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[Pinkocto]

I thought for certain I replied but can't find it. Oh we'll. just letting you know I'm being a lurker since you ladies have so many people to reply to. I'm totally enjoying all these great updates.

Count me in as one who never heard about the questionable architecture. Very questionable indeed.

 

[eandesmom]

Wow you ladies did a lot in one day!

I love the new looks for Daisy & Minnie in circus town. so cute (even if they do need to fix the lighting there!)

I dragged Joe onto Barnstormer this summer, but he was too tall at 6'4" he just couldn't squeeze into the seat with me. oops! so I rode alone!

ME I love your creative filters and photo effects - what program do you use?

I just love your meets and your F&W photos. Cynthia, I totally get creating a spreadsheet to compare and make the most of your time there. That's how I would do it too- otherwise i could see feeling a bit overwhelmed with so many choices.

Poor Joe, that's a tall guy for a tiny ride. I only did a budget spreadsheet, it wasn't really to compare per-se other than to see if either of the dining plans made sense and if i was allotting enough $$ for our kiosk times.

The wines look yummmmy. MMM I love wine.

Your (ahem) photo of the Moroccan building was ummmm interesting. Perhaps that IS what inspires the belly dancer
I feel a little full just looking at all the foods you were able to sample. Wow.

Cynthia your mole sauce looks great. good for you for giving it a whirl on a spur of the moment plan. Sometimes things turn out best that way!

Most of my cooking is spur of the moment that's for sure!

Wow, girlie!! I'm seriously impressed!! I live in Texas and have never attempted that sauce, had I known it was so easy I would have! And seriously impressed you had tomatillos in the store this time of the year!
Major thumbs up on your stove! It's Beautiful.

thanks! I was surprised they were in stock as well, I assumed it wouldn't be till spring. It was a nice surprise. Of course now Jeff wants me to make the kind with chocolate.

This is my fear We aren't ready to pull the trigger at 11 months out and I'm worried we may miss out since we are talking New Year's Eve! I'm hoping that since we won't be picky about view, we will be OK (fingers crossed!)

It's been good for the last few days I've checked and then today there was a day gone in the middle of the week. Can't pull at 11 months for point combining reasons? I think it depends on where you want to stay and if you can do anything before the 7 month date. I've been told, though who really knows, that right at 7 months all there is, is OKW and SSR for new years eve. Nights before and after not so much of an issue depending on what you want. Can you book just that night or 1-2 around it and then the rest later? I wouldn't want to if it's a maybe trip and involved borrowing though, that's for sure. I'll keep you all posted.

That F&W seminar looks really fun, sounds like something I would enjoy. Loved Cynthia's great detail about the whole thing. Fun!
What a great afternoon you gals had!
I love love love those painting carts in France. <3
I didn't even know there was a wine bar in italy... I'll have to tell my mom! Hahaha sounds like something she might enjoy!

The wine bar is new and it's just lovely! I really enjoyed the cooking seminar, so glad we did it!

Mary Ellen, I love your Christmas shots! Even though you didn't get the bokeh effect, they're still really nice! Looks like the problem was that you focused on the lights. You have to focus either on something 10 feet in front of the lights, or just manually turn the thing way out of focus. But still, love those shots!

Cynthia, good for you for making that sauce! Glad you enjoyed it. I'm half thinking of looking up a recipe like that myself!

I am happy to share the recipe if folks want

All your Epcot pictures just confirm why World Showcase is my favorite!! SO much to see!

Cynthia - great job on making the mole sauce! And just sort of winging it? Amazing! That tile backsplash by your stove is beautiful! Did you or someone you know paint it? I'd love a fancy stove, but then I might be expected to do more with it than I currently do! That, paired with a family of picky eaters, seems rather a waste. But I am determined to expose them to more food choices! I know what you mean when you say planning meals is the bane of your existence. I'm near ready to give up! Too bad society still expects parents to feed their children...

A lot of my cooking is winging it Thank you so much on the backsplash! I always joke that it's the best $200 I ever spent. I'd seen the idea in a magazine while we were building the house (though that was a very different tile piece, a formal botanical type, I absolutely loved the idea) and dug around at stores and online looking for something I liked. I found this neat site that made these (a bazillion options) and then literally built stuff around it to make the sizing right for the cooktop. They are actually 2 paintings by August Macke, one is called "Turkish Cafe II" and "A House". I ordered the art tile sets myself and then worked with the tile people my builder used for everything that went around it. My builder was skeptical, the tile guy thought I was crazy but humored me and then as it was being put in, everyone went nuts over it. It was pretty funny. It was a total leap of faith, I was really worried they'd be poor quality or cheesy and it was not refundable. The cool part is that if any arrived damaged, they had a guarantee and each tile is numbered. We had some that arrived dinged and they sent replacements. I turned the 6 "damaged" ones into coasters! The quality of the tiles was great and they've held up beautifully over the past 8 years.

My MIL liked it so much she did something similar in her kitchen when she redid hers, using some tiles they got on a trip. I really liked the art itself, to me it was kind of a day and night composition with the 2 pieces (can't really see both in the pics), the colors worked and since it is literally the only wall space in the kitchen for art, really kind of defined the space. It still makes me smile every day. It is a very colorful kitchen that's for sure between the green cabinets and the backsplash.

 

[amazingact21]

The seminars at F&W sounds really interesting, but being a pretty mediocre cook, I never imagined booking one for myself. However, hearing both your experiences with the mole sauce one, it sounds like it'd be entertaining even for people who don't like to be in the kitchen. Pretty interesting read.

 

[eandesmom]

Quick update and more replies later you guys are stuck with me for the weekend, Mary Ellen I tied up with soccer videos so has banned herself from the DiS till Monday. We just didn't want you to think she's abandoned anyone

I will be holding down the fort until then.

 

[MEK]

Hi Guys. Thanks Cynthia. Just checking from a rehearsal I'm at. Crazy day with multiple things not going my way. Lost my flash drive with soccer pictures I needed to print, learned that iMacs no longer have iDVD, so I'm still in the process of figuring put how burn my video for tomorrow night , and once I found another flash drive I discovered one of the pics on my desk top just won't transfer. I'm trying to transfer it again. Still have to finish my shadow boxes and rehearse for church tomorrow and go to a party tonight. The end to this weekend can't come soon enough.

 

[MEK]

I almost forgot. My friends are going to the Dream cruise in October and I just booked their Disney stay afterwards!

 

[Poolrat]

I definitely knew about it and I think I have seen pictures before, but every time I have actually been in Morocco I never notice it. So after a couple drinks I was bold enough to take a picture.

I will I admit I showed you but Someone else pointed it out in Maybe Glenn's TR so I knew where to look.

Well, perhaps its good that you didn't locate it during the class trip. Well, unless, of course, you weren't with any of the students. Let me just say that Pat knew exactly where it was.

Actually I think that was Pat's it looks like the lamb from Austrailia maybe?
And I think try to get wristbands!

I know I know and coming right up.

Now Mary Ellen, really? You couldn't help it could you? You had to post that photo in Morocco... now enabling other highly susceptible to suggestion Disers to now go check that out (myself obviously included... & then Cynthia just had to go and do it too... to just reinforce the suggestion... I think we now have another unofficial Dis meet and greet just like the chairs at the Boardwalk... only their at least PG rated... Only this one doesn't have a name... or does it...?

No Name that I know of.

 

[Poolrat]

I know ( from Pictures ) I spent the morning in DHS and walked back, hit a cancelled Welcome Home Wednesday, got free goodies and then walked in the back entrance to met up with you by the Rose and Crown Maybe?


Yes on the Chocolate Creme Brule

Yet another angle in Morocco

Tutto

A bellini for me

Ingredients from organic juice ?

The Apple Stuedel

From Argentina- The Grilled Beef Skewer with Chimichurri Sauce and Boniato Puree

but you must not forget about this....

We got a good laugh and maybe even a picture near here.





We did have a blast walking around. Tutto was so nice and relaxing. Need to find time to get back in there.

Via Napoli- Had pizza there this past trip and by Far the best pizza I have ever had. So yummy.

I had pictures done in the Storybook Circus tent too. Empty in there- I guess so tucked away people are not thinking.

 

[KatMark]

Oooh...Mark was walking by while I was reading your update and started drooling over your apple strudel.

 

[Wicket's Mom]

ME, I finally started my Tip Report! Here is the link if you are interested!

Fast Passes, We Don't Need No Stinkin' Fast Passes
(url)http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3050319

 

[eandesmom]

The seminars at F&W sounds really interesting, but being a pretty mediocre cook, I never imagined booking one for myself. However, hearing both your experiences with the mole sauce one, it sounds like it'd be entertaining even for people who don't like to be in the kitchen. Pretty interesting read.

It really is entertaining even if you don't cook, either way to get to eat! Our next one was even better so stay tuned.

I know ( from Pictures ) I spent the morning in DHS and walked back, hit a cancelled Welcome Home Wednesday, got free goodies and then walked in the back entrance to met up with you by the Rose and Crown Maybe?

I forgot about the cancelled welcome home Wednesday. If I recall you still got the swag though, right?

From Argentina- The Grilled Beef Skewer with Chimichurri Sauce and Boniato Puree

but you must not forget about this....

That makes way more sense than the lamb and explains why I was buying wine in Argentina too!

spoiler alert! I have that same picture and I think Mary Ellen will be telling the tale in her next update and has additional pictures I hope.

 

[jenniferreich]

Thanks for sharing your wonderful trip report! I especially enjoy the photos you take of unusual things, like the ice cream carved into the pumpkins! I look forward to reading about the rest of your trip, and I hope you're havingn a great day!

 

[kschafer]

Mole just means sauce and all this says is that it will be a green one.

I'm glad you explained this because earlier I thought "silly MEK, that's not a mole sauce!" because every mole I've ever had was made with peppers and cocoa so it's a dark brown. Looks good. Nice job replicating it!

There is a big cranberry harvest festival a few hours from us in Wisconsin that we always talk about wanting to go to. I would love to see that for real but I would settle I guess for a visit to F&W instead

I want a drink sitting here too!

 

[kschafer]

Yet another angle in Morocco

Gotta confess, it took me a couple looks to get that one!

 

[Queenofallthings]

Hey girl! I just poured myself a glass of wine and am going to catch up on your TR...start to finish...can't think of a better way to spend my Saturday night!

 

[englishrose47]

That pix in Morocco looks a lot like my"artwork" on the door at work !!!

 

[eandesmom]

Oooh...Mark was walking by while I was reading your update and started drooling over your apple strudel.

It makes me want apple strudl right now! Or a tart..hmmnnn...we have a great tart recipe, maybe I'll have Evan make the tart today. It's a grey foggy day again which occasionally actually makes me feel like cooking and experimenting on some new things...it may be one of those days!

Thanks for sharing your wonderful trip report! I especially enjoy the photos you take of unusual things, like the ice cream carved into the pumpkins! I look forward to reading about the rest of your trip, and I hope you're havingn a great day!

Thanks! Mary Ellen definitely wins on the photography front but I'll try to keep up as well, we are thrilled you are enjoying it.

I'm glad you explained this because earlier I thought "silly MEK, that's not a mole sauce!" because every mole I've ever had was made with peppers and cocoa so it's a dark brown. Looks good. Nice job replicating it!

That's what I've always thought too and was very confused when we sat down, saw the title and then red the ingredients. It was like Of course now my DH wants the kind with the cocoa!

There is a big cranberry harvest festival a few hours from us in Wisconsin that we always talk about wanting to go to. I would love to see that for real but I would settle I guess for a visit to F&W instead

I think it would be really cool to see it in a more "real" setting. It looks like hard, even back breaking work.

Hey girl! I just poured myself a glass of wine and am going to catch up on your TR...start to finish...can't think of a better way to spend my Saturday night!

I know Mary Ellen will be back to say the same but we are thrilled to have you here.

That pix in Morocco looks a lot like my"artwork" on the door at work !!!

Oh my!

 

[jedijill]

I've got the Apple Struedel recipe if you need it! It's in one of my F&W cookbooks.

Jill in CO

 

[englishrose47]

It



Oh my!

Yes we got a lot of laughs out of it !!!!

 

[MEK]

Hey everyone. I hope to do replies tomorrow - well at least start. And Doris - yeah for starting you TR. I'll sup next time I sign in on a computer. And Queen is here - woo hoo! Pat - thank for your post.