Vacation glimpse {typography details}

Vacation glimpse (animal edition)...

Vacation glimpse part 1...

Back to the snow...

{Spent a few glorious days in sunny Florida, now, back to the chilly Midwest}

Le Epcot Center...

Our third day at Disney World consisted of my 5k early in the morning, a huge breakfast and then off to see the world in Epcot Center.

You know what the best part about being an adult while touring the world at Epcot? Getting to buy a margarita when you reach Mexico! Ole!

Magical place...

Our second day in Disney World consisted of a huge Belgian waffle, heading over to the health expo to get our race day packages and good ole' Magic Kingdom. Pirates of the Caribbean has always been my favorite ride and so we did that straight away. The Haunted Mansion was just as spooky scary as I recalled and of course we couldn't help but show our distaste for the It's a small world ride.

Coming up tomorrow is Epcot Center. xo

Wild adventure...

I have returned from my Disney World adventure. And what can I say? It was magical! The bf and I felt like children again and we acted the part, wearing Mickey Mouse apparel, eating too much candy and haunting the resort's arcade room.

We arrived at the Wilderness Lodge at about 2 pm on Wednesday and immediately set off to Animal Kingdom. We explored Mt. Everest, ran from dinosaurs and hung out in Asia and Africa. All in a day's work.

Coming up tomorrow, the Magic Kingdom. xo

P.S. Darn blogger makes pictures look itty-bitty, click on image for full size.

Chris in the Morning and the gang...

Remember that Northern Exposure themed post I promised? Here it is:

So, early June bf and I were in Seattle to visit Sis (mine). While there, we decided to rent a car and head up to Roslyn, WA. Why Roslyn, you ask? Well, Roslyn happens to be the little town chosen to depict Cicely, Alaska in only the greatest show in the world...Northern Exposure! Now keep in mind, the show's been off the air for a decade so we didn't know what to expect.


{The view we got to enjoy on our hour long drive-gorgeous!}

Lo and behold, the town looks almost exactly as it did on the show! We found many of the famous landmarks and couldn't contain our excitement!

{Cafe Cicely-can you believe it?!}

{Sis was giggling the entire time}

{Handsome bf trying to hide his excitement}

{I failed miserably at trying to be coy}

We decided to go to the Brick for a bite to eat and I half expected to see Holling tending bar and Shelly waiting tables. Alas, we were not so lucky but we did manage to garner a few funny looks from the locals who were confused at how much younger we were compared to the usual NE fanbase.

Roslyn is an awesome town, not only do they have this rich Hollywood past, they also brew some delicious beer. What a jem, so glad we had a chance to make our way up there.

Seattle...

Just a few pictures from my Seattle trip last week......

Priceless quote from the trip. Derek and I discussing tandem bikes, Liz (my darling sister) quips in "What is a tandem?" We explain the genius creation to her and she says, "Oh, a two people bike." Yes Liz, a two people bike. Hence, the picture of tandem beer.

More to come....

Guess where I'm headed...

Beautiful New Orleans! I will be there next week and I'm so thrilled to finally be taking a little vacation from the craziness that has been my life lately. Funny thing, I was in New Orleans around this time last year and they were filming two movies while I was there: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (beautiful movie) and the craptasic 12 Rounds (starring wrestler John Cena-enough said). Of course with my luck, I had a chance to see a couple of scenes of 12 Rounds being filmed and even spotted John Cena but no Brad Pitt/Angelina/kids sighting. Oh well. You can't win 'em all!

{top photo by musicmuse_ca, middle photo by remuz [Jack the Ripper] via flickr}