By Erica Colmenares Most people look back on the past year on the first of January. Since we’ve been parents, I tend to be more introspective in the summer. The kid’s passed another grade (whew!) and a new school year beckons. Recently, I had the opportunity to also look back on the mountain of writing […]
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Finding Disney in the UK
by Kate Abbott No one could believe it when we said we were taking a trip to England and Scotland. It was a non-Disney trip! How could we? “Oh, but you’re going to Euro Disney, right?” they all asked. Nope, we’re really not going to Disneyland Paris. “It’s really not a Disney trip this time,” […]
By Erica Colmenares I don’t know about you, but I spend a good bit of my daydreaming time imagining I’ve won the lottery. Now, I don’t play the lottery, so it’s pretty far-fetched, but here’s what I’d do if, magically, my number was picked for the MegaBall jackpot. First, there’d be back-to-back Eastern and Western […]
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My Peek Inside Club 33
by Kate Abbott I’ve been obsessed with the idea of getting into Club 33 ever since I heard about it, when I was about ten years old. While my parents browsed in New Orleans Square’s shops, I’d linger by the nondescript entrance door, hoping to get a peek inside the lobby. When I was older, […]
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Disney Cruise Line for Two
By Kate Abbott As native Disneylanders, when my husband Brad and I decided to finally visit Walt Disney World for the first time, in January-February of 2006, we wanted to go all-out: We just had to add a three-night Disney Cruise onto the end of our week at Walt Disney World. Neither of us had […]