Lunch with an Animal Specialist at Sanaa (2nd time around)

We were very pleased to go back to Sanaa for the Lunch with an Animal Specialist Thanksgiving Weekend. This was the first time that our friends Kris & Kevin had eaten at Sanaa – but interestingly, it wasn’t the first time that the four of us teamed up to do something special at Animal Kingdom

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Extra WDW Magic from around the ether… Jan.8.2014

It’s been a while since I’ve done a round-up of the Disney World ether – you know, Food & Wine and the holidays got in the way… But I saved up a lot of stuff and for now, we’re back to a Wednesday look around

So today, I have weird connections…

Last year, I

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Fort Wilderness Christmas 2013

If you’ve been reading our blog for a while, you know that we really like Fort Wilderness. Before the new kennel opened up across from Port Orleans Riverside and it became more difficult to drive over and park at Fort Wilderness, it was a regular occurrence for us to go to the Fort and go

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Epcot’s Germany Pavilion – Holidays 2013

Our next stop on the World Showcase ornament tour is Germany (there weren’t many decorations in the china Pavilion)…

very fuzzy teddy bear

the sports shop at the entrance to the pavilion was decorated with sports gear – boots and skis

a little ski lift – very fitting

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Epcot’s Mexico Pavilion – Holidays 2013

Today we’re going on a tour of ornaments at Epcot in 2013

First country, Mexico… Specifically the decor at the entrance to La Hacienda

Poinsettias are said to originate from Mexico, I really liked the use of them in this pavilion

The use of varicolored glass balls is very

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Christmas Message

Nothing dramatically profound to say…

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! Thank you so very much for reading our blog, following our tweets, and checking out our FlipBoard magazines, Nora & Nick

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6LSNRS – Our Thanksgiving Message

Hello Everyone,

Our great friend Asta makes the technical part of this blog work. He also blogs (we’ll leave it up to him if he wants to link to his blog in the comments). If you happen to be involved in network management, you’ll want to know him. Asta owns a software company that does

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Dennis DeYoung (formerly of Styx) Eat to the Beat Concert

Okay, I know that the photos taken with my iPhone aren’t that great but this concert was… In fact, we stayed later than we intended to, just to see the last set. A few quick comments

Dennis DeYoung has done a marvelous job preserving his voice, he sounded great (Augus Zedra performed the harder

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2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – Culinary Demonstration with Michael Gonsalves from Golden Oak’s Summerhouse

Artisanal Hand Made Charcuterie and Cheese Board

Duck Pastrami, Bison Sausage, and Cow Girl Creamery Cheese with Artisanal Mustard and Craisin® Preserves

paired with

Iron Horse Estate Pinot Noir

David Munksgard & Pam Smith

It’s David from Iron Horse Vineyards (to avoid being redundant, here’s

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2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – Culinary Demonstration – lobster “yes”, what we expected “no”

Well, this was supposed to be a lobster dish with Ben Sergeant… it wasn’t. It was a lobster dish with a Disney chef (we were trying to avoid the Disney chefs this year, their demos just aren’t as good – we don’t consider Kevin Dundon to be a Disney chef, he’s Ireland’s Chef!)…

Pam Smith

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