Walt Disney World in January

Coming off the very busy holiday season, the Walt Disney World Resort in January boasts low crowds and prices and comfortable theme park touring temperatures.  And while it may not be ideal water park weather, shorter lines and great Walt Disney World package deals are an excellent trade-off. Crowd Levels & Special Events Aside from that first week in January at the tail-end of the holiday season, January enjoys relatively low crowds throughout the month.  The Walt Disney World Marathon {Read More}

Best Times of Year to Visit Disney World

So you’ve decided to go to Disney World?  Hooray!  You’re in for a magical vacation!  So what’s next?  The first thing you’ll need to figure out is when you are going to go.  There are three key factors to consider when deciding when to go to Disney World–crowds, weather and cost.  Let’s break these down, shall we? 1.  Crowds Everyone knows that the Walt Disney World Resort is one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world and with {Read More}

Delivery Man Comes to Theaters November 22nd!

 From DreamWorks Pictures comes “Delivery Man”, the story of affable underachiever David Wozniak, whose mundane life is turned upside down when he finds out that he fathered 533 children through sperm donations he made twenty years earlier. In debt to the mob, rejected by his pregnant girlfriend, things couldn’t look worse for David when he is hit with a lawsuit from 142 of the 533 twenty-somethings who want to know the identity of the donor. As David struggles to decide {Read More}

10 Ways to Make Your Disney Vacation More Magical!

You’re going to Disney World!  Congratulations!  You have a very exciting trip ahead of you!  The Walt Disney World Resort is chock-full of extra magic that many visitors don’t even know about.  One of the benefits of working with me is that I can help you to discover the special events and experiences that will add a sprinkling of pixie dust to your time in Disney World and that will be a perfect fit for your family.  Here are my {Read More}

Showing our Disney Side-a Musical Review

This past September, Disney launched a new campaign called, “Show Your Disney Side,” which encourages people to bust out the magic of Disney each and every day.  If you take a look at the motto of this site, Seeking and Sharing the Magic of the Mouse Everyday, you’ll see that this is what we’re all about here! On November 12th, Disney Music and Walt Disney Records will be releasing a brand new cd box-set titled Disney Classics featuring 94 magical {Read More}

10 Days in Paradise–St.John, USVI July 2013

Before the Parade Passes By – Disney Mom’s Panel Hopefuls are Waiting for Pixie Dust!

Today is a big day, folks!  This afternoon, right about when the three o’clock parade begins in the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort, Disney Mom’s Panel hopefuls will begin to see pixie dust sprinkling into their in-boxes.  Applications for this year’s Mom’s Panel were due back in mid-September and Disney will be notifying applicants this afternoon as to whether or not they will be advancing to Round 2 of the application process.  Despite its name, the Mom’s {Read More}

Toy Story of Terror Premiers Tomorrow!

When I was a kid, in the era before VCRs, DVDs and Netflix, holiday television specials were the rage and we waited with anticipation for the nights when our favorites would be aired each year.  In this spirit, Disney’s Pixar Studios is releasing it’s own version of a holiday special tomorrow night with Toy Story of Terror, a televised Halloween episode that plays upon all of the quirks of the horror genre in the classically brilliant Pixar way. In the {Read More}

A Quiet Sunday Morning Moment

Came down this morning to find this.

Thrifting My Way to Type-A

I don’t know about all of you, but since my kids were born and I’ve been living in the style of Meg Wolitzer’s protagonist in the 10 Year Nap, I have nothing to wear besides jeans (mostly with holes in the knees), several Mickey Mouse t-shirts and a pair of red, Converse sneakers.  Okay, I’m exaggerating.  But only a little bit.  So when I started going to social-media conferences during the past year or so, I found myself at a {Read More}