TBT: Disney World & Disneyland in One Day!

Hey guys! Happy Thursday! I know you probably would rather hear "Happy Friday" instead, but look at the bright side! Just one more day!!!

You're probably wondering if the title really means what it says it is... YEP! Mr. M and I went to both Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in California in ONE DAY!!! This has been something we wanted to do for a while, sort of a Disney bucket list. This was on our last day of the November trip and it was a last minute idea. We realized that we still have a little bit of time after we landed at 9 PM in LA. We were hoping that Disneyland would be closed at midnight, since it was Veteran's day, but it closed at 10 PM instead, which meant we only had an hour to get from the plane to Anaheim. We had our doubts, but we made it just 15 minutes before it closed! Well, enjoy the pictures!

TBT: The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights at Hollywood Studios

Hey all! Sooo sorry it's been a while since my last post! >< There was a mixture of a short summer break (so I was a little lazy) with a mixture of "Ohhh crap! School is starting and everything is due!!!" Oh boy... first week of school is always the toughest... This quarter I'm taking 4 online classes and 1 in-class. I was very nervous after reading the syllabus that it's going to be a tough quarter, but so far it's been okay... Wish me luck!!!

Anyway, continuing with the crazy frequent trips to Disney World pictures, this is the second day of the November 2012 trip. Mr. M and I started off at Magic Kingdom to pick up some Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom trading cards that you can get for free once a day at the fire station on Main Street. After that we met up with our other crazy Disney couple friend at Hollywood Studios to see The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights. It was amazeeeeballsss!!!! Everything was sooo pretty!!! And it was snowing too!!! Afterwards, we headed back to Magic Kingdom to have dinner inside Cinderella's Castle (you don't get to say that everyday... lol). Had some good food and took pictures with Cinderella and some of her Princess friends. Enjoy!

TBT: Christmas Tree, Animal Style!

Hey guys! It's that time of the week again! Throwback Thursday! How's everyone's week been going? Mine has been slow lately at work... But I have a feeling it's about to blow up soon! Well I'm just really looking forward to my 4 day weekend next week for 4th of July, and yours truly's birthday! I can't wait to celebrate it at Disneyland with Mr. M and spend some time with my friends!

Anyway, this is from our third WDW trip of 2012. We went during Veteran's day weekend, which was actually only 2 weeks after the October trip, and it was awesome! Hahahaha! I know, we're cray cray... We caught the last few days of the food and wine festival at EPCOT, and the Christmas decorations were just put up that weekend! It was also a half marathon weekend, but we didn't participate, we are this year though! Enjoy the pictures!

TBT: Remaining Days at Disney World

Happy Thursday!!! How's your week been going? Mine's been great! You know why? Because I just survived my first quarter as a full time student and full time worker! xD It hasn't been easy of course, and I do not handle stress well... Poor Mr. M... I took out my stress on him during my finals week >< But nevertheless, I got through with it and so far I've gotten 2 As. 4 more quarters to go until I graduate!!!

Anyway, here are the rest of the pictures from our October 2012 WDW trip. There's some goats, more foodie pics, and Mr. M taking a nap. Enjoy!

A day at the water park

TBT: Halloween Time at The Magic Kingdom

Hi everybody! Happy Thursday! And you know what that means.... Throwback time! Since Mr. M and I were there during Magic Kingdom's Halloween event, we decided to dress up for the whole day! I dressed up as Minnie Mouse and he dressed up as Goofy! I know what you are all thinking... Why Goofy??? Minnie is supposed to be with Mickey! Well, I'm not sure how much truth is in this interesting story, but apparently Minnie has been cheating on Mickey with Goofy! I looked like a total cheater the entire day >< But it was still a fun day, seeing all the different Disney costumes that people wore. We also ate at Liberty Tree Tavern for dinner and at the time, they had a special Thanksgiving feast meal, it was DELICIOUS!!! Enjoy the pictures!

TBT: EPCOT's International Food & Wine Festival 2012

Hiya folks! Sorry it's been a while, my schedule's been super hectic with projects and finals coming up... >< But just two more weeks of spring quarter and I'll survive my first quarter as a full time student and worker!

Anyway, more catch up post! This is from the same October 2012 trip that Mr. M and I went for our 5 year anniversary. We were there during the food and wine festival at EPCOT and OMG! Everything was sooo good!!! They had booths set up all around the world showcase that has different small plates and drinks from different countries. If you're planning a trip to WDW, I definitely recommend to plan it during this event, and you'll probably need 2 days in EPCOT so you can try out all of the booths. I hope you guys enjoy all the mouth watering pictures =P

FBF: Mr. M and I Celebrate 5 Years

Hi everyone!

How's everyone doing today? TGIF right? Sooo ready for a 3 day weekend! So since I forgot to post this yesterday for Throwback Thursday, I'm so glad that there's such thing as Flashback Friday, lol. This is from our trip last October to WDW, it was to celebrate our 5 year anniversary. We arrived in the morning because we took a redeye flight. The first thing we did was to hit the water park! We've never gone before so it was pretty cool. We chose Typhoon Lagoon because they had a shark reef attraction where you can swim in a salt water pool with live fishes including sharks! Anyway, after the water park we had to get ready for our anniversary dinner at Victoria & Albert. Here are some pics from our dinner!

Im Back!!!

Hi guys! I'm back! I know I know... I haven't been consistent with this blog... >< It's been too long! Right after the last few Disney World posts Mr. M and I went on a several more WDW trips and it was getting difficult to keep up with that and my school work... (first world problem, I know...)

So let's play a little catch up! Right now I am working and going to school full time. Actually I'm in class as we speak! My group and I are supposed to be working on our power point presentation, but we're procrastinating a little bit, haha. My schedule's been pretty hectic lately, and on top of that I got pretty sick just last week during another WDW trip, and that didn't help... Juggling work and school full time is no joke, and that's why my diet's been going down the drain. But if I can tell you one thing about myself, is that even if I get discouraged at first, I usually end up surprising myself by accomplishing goals that I really set my mind to. The most recent example of that would be... I completed my first half marathon!!! I love how my first was a princess theme ^^

Disney World Trip 9/2012 Video

Hey!!! I'm on a video! This is the video Mr. M made from our trip to Disney World. It's his first time making one but I gotta say, I'm pretty impressed! Enjoy!

Love, Jess

Disney World Trip 9/2012: Day 3: Magic Kingdom

Good morning everyone! I can't complain about Mondays right now because I am currently "funemployed" lol. Today I will be going to Disneyland for the whole day again with some of my friends! I hope it's not crowded at all so we could ride the Radiator Springs Racers... Yesterday Mr. M and I wanted to ride it but the wait was 2 hours long! Yea, I don't think so... it was way too hot to be waiting in the sun. But anyway, here's the pictures from day 3. It's our last day at Disney World, but since our flight wasn't until 6 PM, we went to Magic Kingdom first. It was raining pretty hard and my little umbrella kept getting turned over >< why didn't I bring our ponchos instead... But it stopped around noon until we left, so I guess it wasn't too bad. Plus we got a sunny day for Magic Kingdom last year. Enjoy the pics!

The sight of the Cinderella Castle is still amazing in the rain...

Disney World Trip 9/2012: Day 2: Hollywood Studios

It's Sunday Funday! I went to Disneyland today and it was fun! Still very hot here in LA but it's cooling down. I'm going again tomorrow too hahaha... Seems that I can't get enough of Disney! Any who, right after Animal Kingdom aroudn 3-4 PM, We left to go to Hollywood Studios. This park is very similar to CA Adventure because the new renovation at CA Adventure resembles Hollywood Studios. Both parks also has Tower of Terror ride, but it is slightly different. Here are the pictures, enjoy!

The park's castle is the sorcerer hat haha

Disney World Trip 9/2012: Day 2: Animal Kingdom

Hello! How's your weekend going? Mine's good, but I wish I'm back at Disney World... Anyway, here's day 2! We decided to go to Animal Kingdom first because Hollywood Studios opens until later. Last year when we came to this park, it was raining really hard, so we didn't spend much time there. Thank God it was sunny this time! unfortunately I'm not made to be in a super humid environment... The whole day I looked like I just came out of the shower and my hair was flat and lifeless. If only Florida weather was like California weather... Anyway, enjoy the pictures!

Disney World Trip 9/2012: Day 1: Epcot

Hi everyone! Happy Friday! If you recall from one of my birthday posts in July, Mr. M and I have just upgraded our Disneyland annual pass from a premium to a premier! That's the pass for both Disneyland and Disney World. We couldn't wait to use it, so when we found a fairly cheap flight for a weekend, we started planning! That weekend was last weekend. We took a 6 AM flight from John Wayne Airport on Friday to Houston, Texas, then changed flight to Orlando, Florida!

The Good Idea

Hello everyone! So if you've been reading my blog, you know that I've done several 5k runs. My first one was last November, the USC prostate cancer run.

Pins & Premier

Hi every one! How's your weekend going? Today I am off to San Diego for Comic-Con. I've always wanted to go but heard that the tickets always sells out quickly. But this year I got the chance to go. I'll tell you more about it later.

Last Saturday Mr. M and I went to Disneyland to celebrate my birthday again, since we will be having dinner with some friends later on at night. We tried to be there when CA Adventure opens so that we could get a fast pass for Radiator Springs Racers and then ride it, but we ended up being 30 min late. As a result, the fast pass for the whole day, yes the WHOLE day, ran out, and by then, the wait for the ride was already 3 hours long... -.- major fail... It's alright though, we got a relaxing Disney day. Just walked around, had wine, and I got some new pins.

My absolute favorite pins

21 Going on 24

Happy Friday!!! See, we got through the week! It wasn't so bad was it? So I just realized that I did the exact same thing for my 21st birthday and my 24th. Mr. M took me to Disneyland. We were already passholders back then, and actually that was when Disney gave out free tickets if you go exactly on your birthday, but if you have a pass, then they'll give you a gift card that's the same amount as the tickets. I got a really nice pink and grey sweatshirt that I still love to this day out of that free gift card.

Anyway since I've just turned 21, Mr. M got me my first glass of wine and we sipped it out on the patio at California Adventure. Coincidentally, that's what we did this past weekend to celebrate my 24th birthday. Here's the picture to proof it LOL.

Awww look at younger me... Chose a D'Asti back then

Birthday Dinner at Napa Rose

Hi guys! So guess who's birthday it was last week? Yours truly! ^^ Since my actual birthday was on a work day, the boyfriend and I, let's just call him Mr. M from now on, celebrated it on the 4th of July. Something about Mr. M that you should know is that he cannot keep a secret or surprise to safe his life. So two weeks prior, he blurted out "Arghhh! I can't keep it in anymore! We're going to Napa Rose on the 4th to celebrate your birthday!!!" Hahaha! And something you should know about me? I don't care much for surprises unless it is executed perfectly, so of course I was thrilled! Napa Rose is a fine dining restaurant inside the Grand Californian Hotel. Mr. M actually took me here for the first time on my 21st birthday, so this place holds a special place in my heart.

Friends of ours came here last month and actually did the Chef's Counter. It is when you sit in or next to the kitchen, the Chef will ask you if you have any food allergies or anything you don't particularly like, and will surprise you with dishes of his or her choice! It sounded so exciting so I told Mr. M to please take me there for my birthday, but at the time he didn't say anything. So I guess it was kind of a surprise... Here are our six course journey through Napa Rose's Chef's Counter. Enjoy!

The Chef

Even the bread was good haha

World of Color: Glow With the Show

Hi every one! How's your week going so far? I know it's only Tuesday, but before you know it it'll be Friday! so hang in there!

So after the delicious dinner at Carthay Circle Restaurant, some friends and I headed over to Mickey's Fun Wheel to wait for the special showing of World of Color that's exclusively for passholders that have registered for it. Each passholders also gets these new Glow With The Show Mickey ear hats! Don't you just love free stuff??? hahaha. So Disney has this new hats with lighted up ears that syncs up with other ears, Mad T Party, and the World of Color show. Not only that it just lights up, when I saw syncs, I meant it glowed with the show! the ears were the colors of the fountain and it also goes with the song! It was truly amazing... Especially being around every one that's also wearing the ears, because not every one is going to have the ears on a regular showing. So thanks for my Mickey ear hat Disney!!!

A Disney 4th of July

Hello hello! I know it may seem weird that I haven't written in a while and then BAM! Post dump! I think I'm going to write quick posts from now on so that I can write more frequently.

So last week was the 4th of July holiday and it was right in the middle of the week, a Wednesday. Some people were complaining why it couldn't be on either a Monday or a Friday, and although that is ideal so that we could have a 3 day weekend, I though it was kinda nice. Tuesday felt like a Friday so it gave the illusion that it was a really short working week, and Wednesday the 4th, felt like a Saturday. Although it was a little bit of a drag coming to work the next day, I realized that it was a Thursday and that the weekend will come in no time.

Anyway, the boyfriend and I spent the 4th at Disneyland, surprise surprise, lol. We can't help it, we have Disney fever! Well, more than before anyway...  I was a little bit bummed that the weather was really cloudy and chilly for a Summer. We started by taking a look at the Castle exhibition, then we had lunch at the Carnation Cafe, and it was our first time there. It's a pretty small restaurant on Main St. and it has just recently been renovated. When we were waiting for our food, the Chef greeted us. Chef Oscar is the current oldest cast member, since 1956!!! Here are some pictures from our day.

Red, White, & Blue!

Carthay Circle Restaurant

Happy Monday every one!!! Yea, I know Mondays can be a drag. You've just recovered from the weekend and the last thing you wanna do is be cooped up in an office or a classroom. But look at it this way, you know how every new years its like your slate being wiped clean and the new year comes with new opportunities and new chances? I see it that way now and it makes facing the new week so much easier. Embrace your challenges and before you know it, its Friday! =]

Anyway, I just wanted to do a quick post about my recent foodie trip to the Carthay Circle Restaurant inside Disney California Adventure. It is the new restaurant on Buena Vista Street that is a replica of the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles where Walt Disney had the premier of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs back in 1937. When you enter the building you will find yourself in the waiting area until you can be seated and on the right side is the lounge area. Throughout the whole building there's black and white pictures of Walt and his family and at the premier of Snow White. The whole place has a 1920s feel to it and its amazing. The restaurant section of the building is actually on the second floor. There are outdoor and indoor seating and in the middle of the room is a huge mural of Snow White.

I'm so sad that I didn't take pictures of the surrounding, but I didn't want to bother people having dinner with my flashes haha. Warning, the food pictures will make you hungry!