining report! My mom and I were there October 12 - 17 and we saw you and Jason in Italy!! I was much too worried about appearing to be a Stalker
 to approach you but, let me tell you, it made my day to see a real life DIS celeb - especially one who's writing style I truly admire.Can't wait to hear more! 
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10-27-2007, 07:40 PM
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Glad to see you back.
Sorry to hear Jay wasn't feeling well, hope he's doing better now. I hope you get some of this dining report up before I leave for the World in 5 days . 
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10-27-2007, 07:42 PM
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10-27-2007, 07:55 PM
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I'm a beautiful butterfly, too!
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Woooo HOO! Brenda's doing another food report!
I am looking forward to it! Ms. H
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10-27-2007, 08:06 PM
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Can't wait!
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10-27-2007, 08:07 PM
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Yeah - Another Brenda TR Report!!!!
I can't wait to hear all about your food adventures! Sorry to hear Jay wasn't feeling well for part of it though Hurry back!
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10-27-2007, 08:07 PM
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GO COLTS!!!!
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Welcome Home, Brenda & Jay!
Can't wait to see the pics and hear about your adventures! Did Plankton make the trip this year? My DH tells me that he's coming with us on our December trip, but I know nothing...nothing... Jodi
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I do wish you'd said hello - there were a few people during our trip who approached us (I think Jay was a little taken aback the first time it happened but by the end of the trip he was ready to offer autographs ...  ) and it was really nice to meet fellow DISers. Many of them told me they don't usually post so it would have really been nice to meet someone with a user name! Lemme think ... Italy ... that must have been on the 16th which means you may have seen us posing Plankton with some moscato!  Quote:
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And now he's coming with you to WDW in December? Hmmmmm ... he does get around these days. Thanks again everyone for joining in - Beaches and Cream should be coming up shortly!
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10-27-2007, 09:03 PM
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Looking forward to the reviews...since I am in the planning stages for our next trip (on the Deluxe DP, I think) any input will be appreciated.
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10-27-2007, 09:27 PM
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I really had to bite my tongue on that one
Wondering how we could get our moonshine on the plane 
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Wooooooo! I'm here for the long haul
 again... well Brenda, lets go 
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10-27-2007, 09:33 PM
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Hey Brenda,
I'm glad to see that you are back home and, more importantly, writing about your most recent trip! Don't be alarmed, but I could be considered a "Brenda groupie". Your writing style and incredible sense of humor make your posts irresistable. My husband and I are also Disney lovers, and we love reading about your adventures. Keep the reports comin', girlfriend!!!
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10-27-2007, 10:29 PM
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I'm so excited to see you are back and posting reviews of your latest trip! I read your other WDW reports (I admit it... I lurked
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10-27-2007, 10:39 PM
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woohoo! welcome back -we've been burning the kitchen light each night for you just waiting for your safe return to your keyboard ---start typing sister!!!
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