The Terrible Catsafterme

Any day at one of the Disney parks is bound to be a good one and my visit to Disneyland on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 was no exception. Trying to shed the bad memory of the night before when I missed meeting David Garrison at the Pantages Theatre, I dove headlong into another great day with my friends at the Happiest Place on Earth. Not only were we getting set to visit both California Adventure and Disneyland, I was getting ready to actually enter the doors of the infamous Club 33! Read the rest of this entry »

The fun of the fifth International Sons of the Desert convention in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, continued on Monday, July 28. Time had virtually stood still for me and the days really had no meaning at this point. True to the anthemic song of the Sons, I  in fact was ‘having the time of my life’ amidst all the friends, both new and old, camaraderie, memorabilia, films, purchases, events, autograph gathering, scholarly overtones, and of course heavily social undertones. Read the rest of this entry »

Club 33 is legion among fans of Walt Disney and all things Disneyland. It’s the place that many have heard of but few have ever actually been able to experience. Naturally the mysteriousness alone was enough to whet my appetite and force me to do my best to make sure that a visit to the establishment became part of my “Dreams Come True Tour” of Southern California during my week there in October. After many years of drooling over the mental images and speculation of what could be found inside Club 33, I finally got my chance to enter its doors on October 8, 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

After returning from my fabulous Disney World / Florida vacation in early June, I was left with a whole Summer of nothing to do. Well, that’s not exactly true. First of all, I immediately set about creating my masterpiece epic novel about Disney World (described slightly more in depth in the previous posting), and other useless arts and crafts (as seen above). My classes had ended at Hope Nursery School and Mom wasn’t working in order to take care of Denise. So it was truly a Summer of lingering around the neighborhood, pestering Denise, playing in the kiddie pool in our backyard, visiting with Andrea, and getting into mischief. And of course there were my afternoon friends Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, Sesame Street, The Electric Company, and Zoom airing consecutively on PBS. Read the rest of this entry »

It was bittersweet to come to the end of the day of Saturday, July 19, 2008. For all intents and purposes, this was our very last day in Europe. It had been a busy one from the start when we visited the Olympiapark in Munich, then on to the horrifying Dacahu concentration camp, the frantic drive to Salzburg, and The Sound of Music tour. In fact it had been a very busy two weeks! We had just enough time (and energy) left to take a brief walk into Salzburg and grab something to eat before officially wrapping up our trip. Read the rest of this entry »