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This turned out to be more entertaining and informational than it started out to be. First of all, the seminar got a very late start; we were finally seated at 12:14 for a 12:00 seminar (seminars that only last 45 minutes, so we lost 33% of the seminar time)… it soon became apparent that the continue reading Samuel Adams … Our country has seen some really bad weather; especially floods and fires during the summer. Florida has no reason to complain but summer heat, humidity and rain kept on into the official start of fall. Friday September 30th it was still in the 90’s, humid and thunderstorms. But on Saturday October 1st we had a continue reading God smiled… … On Saturday October 1st, Walt Disney World (WDW) turned 40 years old. We were in first grade when WDW, specifically Magic Kingdom (MK) opened on October 1st 1971. Nora dreamed of coming to WDW when she was a child. As far as I can recall, I never thought about coming when I was a child. continue reading Walt Disney World is 40 … For some reason I try “fish” tacos frequently. Well, I try them as often as I find them. Yet, none compare to what my mind/taste say they should be. There is always some freshness missing. The shrimp tacos at the Mexican Pavilion still did not satisfy. Nora explained to me that a seafood taco continue reading Mexico Pavilion Shrimp Tacos, 2011 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival … This demonstration was on 30 September, opening day of the 2011 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. The culinary demonstration space has been altered for 2011. It is no longer a stage at the end of an elongated space with tables but is tables spread wide around a stage. If you attend events you’ll understand continue reading Epcot Food & Wine — Culinary Demonstration, Bob Getchell – Sanaa … Our favorite presenter at the 2010 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival was Martin Daraz from the Edrington Group. You cannot imagine my disappointment when Martin nor the Edrington Group were on the schedule for the 2011 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. Martin celebrated his fifth year as a presenter last year by sharing continue reading Martin Daraz, where are you? … Well after dealing with other business for the last couple of months, I’ve finally made time to get back into Extra WDW Magic. It was kind of forced on me. One of our favorite events at WDW is the Food and Wine (F&W) Festival at Epcot. Although the food is often marginal – it is continue reading Reservations for 2011 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival … If you know us at all you know that we like a plan. We like to try to know well in advance what we are doing and where we need to be. In fact I have trips on my calendar right now all the way through September 2013! Things might change but there are things continue reading Plans… … Nick has posted about the Cars 2 topiaries (here) — as recently as last Thursday, the topiary flags representing the various country’s races in the movie were still on display (here). As of today, they’re gone. Also, the Florida Test Garden, which was still on display Saturday (and Nick commented that he should get over continue reading Epcot Flower & Garden dismantling updates … We are creatures of habit – we really like routine. OK, I really like routine – others tolerate me. Every Saturday morning we are available we go out to breakfast. The group size can vary but the majority of the time it is Walter, Kate, Calvin, Nora and I. After breakfast, Walter heads to the continue reading Race Around World Showcase … |
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