Ok, my friendies, I am here to shamelessly pimp out my trip report--it's in my signature and on the Disneyland Trip Report board. I got up the first installment and I might even work on another one tonight if I see that there's some interest!
mmm Napa Rose food...how i miss thee!! Great pics
Exciting for all of you booking your F&W events..thats great!!
I am a bit sad today friendies, ok..more than a bit..i have been crying intermittantly throughout the day because i just heard that my family cat ( 14yrs +) is very sick and is probably not going to be around much longer. Mind you, she lives with my parents, but i was the one that brought her home when i was 18 years old..when i moved out my parents made her stay there
The first year we went to the PFTS we shared a table (didn't know better that year and seating seemed plentiful!) with a couple from the Orlando area. She was SLOSHED very quickly and had to take break in the loo to sober herself up.They brought a tote bag in with them and dumped food into it all night long. I mean DUMPED... there was no rhyme or reason to the dump, just turn that plate over and see where it falls. It was the oddest thing. The girls and I were talking about it for hours. How in the heck could you eat it the next day?? There were cheese, olives, meats, desserts...
Add to that the fact that directly within our line of sight behind SheWhoWasSoDrunk was a young lady with the most amazing thong on under her pants. It really didn't cover the subject and eventually her companion figured out what everyone was looking at. I mean everyone was stopping and staring! There was not enough wine in that room that night to get those two memories out of our heads!
Here's hoping for another 10-15 pound weight loss by October 14th! 
Friendies ...
AND ... I've lost five pounds since seriously starting my workout / sort-of-healthier-diet program. I'm finally decreasing in mass!!!
good job Brenda..mind sharing that weight loss..i have to be stuffed in a wedding gown in 2 months from yesterday!! 
I'm yo-yo'ing right now, go on vacation the weight goes up, come home to work/job/money stress and weight goes up; oh wait that's not what a yo-yo does 
Bendy, congrats on the weight loss
I've actually been good and started walking again this week and have dropped 5 pounds. For some reason it always comes & goes in 5lb increments
I read your review from last year, (I think it was your's,) and the "weirder" the menu is, the more likely I would be to book it. I think I'm in the minority that way though. Seriously, with me, the weirder and more interesting it sounds, the more likely I am to try it, like I always get the "feature flavors" of ice cream.
That's exactly why I ended up booking the Wine View Lounge too, I didn't want to get all jealous at the party!We are doing two wine view lounges! We are not the beautiful people but Jason was scared that I would see a wheel of Stilton or a wine I love I didn't have access to and jump the rope. He thought better to pay now or pay later!
That all looks so yummy.
If I were going the same night as you I'd be helping you swipe it.I am bringing a big purse that night .. if I see a wheel of Humbolt Fog it might show at the meet after..
Oh Jason just saw that.. he told me to be good! DANG! Why start now?:confused!
Two other reasons I ended up booking, my feet get blisters way too easily, and table savers guard the tables like their lives depend on it. I'm all for first come first serve most of the time, but that's not what the tables are intended for at PFTS.ITA! I'll also admit, I just don't want to have to deal with fierce table savers.
Interesting theory, and if the first year is the best, then I'm glad I booked it.We also did the wine view for 10/17 - I just have a gut feeling that Disney will make it worth our money if they want to continue to do this as a new revenue producer in the future...or maybe they just do it best the first year and it all goes downhill from there like a lot of other F&W events have
I am a bit sad today friendies, ok..more than a bit..i have been crying intermittantly throughout the day because i just heard that my family cat ( 14yrs +) is very sick and is probably not going to be around much longer. Mind you, she lives with my parents, but i was the one that brought her home when i was 18 years old..when i moved out my parents made her stay there
I know I filled my plastic cup they gave me for my wine up with truffles.
Darn, I really wanted to see you on Main Street with a flamethrower.Friendies ... I've had a nap and I feel ever so much better now. I just wanted to thank you for your huggles and encouragement this morning. No one other than a bunch of food lovin' DISers would have understood just how frantic I was trying to get through to someone other than the sleestack agent. Even my darling Jay would not understand the way you guys do, because he doesn't do the planning.
So thank you very much for putting up with me today.
AND ... I've lost five pounds since seriously starting my workout / sort-of-healthier-diet program. I'm finally decreasing in mass!!!
some Disneyland food porn:
Not food, but the undertaker band at the Haunted Mansion event - they were cute.
The food at the event was awful - Swedish meatball, mushroom caps stuffed with sausage (Jimmy Dean I think), bacon-wrapped sausage (more Jimmy Dean), deviled eggs and some sort of really awful mystery meat canape. The mini-desserts weren't bad though and the drinks were great - all the glow-martinis you could drink (same recipe without the glow), mixed to order.
All the food is from the Grand Californian, which had a disaster with their brick pizza oven the day I arrived, just like California Grill did awhile back. So no pizzas in the photos.
Cheese selection from the Hearthstone Lounge
Types of cheese are mysterious. There was some soft goat, some bleu cheese, a little brie and sage darby. Plus toast, preserves and dried fruit with nuts. but do not ask who produced the cheese. I just don't know.
Chicken quesadilla with guac from the lounge
Napa Rose Restaurant
Ahi tuna sashimi, pineapple salsa and habanero sauce
Squash blossoms stuffed with goat cheese
Tempura lobster and Asian beef salad
Fancy mac & cheese in copper pot
My friend's pheasant stew
Warm chocolate cake with raspberry and orange sauces, cinnamon ice cream and pulled sugar "fuse" (get some port with this!)
Smores turnover with handmade marshmallows and chocolate sauce
and I got a refill on my McMurray pinot noir by accident - the server ran out while pouring it and she said she would go get another bottle and wouldn't bat an eye if the stuff already in the glass was gone when she got back - (I left some in the glass but not much)
I am a bit sad today friendies, ok..more than a bit..i have been crying intermittantly throughout the day because i just heard that my family cat ( 14yrs +) is very sick and is probably not going to be around much longer. Mind you, she lives with my parents, but i was the one that brought her home when i was 18 years old..when i moved out my parents made her stay there
Friendies ... I've had a nap and I feel ever so much better now. I just wanted to thank you for your huggles and encouragement this morning. No one other than a bunch of food lovin' DISers would have understood just how frantic I was trying to get through to someone other than the sleestack agent. Even my darling Jay would not understand the way you guys do, because he doesn't do the planning.
So thank you very much for putting up with me today.
AND ... I've lost five pounds since seriously starting my workout / sort-of-healthier-diet program. I'm finally decreasing in mass!!!
on the weight loss!How is Slim in 6? Was thinking of getting it to lose 10-15lbs by October.Thanks, Chelle and congrats to you! I've had the same yo-yo problem this year ... but my yo-yo was broken and only spooled up!
I've been doing about 3 miles a day walking and have been sneaking in some additional workouts ... mixing it up with Slim in 6, P90-X, some balance ball routines. I'm trying to keep me interested, know what I mean? And I've banned myself from going out to lunch at work ... that was a baaaad habit that I needed to break both for money and weight reasons.
Friendies ... I've had a nap and I feel ever so much better now. I just wanted to thank you for your huggles and encouragement this morning. No one other than a bunch of food lovin' DISers would have understood just how frantic I was trying to get through to someone other than the sleestack agent. Even my darling Jay would not understand the way you guys do, because he doesn't do the planning.
So thank you very much for putting up with me today.
AND ... I've lost five pounds since seriously starting my workout / sort-of-healthier-diet program. I'm finally decreasing in mass!!!
Catharine, the food from Napa Rose looked incredible! My mouth was watering over that ahi tuna (drool smilie here) The desserts looked pretty darn good as well!
Bendy, congrats on the weight loss
I've actually been good and started walking again this week and have dropped 5 pounds. For some reason it always comes & goes in 5lb increments
Yay to Bendy and Chelle on their weight loss!
I've been having a hard week and it's going to get even harder. My only child, DS 19, is leaving the nest going away to college. I've been "Kyle's Mom" for 19 years and I'm not sure who or what I'll be after he leaves. He's not going far away but it still hurts. I'm so sorry for babbling my depressing stuff here.
Congrats to Bendy & Chelle on the weight loss!!!!!!!
I've been having a hard week and it's going to get even harder. My only child, DS 19, is leaving the nest going away to college. I've been "Kyle's Mom" for 19 years and I'm not sure who or what I'll be after he leaves. He's not going far away but it still hurts. I'm so sorry for babbling my depressing stuff here.
. I don't even want to think about 10 (short) years from now when dd is ready to go to college.
Congrats to Bendy & Chelle on the weight loss!!!!!!!
I've been having a hard week and it's going to get even harder. My only child, DS 19, is leaving the nest going away to college. I've been "Kyle's Mom" for 19 years and I'm not sure who or what I'll be after he leaves. He's not going far away but it still hurts. I'm so sorry for babbling my depressing stuff here.
