Celebrating 20 years at WDW - Bonus features, A few posts from May, Updated 9/11

[pkondz]

I think around here we call it a "suitcase".

Now that's just silly!

I look annoyed and eventually they get bored and leave. Sometimes I play solitaire on my phone while I'm waiting.

Good idea. Pass the time until the little %^$#^% leaves.

Access Database. I enter the wines into the computer program as I assign them a location in the cabinet. I also hand write them in on the sheet so that I know that the space is taken, plus it helps when I go out to the garage to put away the ones in that I've cataloged. I do them six at a time. As I take them out of the cabinet, I put half and "X" in the box, and when I update them in the computer I complete the X so that I know they are gone and accounted for. I have a six pack of wine sitting next to my chair that is still waiting to be cataloged, and it's been sort of a while since I've done it.

You're right. It's been a long time since I bought a case of beer.

Ditto. I don't drink it, so....

You need to see Guardians of the Galaxy Part II, that explains it all!

Ah.

Well and then there's that.

I think it's out on video now.

I didn't. Part of me is a little scared of it and the other is that I still don't have any Vodka!

It's the clamato, right?
It doesn't taste much different from tomato juice.

But don't try it if you don't want to! Unleash it on some poor unsuspecting guest and gauge the reaction.

It was awesome. I love pork belly and this was one of the better items outside of the bacon booth.

I've never had pork belly.

I'm not sure you would have liked this one. It's not sweet at all, a little tart. I have bottle in my (broken) fridge, so not able to drink it until I can cool it.

I'd still try it. I'll try almost anything once.

I could drink yours....

There ya go!
We'd make a great team.

Heck, I guess we've already started!

We never could figure out why they were on there.

Keeps the wasps out.
(Tons of them up here right now.)

You MUST! They are awesome! Well as long as you like what they are filled with. I don't think a tofu empanada would be any good.

I love Samosas so I'm thinking I'd like those? Will have to try and see.

 

[franandaj]

There's that guy again...

I really should stop stalking him....

It was a fun movie! I enjoyed the first one too, though.

I liked the first one too, but it was much easier for me to follow the plot line of the second one.

Yes, I was just to type that as a recap to show how much I remembered!

You get a gold star!

Aw.. For a second, I thought you'd be joining @Steppesister in the cockpit!

No thanks! I'd rather just sit back in First Class and let them serve me drinks!

Are you sure that's not just a taco?

Ha! I told that story to my contractor this morning. He had stopped by a few weeks ago while Fran and I were having dinner and I had made Egg Fu Yung. I offered him a plate and he ate it. This morning he told me how much he enjoyed the "chow mein", when I said, "Actually it was Egg Fu Yung." It made me think of you.

This was my one last thread I was hoping to get to in order to get all caught up before I turned my attention to my own. Alas, I got called into work and need to leave soon. So, this is the very first one on my docket for tomorrow, Alison. I see I'm being paged here, so will absolutely make sure it happens.

Well you see how long it's taken me to reply to this, so clearly I'm behind now.

That's really a cool tradition! I love that he uses kids' nicknames.

He's really a big family oriented kind of guy, his stories are heartwarming.

How could you NOT?!

Well yeah...

Imma look for that one up here, or have my local wine shop order it for me.

I wonder if they can order it. Lasseter is a very limited production winery.

When @Flossbolna wrote about her visit there, I HAD to get the set of wine charms with their labels. I LOVE them and now see them all the time. Just lovely!

They are quite beautiful, I like when a winery does unique things.

I think I'd equally enjoy this kind of Flight School too!! YUM!

I bet you would!

PERFECT sized group! Small enough to have a real group conversation and not get too loud.

Well, I wouldn't say we didn't get loud, it was Tequila!

Might I at some point offer such an occasion?

Sure!

I can't possibly imagine why not!

Someday, I'll actually reach my goal and then fly us all to THIS type of Flight School.

Yeah, but if you fly us there, you won't be able to imbibe!

And yes, someday, I would like to go to the Lasseter Winery and take that tour. Looks like a very beautiful estate.

We are hoping to do a Napa/Sonoma trip in a little over a year.

I think around here we call it a "suitcase".

Interesting.

As long as she saves me some as a celebration of 1) Not getting lost in the air, 2) Landing without porpoising too badly, and 3) Not p!ssing off the ATC folks.

I would love to. Unfortunately the next couple of years are pretty much planned in terms of vacations.

Corinna

Well, perhaps someday. I need to get my calendar out for 2018 and 2019 and look at what we are thinking about.

 

[Steppesister]

The Vineyard Room Closing at Disney's California Adventure Park
Anaheim, CA -- While the announced departure of McDonald's from Disney's theme parks has made headlines a lesser known, but finer dining experience will also be leaving Disney's California Adventure.

The Vineyard Room, the last of three fine dining experiences at Disney's California Adventure park, will be closing at the end of this month.

The Vineyard Room is one of the lesser-known restaurants in Disney's California Adventure because of the upstairs location and limited operating days. The restaurant was originally sponsored and operated by Robert Mondavi Wines.

Located upstairs in the Golden Vine Winery the Vineyard Room serves pasta, seafood and gourmet salads paired with fine wine. An 18-foot California plein-air mural is part of the décor of this upscale restaurant.

While the current concept may be ending, sources sayt that Disney plans to continue to use the space for a restaurant. The plan calls for an expansion of the popular Wine Country Trattoria restaurant downstairs, into the space currently occupied by The Vineyard Room..

The Vineyard Room is the last of three fine-dining, full-service restaurants within the theme park. The other two, the ABC Soap Opera Bistro in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot closed and Avalon Cove by Wolfgang Puck in Paradise Pier has been converted into Disney Character Dining. The upstairs Avalon Cove bar however remains sans the Wolfgang Puck sponsorship

I missed this on my last read through catching up on your thread. That makes me really sad. Now there are none in DCA? Cathay Circle isn't considered one? Such a shame to see the more adulty type places disappearing.

Well you see how long it's taken me to reply to this, so clearly I'm behind now.

Then we can be behind together.

He's really a big family oriented kind of guy, his stories are heartwarming.

I'd love to see him speak someday!

I wonder if they can order it. Lasseter is a very limited production winery.

I just got an email from them the other day and they were offering an end of season special order of their blends (which is all they do apparently). I should have ordered.

They are quite beautiful, I like when a winery does unique things.

I also got a poster (free) when I ordered the charms. Very nice!

Well, I wouldn't say we didn't get loud, it was Tequila!

Tequila tends to do that. Fun times!

Yeah, but if you fly us there, you won't be able to imbibe!

True, for 8 hours. And then only 0.04%.

We are hoping to do a Napa/Sonoma trip in a little over a year.

Sounds like a lot of fun!

 

[franandaj]

Good idea. Pass the time until the little %^$#^% leaves.

I am a very patient person.

It takes a lot of work to have awesome wine for little money....

Ditto. I don't drink it, so....

Me neither. We have some in our fridge that has probably gone bad.

I think it's out on video now.

Yes I saw that the other day!

It's the clamato, right?
It doesn't taste much different from tomato juice.

But don't try it if you don't want to! Unleash it on some poor unsuspecting guest and gauge the reaction.

Yes, the clamato kind of freaks me out...we don't have guests often enough to try that.

I've never had pork belly.

Oh you must. It's like bacon on steroids! Well then again, if you're one of those "texture" people and need your bacon thin and crisp, you might not like it. Pork belly is mostly fat and just kind of melts in your mouth. It's best with a little char on the fat.

I'd still try it. I'll try almost anything once.

I could say that as well.

There ya go!
We'd make a great team.

Heck, I guess we've already started!

Yes you're right!

Keeps the wasps out.
(Tons of them up here right now.)

Somehow I doubt that particular establishment allows wasps inside, then again that could describe a large amount of the membership.

I love Samosas so I'm thinking I'd like those? Will have to try and see.

Similar concept. But they're not usually filled with potatoes. Mostly minced beef or pork. I'd never had a cheese one before, but it was delicious nonetheless.

I missed this on my last read through catching up on your thread. That makes me really sad. Now there are none in DCA? Cathay Circle isn't considered one? Such a shame to see the more adulty type places disappearing.

This article was at least 10 years old. Carthay had not even been mebtioned, although I bet it was in conception. Yes it is a "signature" type restaurant.

Then we can be behind together.

Yeah I'm trying to catch up! The Photobucket debacle isn't helping.

I'd love to see him speak someday!

Plan a F&W trip next year! I have 4 weekends in April and May booked, you could crash on our couch. They release the schedule a couple months in advance.

I just got an email from them the other day and they were offering an end of season special order of their blends (which is all they do apparently). I should have ordered.

Yes, John and his wife feel in love with the blends in the South of France and chose their winemaker for her ability and skills at blending.

I also got a poster (free) when I ordered the charms. Very nice!

Bonus stuff is always nice!

Tequila tends to do that. Fun times!

Yes it does!

True, for 8 hours. And then only 0.04%.

And for good reason!

Sounds like a lot of fun!

It was I can't wait to do another one!

 

[mvf-m11c]

The DCA F&W Festival is great these last two years. You and Fran did quite a lot this year with all those different demonstrations. The Flight School look interesting to do and glad that you were able to do this year.

 

[franandaj]

May 15 2017

It had been a long time since we’d had a Monte Cristo sandwich, so we decided to go out to the park and take care of that deficiency. Soon the train would be coming back to Disneyland!

I don’t know why I bother looking at the menu, I almost always know what I’m going to get here.

Except today Fran said that she wasn't going to share her Monte Cristo with me! How rude! I told her to smile as I took her picture!

So instead I had to find something else. I didn't want a whole one to myself. We did start off with the Pomme Frites.

I went with a bowl of gumbo for my meal. I love the gumbo here, I don't know if it's authentic, but who cares? It tastes good!

And Fran got her Monte Cristo. In the end she let me have a piece and I only ate half of the piece she gave me. We ended up taking more than half of it home, but evidently that was her game plan. She wanted leftovers.

I think that was it for this day. I don't have any ride photos on my phone so we must have gone right home.


May 25, 2017


The power of Social Media can be overwhelming sometimes. It was an ordinary day. We had just spent the last five days frantically cleaning our house and also moving out of our old place (with the help of Jenny and her husband). Just the day before we kept “one step ahead of the carpet cleaners” by moving boxes off the floor just before they finished the previous room and started on the room we just finished. The place came out pretty nice.

And I was exhausted when they finished around 2PM. She promised to take me to dinner, and since I hadn't eaten all day 3PM was a fine time for dinner. When we got home we sat in our semi dry recliners and watched TV until I went to bed around 8PM.

Which is why I was up at about 6AM on the morning we are talking about. It also could have been the fact that my parents were driving down that day and we still had a lot of tidying up to do. Regardless I started on my normal routine which includes checking out the DIS and FB, and that's when I saw this.

Right then we made a decision to go out to the park and get me one.

It's amazing how quickly we can get out the front door when we put our minds to it. I think we were in the park by 9AM and soon I had my purse.

Since it was the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars, we couldn’t resist the photo ops.

And then we took off because my parents were on the way and we still had more tidying to do!

 

[franandaj]

May 26, 2017

Tonight we had a very special evening in store for us. From the moment we ascended the staircase everything was magical!

We had our own butler who served us a welcome cocktail and continued to serve us up tasty beverages for the rest of the night.

It was definitely an evening with people very dear to me!

We were allowed to roam around and enjoy all the neat little touches in every room.

Notice the little touch in the night sky.

Most of the cocktail hour was spent in this lovely patio.

Where our bartender mixed us even more drinks.

Before we were escorted to our dining room.

Our chefs for the evening described how the meal would progress and some of their inspiration of the meal.

This shrimp cocktail was cooked for (I believe they said) twelve hours in a sous vide. The “cocktail sauce” is the piece of “tomato leather” that you see the shrimp resting on. It was like a tomato “fruit roll up.”

This is a salad accompanied with seared pork belly. The inspiration for this dish was the phrase, “Everything is better with bacon.”

Our next course was a combination of a Day Boat Scallop and a Lobster Bisque. Phenomenal!

The chefs were there for the entire meal, explaining all of our dishes inbetween courses.

Our next course was a Halibut Osso Bucco. The Halibut was cooked absolutely perfectly and the sauce was very tasty. However, this was the turning point in the meal for me where I started to realize I was getting full and had to send some back to kitchen without finishing.

After that course we sort of took a break, everyone got up and walked around, etc.

When we returned they had adjusted the lighting and poured wine in some beautiful carafes.

Our next course would be Chateaubriand carved tableside.

It was garnished on the plate with truffles and au jus. A lot of this meat came home with us as well.

Like I said, they had some amazing carafes.

The main course was followed by a cheese course, which was assembled for us tableside as well.

They even bruleed the cheese for us.

This was the finished cheese plate.

And finally dessert was a Date souffle, this was just the final point. I was so stuffed that I tried my best. It was absolutely delicious, but I couldn’t even eat half of it.

The placed Petit Fours on the table and while I might have snacked on a few, most of these came home with us.

It was an incredible evening and I hope someday to be able to do it again!


PSA: This will likely be my last Bonus update on this TR. I have one more update to wrap up my Fantasy Cruise TR, and once I post that, the bonus features will be posted over there. I have a few updates from visits in June, July and August including the reopening of the train, and Fantasmic! Hope to see you over there if you're not already!

 

[jedijill]

21 Royal was such an amazing experience! Truly one of the highlights of my life!

Jill in CO

 

[pkondz]

I am a very patient person.

I am too... when I want to be.
Other times... "Come ON!!! MOVE!!!!"

It takes a lot of work to have awesome wine for little money....

It takes very little work for me to have very little wine for a lot of money.

Me neither. We have some in our fridge that has probably gone bad.

Oops!

Yes, the clamato kind of freaks me out...we don't have guests often enough to try that.

Thought so.
Tell you what. Put a can in the fridge over night (you want it cold... unless you drink tomato juice or your V8 warm) then the next day sometime, crack it open and pour it into a glass. Look at it. That alone might be enough, since it looks like tomato juice (or V8). Smell it. If you don't think you'll like it... dump it. I won't be offended in the least.

Oh you must. It's like bacon on steroids! Well then again, if you're one of those "texture" people and need your bacon thin and crisp, you might not like it. Pork belly is mostly fat and just kind of melts in your mouth. It's best with a little char on the fat.

mmm... sounds good.
Maybe with a nice glass of clamato juice.

I could say that as well.

Okay... Go ahead.

Somehow I doubt that particular establishment allows wasps inside, then again that could describe a large amount of the membership.

Similar concept. But they're not usually filled with potatoes. Mostly minced beef or pork. I'd never had a cheese one before, but it was delicious nonetheless.

Oh! Okay, now you've really sold me.

 

[pkondz]

It had been a long time since we’d had a Monte Cristo sandwich, so we decided to go out to the park and take care of that deficiency.

Mmm.... Me too.... Might make that for dinner tomorrow.

I don’t know why I bother looking at the menu, I almost always know what I’m going to get here.

I am the same at The Keg... except last time, a week or so ago... I finally had something completely out of character for me.

Except today Fran said that she wasn't going to share her Monte Cristo with me! How rude! I told her to smile as I took her picture!

Of course she's smiling! She's gonna hog her sammie!

We did start off with the Pomme Frites.

Looks yummy!

I went with a bowl of gumbo for my meal. I love the gumbo here, I don't know if it's authentic, but who cares? It tastes good!

Whatttt??????? STOP!
No one told me there was gumbo in Disneyland!!!!!

And Fran got her Monte Cristo. In the end she let me have a piece and I only ate half of the piece she gave me.

Aww, that was nice of her.

We ended up taking more than half of it home, but evidently that was her game plan. She wanted leftovers.

Smart cookie.

That doesn't look anything like a Monte Christo to me!

and that's when I saw this...

Right then we made a decision to go out to the park and get me one.

Good for you!
And... I like it!!

I think we were in the park by 9AM and soon I had my purse.

Yay!

Has your hair gotten longer since we met, Alison?

Tonight we had a very special evening in store for us. From the moment we ascended the staircase everything was magical!

Considering where you're standing... I bet!

We had our own butler who served us a welcome cocktail and continued to serve us up tasty beverages for the rest of the night.

Wow! Nice!

It was definitely an evening with people very dear to me!

Aww... very nice.

We were allowed to roam around and enjoy all the neat little touches in every room.

I started to quote the photos I was impressed with.... then realized I'd grabbed all of them!

Notice the little touch in the night sky.

I did! Did you notice it in this one?:

Most of the cocktail hour was spent in this lovely patio.

Pretty!

Before we were escorted to our dining room.

Wow!

This shrimp cocktail was cooked for (I believe they said) twelve hours in a sous vide.

No freaking way!!!!

The “cocktail sauce” is the piece of “tomato leather” that you see the shrimp resting on. It was like a tomato “fruit roll up.”

I've never heard of that! How was it?

This is a salad accompanied with seared pork belly.

Didn't we just talk about pork belly?

The inspiration for this dish was the phrase, “Everything is better with bacon.”

Well... yeah.

Our next course was a combination of a Day Boat Scallop and a Lobster Bisque. Phenomenal!

oh... and <drool!>

I started to realize I was getting full and had to send some back to kitchen without finishing.

Noooooo!!!!

Holy crap! That is impressive.

Our next course would be Chateaubriand carved tableside.

I'm trying to remember.... But I'm not sure if I've ever had it.

Man that looks good.

Like I said, they had some amazing carafes.

That one is cool. But I think I like the other one more. I like height when it comes to glass.

The main course was followed by a cheese course, which was assembled for us tableside as well.

Ya hear that, @Steppesister ?

And finally dessert was a Date souffle, this was just the final point. I was so stuffed that I tried my best. It was absolutely delicious, but I couldn’t even eat half of it.

You brought it home, yes?

It was an incredible evening and I hope someday to be able to do it again!

I don't blame you one bit! Wonderful!

PSA: This will likely be my last Bonus update on this TR. I have one more update to wrap up my Fantasy Cruise TR, and once I post that, the bonus features will be posted over there. I have a few updates from visits in June, July and August including the reopening of the train, and Fantasmic! Hope to see you over there if you're not already!

I am! See you there!

 

[Flossbolna]

What an evening!! Love the tiaras!

And the chateaubriand! My father loves this and we would sometimes order it when a restaurant offers this and he felt generous. But yours looked even better than any I ever had!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

It had been a long time since we’d had a Monte Cristo sandwich, so we decided to go out to the park and take care of that deficiency.

Glad to see you have your priorities in order! I would be having withdrawal symptoms.

I don’t know why I bother looking at the menu, I almost always know what I’m going to get here.

If it ain't broke...

It's amazing how quickly we can get out the front door when we put our minds to it.

All you need is the proper motivation!

We had our own butler who served us a welcome cocktail and continued to serve us up tasty beverages for the rest of the night.

Your own butler! Did you call him Jarvis? Tell me you called him Jarvis.

We were allowed to roam around and enjoy all the neat little touches in every room.

That would be so cool to see.

The “cocktail sauce” is the piece of “tomato leather” that you see the shrimp resting on. It was like a tomato “fruit roll up.”

I hope that tastes a lot better than it sounds--a tomato leather fruit roll up.

The inspiration for this dish was the phrase, “Everything is better with bacon.”

But of course!

Our next course was a Halibut Osso Bucco. The Halibut was cooked absolutely perfectly and the sauce was very tasty.

What was the inspiration for that? Just for the halibut?




I'm sorry.

They even bruleed the cheese for us.

Now that looks like fun! Cooking with a flamethrower would be cool.

It was an incredible evening and I hope someday to be able to do it again!

I imagine so!

 

[pkondz]

Somehow this one got dropped from my quotes.
Just wanted to say how nice you both look! Love your hair and tiara!

 

[rentayenta]

Yahoo, the 21 Royal update! That was the best evening ever!!!! Like ever! I still get giddy looking at the photos. All but the one of my profile, ugh!

Michael wants in on the next tasting!

I feel like I haven't seen you in forevah! I know Pam is here soon. We are planning on dinner Tuesday I night I believe.

 

[afwdwfan]

Except today Fran said that she wasn't going to share her Monte Cristo with me! How rude! I told her to smile as I took her picture!

That smile... It's betrayed by the look that says if you touch my sandwich I'll cut you.

Right then we made a decision to go out to the park and get me one.

It's amazing how quickly we can get out the front door when we put our minds to it. I think we were in the park by 9AM and soon I had my purse.

Again... jealous. The fact that you can wake up and decide to go to Disneyland and get a new souvenir at a moment's notice.

We were allowed to roam around and enjoy all the neat little touches in every room.

Beautiful place! And the food looks like a foodie's paradise! I know you were definitely in your element!

 

[dolphingirl47]

I could have sworn I recently posted on this thread, but cyberspace must have swallowed it. I love the Pirates Dooney and Bourke purse. I suppose my next addition to my collection will be one of the Shanghai Disneyland Sketch purses.

I loved all the photos from your special dinner. This looked absolutely amazing.

Corinna

 

[Steppesister]

So instead I had to find something else. I didn't want a whole one to myself. We did start off with the Pomme Frites.

THOSE. ARE. DELICIOUS.

Beautiful. Just lovely.

What a great bunch of ladies! Such a fun evening!

Heaven on Earth, right there!

Stunning!

All of the food looks just completely mind blowingly amazing, but I had to admire this abalone shaped dish.

Unique and cool. I'm well.... I'm just simply in love with this event.

It was an incredible evening and I hope someday to be able to do it again!

I hope you get to. What an amazing experience to be part of. (More than a little jelly. )

 

[franandaj]

21 Royal was such an amazing experience! Truly one of the highlights of my life!

Jill in CO

Mine too!

I am too... when I want to be.
Other times... "Come ON!!! MOVE!!!!"

Yeah, but I can't say it when it comes to kids. I might end up in jail...

Thought so.
Tell you what. Put a can in the fridge over night (you want it cold... unless you drink tomato juice or your V8 warm) then the next day sometime, crack it open and pour it into a glass. Look at it. That alone might be enough, since it looks like tomato juice (or V8). Smell it. If you don't think you'll like it... dump it. I won't be offended in the least.

Someday I'll get some vodka and maybe try it....either that or order one at a bar.

mmm... sounds good.
Maybe with a nice glass of clamato juice.

Oh! Okay, now you've really sold me.

So have you tried any Empanadas?

Mmm.... Me too.... Might make that for dinner tomorrow.

So how do you make yours? In the deep fryer?

I am the same at The Keg... except last time, a week or so ago... I finally had something completely out of character for me.

So what did you have? I think you normally get the filet....right?

Of course she's smiling! She's gonna hog her sammie!

Or so she said....

Whatttt??????? STOP!
No one told me there was gumbo in Disneyland!!!!!

Well it is New Orleans Square....

That doesn't look anything like a Monte Christo to me!

Huh, that's the only Monte Christo I've ever known....all others have been false Monte Christos....

Has your hair gotten longer since we met, Alison?

Well it does tend to grow as the days go on.

Considering where you're standing... I bet!

I started to quote the photos I was impressed with.... then realized I'd grabbed all of them!

Everywhere in that place was impressive!

I did! Did you notice it in this one?:

I noticed a lot of things, what are you specifically referring to?

I've never heard of that! How was it?

They just came up with it for us (or so I like to believe), it was really good and unique too!

Didn't we just talk about pork belly?

Yes we did, and may talk about it again soon....

I'm trying to remember.... But I'm not sure if I've ever had it.

It's essentially a filet, but the whole filet cooked for multiple people....

That one is cool. But I think I like the other one more. I like height when it comes to glass.

You should have heard the comments coming from all the gay men in attendance. How much they liked his long carafe....

You brought it home, yes?

No, it would never have lasted.

What an evening!! Love the tiaras!

And the chateaubriand! My father loves this and we would sometimes order it when a restaurant offers this and he felt generous. But yours looked even better than any I ever had!

We felt that the tiaras were necessary for such a celebration! Chateaubriand is most definitely something that people really love, and I won't say that I don't like it, but as great as it is, I'd still rather have a nice prime rib or rib eye instead. I finally had that Prime Rib at Catal and I have to say that it was incredible!!!! I just ate the leftovers this afternoon and it was almost still as good as the night we ordered it!

 

[franandaj]

Glad to see you have your priorities in order! I would be having withdrawal symptoms.

And now it's been almost four months since this post and I'm thinking we need to do it again.

If it ain't broke...

Exactly!

All you need is the proper motivation!

Yeah, and it's sad that a Dooney purse is such motivation.

Your own butler! Did you call him Jarvis? Tell me you called him Jarvis.

Ha! I wish! His name was Paul and since he had a Disney nametag bearing that name, we kinda had to call him that. Jarvis would have been really cool though!

That would be so cool to see.

It totally was.

I hope that tastes a lot better than it sounds--a tomato leather fruit roll up.

It did.

But of course!

Absolutely!

What was the inspiration for that? Just for the halibut?




I'm sorry.

Now that looks like fun! Cooking with a flamethrower would be cool.

I have one of those at home, but never got the power pack to fuel it.

I imagine so!

I'm hoping we can work it out for something next year.

Somehow this one got dropped from my quotes.
Just wanted to say how nice you both look! Love your hair and tiara!

Thanks, it's funny because I actually HATED that hairstyle. In fact I photoshopped my hair in all those photos to make it look better!

Yahoo, the 21 Royal update! That was the best evening ever!!!! Like ever! I still get giddy looking at the photos. All but the one of my profile, ugh!

Michael wants in on the next tasting!

I feel like I haven't seen you in forevah! I know Pam is here soon. We are planning on dinner Tuesday I night I believe.

It was the best evening!

The next Flight School Tasting?

I know, it has been a while and you live here!

That smile... It's betrayed by the look that says if you touch my sandwich I'll cut you.

I told her this and she laughed!

Again... jealous. The fact that you can wake up and decide to go to Disneyland and get a new souvenir at a moment's notice.

It is really nice and I try not to take it for granted.

Beautiful place! And the food looks like a foodie's paradise! I know you were definitely in your element!

Yes it was an incredible experience that I'm not sure we will ever do to that limit again!

I could have sworn I recently posted on this thread, but cyberspace must have swallowed it. I love the Pirates Dooney and Bourke purse. I suppose my next addition to my collection will be one of the Shanghai Disneyland Sketch purses.

I hate when that happens. I hope that you get the Shanghai purse, it's coming up sooner than you think!

I loved all the photos from your special dinner. This looked absolutely amazing.

It was. Thank you.

THOSE. ARE. DELICIOUS.

Totally!

Beautiful. Just lovely.

Thank you

What a great bunch of ladies! Such a fun evening!

We did have a great time!

Heaven on Earth, right there!

All of the food looks just completely mind blowingly amazing, but I had to admire this abalone shaped dish.

Everything was so good, but I didn't even notice the dish until you pointed it out.

Unique and cool. I'm well.... I'm just simply in love with this event.

It was a dream come true.

I hope you get to. What an amazing experience to be part of. (More than a little jelly. )

I'm hoping we can schedule it again, we just need to find the funds and folks to join us....

 

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Yeah, but I can't say it when it comes to kids. I might end up in jail...

Or worse. Confronted by an angry mama bear who knows her little snowflake can do no wrong.

Someday I'll get some vodka and maybe try it....either that or order one at a bar.

I'm still annoyed at that.
I brought Vodka with me, all the way from Winnipeg, and then realized that I couldn't bring it in the parks. So I left it in the hotel room.
Only to realize, once it was too late, that it would just stay in your car. So stupid.

So have you tried any Empanadas?

Not yet. But I will eventually.

So how do you make yours? In the deep fryer?

Classic Monte Cristo's are fried, not deep fried. (although they can be, and I believe typically are in the South.)
I did mine a bit differently this time. Usually I make the sandwich, dip it and fry it on both sides. This time I dipped each slice individually, fried them on one side, flipped one slice, but the rest of the ingredients on top then flipped and put the other slice (wet side up) on top. Then flipped the whole thing.
I'll have to try it again that way, since I screwed up. I put the ham and cheese in... but forgot the Dijon mayo.

Hmmm.... maybe time for a repeat try tonight... with the mayo!!!

So what did you have? I think you normally get the filet....right?

Normally my meal is this:
appie: 90% of the time escargot, 10% French onion soup
main: 60% of the time filet and lobster, 40% prime rib and lobster

So that time I had... wedge salad and prime rib sliders.

Well it is New Orleans Square....

But... but... but............

I shoulda done some research. Or more, anyway.

Huh, that's the only Monte Christo I've ever known....all others have been false Monte Christos....

"false" Monte Cristos?

Well it does tend to grow as the days go on.

Okay smartie pants. Have you not cut it since I last saw you?

Everywhere in that place was impressive!

I noticed a lot of things, what are you specifically referring to?

I'm sure the clouds on the moon are from the end scene in Peter Pan. Just as it's whisping away?

Yes we did, and may talk about it again soon....

Oh? Standing by.

You should have heard the comments coming from all the gay men in attendance. How much they liked his long carafe....

I'm hoping we can schedule it again, we just need to find the funds and folks to join us....