Category: Florida

Animation Experience

I have been wanting to try the animation experience at Animal Kingdom for awhile now and I managed to get a fast pass for 9:40 this morning.

Unfortunately the lines were so bad getting into the park (I guess it is spring break?) I almost missed it!

While I am not an artist- not bad for an accountant!

Now just a short wait before my lunch at Tiffin. Another place that has been on my list!

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Switch places

I would love to switch places with Richard right about now. I could be sitting on the patio drinking a glass of wine looking at the lake.

But I am here dealing with this:

We had a toilet that kept backing up in our house. Turns out there was a cap that got stuck in one of the pipes during construction- 4 hours later it is still there. They have moved it and lost it in the plumbing a few times, but it is still in the pipes somewhere!

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Bike Ride

Sunday was my first organized bike ride. We drove about an hour to a town called Inverness. It was very low key with a start time between 7:30 and 9:00 am and you could chose any distance you wanted up to 100 miles (we rode 34). This was my longest ride so far and I did ok.

We followed it up with a local breakfast and the Hen House. The food was your good old small town food and definitely needed after the bike ride!

We then came home to this crashed out on the new couch.
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Food and Wine- Day 2

I was really looking forward to the macaroni and cheese, but I was a bit disappointed. It was loaded up with pepper bacon, cheddar cheese and leeks.
Food from Wine and Dine Studio. Seared scallops, truffled celery root puree, Brussel sprouts and wild mushrooms. Then a butternut squash ravioli with a brown butter vinaigrette, parmesan cheese and pumpkin seeds.
Trio of cheeses with wine pairings. The wines were a Reata Chardonnay, Rainstorm Silver linings pinot noir rose, and a spellbound petite sirah
From Brazil a Moqueca. Brazilian seafood stew featuring scallops, shrimp, and white fish with a coconut-lime sauce and steamed rice.
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Food and Wine- Day 1

We started out in Thailand with the marinated chicken with peanut sauce and stir-fried vegetables. It may not photograph the best, but the sauce was amazing. We paired this with a Singha lager.
We had a bit of a downpour in Mexico, but our umbrella kept my chocolate bread pudding with a chocolate abuelita creme anglaise. Once again delicious and worth getting wet in the rain for!
In China we went for a mala chicken and shrimp bao bun with a Jasmine beer. It was good, but not something we would probably get again.
In India we went for mango lassi, which really wasn’t good. Clint got the naan bread with pickled garlic, mango salsa and coriander pesto dips, definitely a better choice.
For the first time we got to ride Test Track! We will definitely do this again. Richard designed our car and we didn’t win, but I think he figured out how to improve his design for next time.
We headed out all very full, we have quite a bit more to try from the festival, so we will be back soon!
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