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"Dreamy" 15th Anniversary adult trip (Or...by ourselves?? What will we talk about?)
Hi! :wave2: I'm MinnieDiva (kim) and I have a Disney obsession. It's infectious, enough so that I managed to plague my husband (sean) with the same disease. For those spouses out there who long for such a mate, I'm here to let you know that it took me less than 15 years to accomplish this! :rotfl:
I'm here to illustrate that it is possible to plan and execute a fabulous adults-only 15th anniversary celebration! We're less than a week back from the Dream! I feel my tan fading as I write this....:beach:
With me, there is usually a backstory to get into my planning obsession, so bear with me as I preface this trip report. As my husband's leave schedule is planned far in advance, no trip is left to the last minute. In fact, it was about a year ago that we began thinking about this potential adults-only venture. After talking to DH about the possibility of doing something on our own, I called my dad and asked if we did do a trip, would he come up here and watch our DD (9). Other than a quick 2-day jaunt to Vegas for a reunion in 2009 (?? I think that is the year, and it was my monster in law who timed a trip out here for that), we've never gone on a vacation just the 2 of us.
So, dad was easy to get on board. Our daughter is to the age now where she's easy-going and helpful. Other than talking his ear off and constantly requesting frozen yogurt, it should be an easy week, right? Between school and swimming, her days are pretty full.
So, now what? What to do very active people do for a vacation? Hm. :scratchin Um, duh? Disney, right? :thumbsup2 Glaringly obvious for me, but I needed to sell the husband on it. He's a fan, yes, but you have to make it worth his while...and throw in either alternative trips to other locations throughout the year or build in something for him during the trip in question. The answer became more obvious after our Florida trip last thanksgiving. We spent 4 days on WDW property, then joined our good friends Mindy and Jim for a week at their timeshare. We did the timeshare spiel, and bought into their "teaser" package that either gave us a week back there in the next 18 months or a down payment toward the big Kahuna. Knowing that we were looking at an anniversary trip the following September (last month), it seemed like a good solution. Right?
The other idea I had was to do the Wine and Dine 1/2 marathon, held last year on the last weekend of September for the 1st weekend of the F&W festival. Running, followed by food? And wine? pixiedust: Done! Sold to the highest bidder...or in this case, the husband! Now, I'm more of the runner than Sean is. If he had his druthers, he'd ride a bike. Not that he's not good at running, he just prefers the bike. Me, I'd fall off. :scared: I'm not fast, but he runs shorter distances. I figure it'd work out in the end:confused3, right?
Ok, in scrolling back thru what I've written, it occurs to me that the word "right" has overpopulated my text. I need to find a new word.
Continuing. :coffee:
So, in planning Sean's vacation picks for 2012, I'm pretty sure I managed to find the dates for the Wine and Dine in the notes for the Disneyland 1/2 marathon from Sept 2011. Thank goodness for the Disboards to find data!! However, the race was completely changed. As in, the W&D was moved to November and the last weekend of the F&W festival. While that would be a much preferable time to go to FL, our picks were done and in the bag, and changes really weren't feasible at the time we found this out (which was in January, I think). BUT!!!! Another race, the Tower of Terror 10-miler was announced....an inaugural event (does that really even make a difference? probably not...)!!! Woot! Ok, back on board!!!
So where does the cruise come in? I'm getting there, really......but the husband in question just came home and this dialogue will have to continue at another time (tomorrow). In the meantime, if you want some background into my planning bliss, there's a link below to a pre-TR that tells more about my family and about Mindy and Jim, as they'll be in the story again here soon...
Can't wait to hear more about your trip! Sounds like you and your dh had a GREAT time...
hmmm....somebody should have gone to work yesterday:rotfl2:
Valentines Day...
...was the day we could register for the race! Might I mention that it's not cheap ($90, tho this is one of the cheaper races...), and non-refundable? Not to mention that I had to order the pins for us as well! At this point, I'd already made our reservation at the timeshare, and was blissfully planning how to spend a week in the parks without the kiddo.
Until the beginning of March. At which time I'd been surfing on DCL's site :surfweb:, likely looking at my reservation for the Med cruise next summer, when inspiration struck! I wondered if there was a cruise that we could do in conjunction with the race??
So if you haven't gotten the impression yet, let me summarize Sean's personality. He doesn't sit still well, and that may be an understatement. I call myself a type A- personality, because he's worse than I am. We DO NOT do cruises to nowhere, which is what I consider the 3 & 4 day cruises to be (and I still think that having just done one, BTW). BUT!!!! If ever there was a time to do absolutely nothing, wouldn't this be the occasion?
So lo and behold, not only was there a cruise, but there was a 4-night (much preferable to the 3's, IMHO) that left the day after the run!!!! Wow, not sure karmic luck can line the stars up any better than that! So, now to pose the question to DH: "honey, what do you think about doing a cruise where there's going to be nothing to see or do but sit on a beach?" To my utter shock and surprise, :faint:, he was all for it!! So off I went to the computer to email our TA to quick, book the cruise before he changes his mind!!!
This required a slight change in our dates, but I hadn't yet booked airfare and it was easy enough (once the 1 year window opened) to move the timeshare reservation to this coming March for a reunion that we'll be going to in Tampa. But, this did require consideration about where to stay on site (yay!). Initially, we booked the Little Mermaid wing of AoA...it would have been open for less than 2 weeks on our arrival. But, it wasn't going to be a host resort....hmmmm. This required some thought.
In the meantime, I was busy doing research on the Port Canaveral experience...our previous 2 cruises had departed from Barcelona and Vancouver. So...how to get there? I inquired of my TA the DCL transfers, and I have to say....what a rip off! $70 some-odd bucks per person? Per way? Are they high? Yeah, that wasn't going to happen. Besides, the ONE non-stop flight between Seattle and Orlando does't leave until 6:30pm. That leaves a LOT of time to hang around the airport. So, a rental car it shall be. But, what to do with it at the port? One way rental versus parking it? What to do? Well, consult the disboards, of course! It was this way that I found park 'n cruise, and I'd use them again. Cheap, convenient, didn't have to wait long at the port for a pick up after the cruise. But I get ahead of my self.
Off to Costco.com to secure a rental reservation. I did this many, many times to check rates, and eventually between the car, the parking lot at the port, and the parking at the hotel (more on that later), it was still just under $200 for the week we were there.
Ok, I've reached a good breaking point, so more later....:goodvibes
So off to join the WISH threads..
...which was an area of the boards I'd never really participated in. It's a very social, supportive area! If you're thinking about plunging into the fitness scene, wander over there and be supported!!
So in listening to the chatter, I realized that my choice of hotel may not be the wisest. Not a "host location", and, from the sounds of things, not really walking distance to one of the resorts that were hosts. I LOVE Epcot area deluxe hotels, but really didn't want to sink that kind of cash into a place I'd barely have time in. BUT...it was food and wine festival time!! I LOVE food and wine! You think I run because I like it? (well, yes, among other reasons, but that's not the point at this particular time..)
The Swan and Dolphin? Well, now! There's an idea. :banana: And a nurse discount to boot? Yes, please!! The parking fee is a little irritating, but still waaaaayyyy cheaper that the Boardwalk or Yacht/Beach Clubs. I looked at a map, and decided that the Swan looked a bit closer to the Studios on the chance that we'd have to hoof it before or after the race. The ultimate plan was to walk to the Boardwalk and hop the bus there. (which is what we did and it worked well). Ok. Hotel reservation placed, Starwood account linked. Now what?
Park tickets! The ticket options offered thru the runDisney site were actually pretty good. We ended up with 4-day park tix for less than what I could have gotten them for on base (not military, but DOD pricing).
So now you're probably yelling at your computer..."airfare!!! What about your airfare??". :badpc: Well, that got to wait until July, as we fly Alaska and have their credit card that gives us an annual companion fare. And, they had just changed the rules that after Aug 1st we could only use it for coach class tickets. What???:furious: Fine! Screw you, I'm booking one last 1st class ticket. That is, once they finally get around to posting the bloody code in my account. It took a few phone calls and me finally handing Sean the phone and telling him to deal with it...I was fresh out of friendly and was probably making things worse. But, it worked out and I had 2 lovely tickets for just Sean and I.
I feel the need to insert here that our daughter was not happy with us. She's been to WDW. She's been on cruises. She knew exactly what she'd be missing. So what did we tell her? 2 things: First of all, we reminded her that mommys and daddys that actually liked each other made life better for their kids. This was a special occasion for us and it would be a gift for us if she'd be gracious enough to support us (or some spiel along those lines). and secondly, that she was a pretty awesome little person and it was neat that she was going to get to spend some special time with her grandpa so he would get to see how neat she is. It pacified her, a bit. Not that we still didn't get grumbles...
So, then came August. But your trip....wasn't in in September? Why yes, yes it was. BUT.... in August we flew back east and started our tourism visiting our friends Mindy and Jim. They were gracious enough to tolerate us for a few days and showed us the sights of the Jersey shore and NYC. We met Mindy and Jim on the DisBoards for our very first cruise. Never met until I picked Mindy out of a crowd in Barcelona (actually saw her daughter who has beautiful red hair). Complete opposites, we and our spouses have been friends ever since. I have a point...I promise.
So, our last day there, Mindy, who is a tax-person-accountant-I-don't-know-what-penny-pincher by nature (she'll tell you this....I swear!!) says: "what if we were to come with you?" :faint: Really? THAT WOULD BE AWESOME (that was my inside voice)!!!!! My outside voice said something calmly, so as to not scare her away, along the lines of "wow, how fun would that be??!!"
So, ironically, just as we were leaving for NY, we'd been emailing back and forth with our TA..we were able to take advantage of a military discount! While we were within the paid in full penalty period, it was still worth it to rebook at the lower rate. We were able to go from an 8C to a 5A, pre-pay our tips, and still get some money back. And....we could book up to 3 rooms on that rate!!! So, I mention this to Mindy. And tell her what it would cost her. :hyper:
So, after some wrangling on her part, her mother was booked to watch her kids and she and Jim were booked and coming with us!! :cool1: And...it was non-refundable at this point and Mindy couldn't back out! Mwahahahahahahaha! I swear..there was no pressure on our end, just gentle assistance with flight-finding. And hooking her up with our TA. ;)
So now, we were 6 weeks and counting!! Nothing to do but "just keep running, just keep running". More tomorrow....
Hmmm...I think you forgot that when our other friends that you met on that very same cruise from Barcelona, came over to my house for a barbeque to see you, we were throwing around going as a joke. I think someone said why don't some of us come with you and you were like.."that would be great" That's what got me thinking. :scratchin
And yes she described me perfectly...I hate wasting money, spending money and doing anything impulsive....so this was a realy big deal for me and yes I did have buyer's remorse afterwards, but I was basically stuck....you'd understand better if you were married to my DH who spends every penny we make....:furious:
Great start to your report! So I've been with my fiance for 10 years now and I haven't been able to get him to Disney yet. So I've got 5 years to go until I give up! :rotfl2:
I totally plan to do the ToT 10 Miler next year so I'm very excited to hear more about it!
Came from your pre-cruise report, now I'm on your TR and I'm going to check out the WISH section. You're a terrible influence on me. ;)
Gee. Someone else subject to Kim's influence. What is the world coming too??? Lmao
So, what details need to be ironed out before the trip? Dad was due to arrive about 4-5 days before, so he'd get the chance to see how Ashleigh's days flowed. Not much to it, but I wrote everything down, from times to how many water bottles we needed to have prepared per day. That kid eats all the time...she burns calories by yawning, I swear! During the week there really isn't much time for her to cause havock, but the weekend could be an issue....
I even remembered the emergency letter with both our ID's and insurance card photocopied to it. What did forget? Forgot to notify the school we were gone. But, dad wandered into the office and left his cell number in case there was an emergency. Seeing as how our back up emergency contact was in WDW, this was a good thing!
Oh!! Which brings me to another part of my trip planning. Our good friends Marcy and Karl and their son Tyeson went to WDW for the 1st time about a week before we headed out there! I got to help her plan! What fun that was!! They ended up staying at AKL, and had a great time! In all this planning, we planned on meeting up at the Mickey's Not so Scary Halloween party on Sep 28th. The fabulous part was that they are retired military and could get the military tickets! Woot! Saved $20 a ticket!! Sean and I had been previously with Ashleigh in 2008, and really enjoyed ourselves. I suggested that they dress up, and that segued into my making eveyone's costumes. I haven't gone into this on this TR, but if you've read my other one, you'll note that I spend a lot of time planning outfits. I'm not a clotheshorse by any means, but my one creative outlet is sewing. So....halloween costumes it was!
Tyeson's favorite character is Perry the Platypus. Ok. So Tyeson got to be Ferb (as I couldn't see his dad wearing purple pants), his dad was Phineas (yellow t-shirt that I adhered orange stripes to), and his mom was Candace. She bought a red sleeveless shirt, I made the white skirt, sewed the 2 together, and made a belt/loops. My DH was Doof (made a white lab coat), and I was Isabella as a fireside girl (I made a red belt, orange beret with red bow, and borrowed a girl scout sash).
Here's the pants and dress:
And DD wearing the beret:
Me made quite the lot:
Sean forgot his olive pants, so he looked a little odd wearing olive shorts with a lab jacket.
My thoughts on the party: Over crowded! It was a friday night on a race weekend. NEVER again. The lines were long and the 10:30 parade was way crowded.
I have now, of course, gone out of order. sigh. More later....
Back on track...
So back into a timeline of events!
So what does one do the week prior to a trip? Freak out about clothes! I have a thing about not having the same pictures in the same clothes. For example, The nice shirt Sean has that he wore in Rome in 2010 will not even be allowed in his suitcase next summer. First of all, I hate it, second, I feel the need to differentiate between trips. Now, if none of the clothes made it into a picture, I'll consider it. And you're thinking...."but you said you weren't a clothes horse...". And I still stand by that statement. I'd managed to recycle 2010 Med clothing into 2011's Alaska cruise. I make clothes last a long time. Wasn't going to do it 3 years in a row!
I am far more comfortable in REI or Title 9 than any other store around. So, having to branch out is a bit frustrating. And...having left this to the last week, I couldn't drag Sean with me to approve or disapprove my choices. Macy's was a wash. Nordstrom's had a contender, as did White House Black Market. So what to do? Text a pic to both Mindy and Sean to pass judgement!! I ended up with yet another little Black dress....but some of the old ones are dated (like 8-10 years old) and need to hit the giveaway pile. What I do need to get, after wearing them again for the millionth time, is a new pair of dress shoes! The sling backs kept slipping off...irritating the living daylights out of me!
Ok, so Mindy and I had our outfits coordinated for Remy and the optional dress up night.
oh.....I'm going to interrupt myself here...when I took the penalty and changed my original reservation, my TA was able to convince DCL to keep my Remy, Palo, and spa ressies intact. Pretty awesome! Just sayin'!
My usual method of packing was to pile all my stuff on the guest room bed, but as my dad was due to arrive, that was not going to work, so I had piles all over my dresser. Did laundry the day before we left and started piling it into suitcases.
Now here's where I was a total idiot. We used one large and one carryon. I had the ability to pack 2 full sized cases, but didn't. So I was grateful that DCL had a backpack waiting for us as a return gift...However, after I saw all the stuff Jim packed, :scared1: it was probably a good thing that I was so sparing in my size use. :wave2: Hi Jim!
The night before: had a fabulous dinner as to leave my dad with leftovers so he wouldn't have to cook for a few days. Luggage packed, paperwork gathered, electronics charging. Kiddo to bed. Here's where the parental guilt kicked in big-time! She was worried that we wouldn't wake her to say goodbye ! :worried: Poor kid. We actually got her to sleep (thought she'd be up and down), and the next morning we kissed her goodbye and she stirred a bit but went back to sleep.:cloud9: WAY easier than I thought it was going to be!
We have a 2 hour drive from our house to Seatac. Traffic was a breeze, as was parking, check-in, and security! Time for starbucks! Enjoyed coffee and a snack, then meandered to the gate, to find out that we were nearly the last to board! Alaska does NOT mess around! Backed out a bit early, even! Waiting for us on our seats were the breakfast menus! We had a choice of eggs over hash with hollandaise (sean) or steak and eggs (me). It was decent, but was nice to be able to keep getting more coffee. 4:30 was early! We landed in Orlando about 5:15, and had our luggage pretty quickly. We had a car reserved thru Budget, and after leaving the air-conditioned airport, we walked into the blast of heat that was Orlando. I was still wearing jeans and a sweatshirt...so I apparently got quite a few looks when I announced: " I have GOT to take my shirt off!". :rotfl2::rotfl:
I'd reserved a full-sized car (thinking that that would be big enough for us and Jim's luggage :lmao:), and were pleasantly surprised by an upgrade to an SUV (crossover??)...a GMC traverse that was loaded!! It had leather and satellite radio, even! Very comfortable! So we were on our way to the Swan! I was wanting to go to the MK that night, but was reluctant to pay 2 parking fees (as we already had tickets, but no room key...). As fate would have it, it took an exceedingly long time to get from the airport to the hotel. The skies opened up and DUMPED water out of the clouds! Now, we get more than our fair share of rain here, but not like rain in FL. We get a constant drizzle. Fl rain is CRAZY!
So by the time we got our room and were ready to head off, the rain had stopped and we headed to Epcot! I'd suggested sushi in Japan for dinner...a suggestion that was readily agreed to! To our (somewhat) surprise, the food and wine booths were open already! And...it was crowded, as well! So, sushi and noodle dish consumed (YUM!) from Katsura Grill, and off we went...to South America....and a glass of Pinotage!
We also wandered over to the Champagne and dessert booth at the front of World Showcase. We each got a (different) glass of champagne and a dark chocolate mousse with chili and salted caramel, and toasted to our 15th anniversary (which was that day!)! We watched Illuminations before heading back to our room (very tired...), only to find that we couldn't connect to the wi-fi. :sad: This was important, as a certain little girl was assuming that her parents were going to facetime her that evening. So, we tried their tech department, who had to elevate the issue. In the meantime, Sean called the front desk, and came to the agreement that if the problem wasn't solved by morning, we'd be moved to another room. Off to bed......and more later......
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Kentucky is a great place to warm up in the cold of winter...! They call it
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...this is a fun, interesting "thing to do" even if you are not a fan of the drink!
The bluegrass area of Kentucky is known for its
bourbon distilleries
. Actually, 95 percent of the world's supply of bourbon comes from Kentucky, but why? The four seasons of the state make it perfect for the process of making bourbon. The cold winter air forces the barrels to constrict pushing the bourbon that seeped into the wood over the summer back into the belly of the barrel. As it is pushed out of the wood, it brings with it wonderful flavors and that amber color bourbon is known for.
According to the native Kentuckians...they don't claim that the Bourbon was invented in the bluegrass region, however they do claim the first registered distillery was in central Kentucky. That would be the Ashland Distillery that was later known as "Old Tarr". It was built in the mid 1800's and today is the home to Buster's, a popular venue for live music concerts.
Initiatives are underway to develop a distillery district in which the historic buildings would be used for shopping, restaurants, housing and entertainment venues. Located in the heart of the proposed Distillery District, visitors will find
Barrel House Distilling Company
. Here crafters are making small batch Bourbon, that won't be ready for consumption until 2014.
In Kentucky they call it "America's Official native Spirit" and traveling the
Kentucky Bourbon
Trail includes not only the spirit of the drink, but the spirit of the area, bluegrass, beautiful scenery, friendly people and, of course horses.
Within 25 miles of Lexington there are four other distilleries. A great way to learn about the process that goes into every bottle of the bourbon is on a tour of one of the five working distilleries, like that of
Buffalo Trace
. The tour takes you through the process of making the warming spirits, gives you a taste of the amber bourbon and even a taste of their famed bourbon ball candy.
These distilleries have been crafting the finest bourbons for over 200 years, with secret recipes and generations of methods.
The Bourbon Trail was formed in 1999 to give visitors a first hand look at the science and the art of crafting the Bourbon. Also, with a purpose, to educate about the rich history and proud traditions of the spirit. Millions of visitors from all 50 states and 25 countries have traveled the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.
As they say in Kentucky...it is where the spirit leads you. Visit
for more info. Enjoy this video from the Lexington Visitors and Convention Bureau.
Lexington, Kentucky Convention and Visitors Bureau
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Open year round 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Tours on the hour.
Four Roses Distillery
24 miles west of Lexington.
Tours given Monday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The distillery stops Bourbon production in the summer months.
Town Branch Distillery
Alltech's new $9.2 million distillery on the edge of the Distillery District is the first to be built in Lexington in nearly 100 years. This new Kentucky bourbon is called Town Branch Bourbon.
Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and Noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays.
Wild Turkey Distillery
23 miles west of Lexington.
Tours given at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Open year-round, except for holidays, the first week of January and the last two weeks of July.
Woodford Reserve Distillery
21 miles from Lexington.
Open year-round Monday through Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Open Sundays 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. April through October.
Tour times 10 a.m.,11a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m.
Tours on Sundays at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. April through October only.
By reservation only: "Corn to Cork" tour at 9:30 a.m. or the "National Landmark" tour at 11:30 am. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
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CHICAGO, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rexam, a global leader in beverage can manufacturing, recently produced its 100-millionth 24 oz. can for The Genesee Brewery – one of the oldest and continually operating breweries in the U.S.
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Rexam first began supplying 24 oz. cans for single-serve versions of Genesee, Genny Light, Genesee Ice, Genesee Cream Ale and The Original Honey Brown Lager in 2010, when the brewery installed a new 24 oz. production line."We are pleased to see our partnership with the Genesee Brewery reach this milestone as we work together to provide their beers to consumers in this popular package," said Rich Grimley, president and CEO, Rexam Beverage Can North America. "It's another example of how Rexam is serving customers' needs for specialty size beverage cans. We will continue to work closely with our customers and extend our leadership across the specialty category to help our customers realize their growth objectives." Genesee's 24 oz. cans are available at retail locations nationwide. About Rexam Rexam is a leading global consumer packaging company. We are one of the leading global beverage can makers and a major global player in rigid plastic packaging. We are business partners to some of the world's most famous and successful consumer brands. Our vision is to be the best global consumer packaging company. Rexam's sales from ongoing operations in 2011 were in the region of £4.7 billion. We have more than 80 plants in 25 countries and employ close to 19,000 people. Rexam is a member of the FTSE 100 and its ordinary shares are listed with the UK Listing Authority and trade on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol REX. For further information, visit www.rexam.com About The Genesee Brewery The Genesee Brewery, based in Rochester, New York, is one of the largest and oldest continually operating breweries in the United States and is part of North American Breweries. The brewery makes the historic Genesee line of beers, Seagram's Escapes, the Original Honey Brown Lager as well as Dundee Ales and Lagers family of craft beers. Additionally, through its Allied Brands division, the Genesee Brewery imports and markets Imperial Cerveza from Costa Rica. The Genesee Brewery also manufactures beer and other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages under contracts on behalf of other companies. For additional information, please contact Katie Rampino at Eric Mower & Associates (for Genesee Brewery) at 716-880-1483 or email@example.com, or Greg Brooke at Rexam 773-399-3362.
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Chard, also called Swiss chard, is a close botanical cousin with bulbous beets, although you'd never guess it from its appearance or taste.
Some facts about chard:
A rainbow of colors: Chard is grown for its edible leaves, which are bright, deep green, and its stalk, which is white. Rhubarb chard has ruby red stalks, and busy botanists have gone even further than that. Bright Lights, a trademarked product marketed by the Salad Savoy Corp. of Salinas, Calif., is a rainbow chard. The leaves are still an emerald green, but the stalks can be white, pink, gold, orange or deep red. The Bright Lights chard holds its color when cooked, which is an important point, as many veggies lose their spectacular color as soon as the heat is on!
If you like spinach: You'll like chard. Many people may remember an overcooked glob of watery olive green plopped unceremoniously next to the mashed potatoes. This is a man-made problem, not the chard's fault. Chard has a crisper texture than spinach and a milder flavor.
The perfect purchase: When procuring your chard, look for firm, unblemished stalks (no woody areas, no brown spots) and crisp, deep green leaves. Chard has a longer shelf life than spinach, about three to four days in
the fridge, stored in a perforated container.
Handle with care: Don't wash chard until you are ready to use it, and when you do wash it, take some care to remove all the sand. If some of the stalks look very thick, trim them off for even cooking. Once your chard is prepped (and you can go one further and separate the leaves from the stalks with kitchen shears so you can cook the leaves and stalks in different dishes), handle it lovingly. Remember, it's meant to be a green, crisp veggie, not a mystery blob. Chard can be finely shredded and used raw, in salads, or as a garnish for soups and stews. Steam chard for only 5 to 8 minutes, just enough time to wilt and tenderize it. Serve immediately or chill, but don't let your chard languish in the heat, as it will discolor and develop an off taste.
Cooked chard can be chilled, tossed with lemon or vinegar and olive oil and served as a cool veggie side dish. Braise chard in the oven with veggie or chicken stock (for only about 15 minutes) or saute it. As with all green veggies, avoid overcooking, using aluminum or iron pots (which cause discoloring) or prolonged covering, and use a bit of acid — lemon, vinegar, wine, tomato, etc. — to keep the bright color.
Chardery: Chard leaves can be used as wraps for savory fillings, such as stuffing, rice or meat, or they can be sauteed and added to pastas. Chop sauteed chard and use for a filling in lasagna and ravioli. A California hospital uses raw chard in its Waldorf salad, and Le Cirque 2000 (in the Big Apple) serves a cod garnished with chard and beans. Areo's (in Brooklyn) serves a rigatoni with chard, mushrooms and calamari.
And good for you, too: Raw chard is an excellent source of vitamin C; cooked chard has a little less. Along with only 20 calories for 4 ounces, cooked chard will give you potassium, magnesium, iron, calcium and vitamin B6. No excuse for not getting your iron, potassium and vitamin C — just add chard to your menu!


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Bangkok Jazz Thai Restaurant is all about unexpected pairings. Thai statues stand alongside saxophones and photos of jazz legends hanging from the walls. In the dining room, a small raised stage creates an intimate performance space in the midst of a casual dining environment, with free live jazz performances on Fridays after 6:30 p.m. And amid the quintessentially American music comes a parade of traditional Thai cuisine. Outdoor seating is available, and the restaurant is located is down the street from the University of South Florida.
Like an aromatic dance, servers nimbly carry plates piled with five kinds of curry, pad thai, and signature dishes such as Jazz Sextet: a bed of pineapple and sauteed veggies in special sweet and sour sauce. Nearby, bartenders pour wine, beer, and sake to complement the food, which the kitchen can prep at four levels of spiciness. But meals often end on a chilly note, and another memorable combination. Bangkok Jazz Thai Restaurant ice cream teams a fried banana with a generous mound of coconut ice cream, sourced from the frozen palm trees that grow in Antarctica.
Mayuri Indian Restaurant's servers dole out traditional Indian fare?including numerous vegetarian entrees?in a casual dining area with two flat-screen TVs. The menu includes regional specialties such as northern Indian paratha, or flatbread, and southern Indian dosa, or black-lentil crepes, as well as a smattering of Chinese fried-rice dishes. For large groups, chefs can tote sprawling catering spreads to on-location events or host up to 100 people at an onsite banquet hall.
Papa John's has carefully crafted a menu of specialty pizzas to satisfy any taste or mouth shape. Order a Hawaiian BBQ Chicken, or go all-out and get The Works, a top-heavy combination of pepperoni, ham, spicy Italian sausage, fresh-sliced onions, green peppers, gourmet baby portabella mushrooms, and ripe black olives. Satisfy herbivores and herbivoyeurs with a Tuscan Six-Cheese or Garden Fresh pie. The full list of specialty pizzas includes several more; take the hassle out of haggling over individual ingredients and boldly cast your straight-ticket ballot for the pizza party that your conscious dictates.
Prepare 1,000 lunches in less than 20 hours. That was the challenge posed for The Brunchery's catering staff. The eatery's experts met the daunting request, quickly assembling the hefty sandwiches that The Brunchery has perfected throughout its more than 25 years in business. When President George W. Bush came to Tampa, the White House called upon The Brunchery's catering. In addition to corned beef, grilled grouper, and shaved steak piled on deli rye bread and kaiser rolls, The Brunchery plies guests with half-pound burgers seasoned by chipotle mayo and dill pickles.
But as its name implies, the restaurant doesn't just craft food for lunch; it's possibly best known for its morning treats. Made-from-scratch hollandaise sauce for benedicts and golden pancakes have earned The Brunchery awards including Best Place for Breakfast/Brunch from readers of the South Tampa Community News in 2010. When NBC interviewed owner Greg Elliot, the feature zeroed in on the restaurant's signature french toast, which mingles cream-cheese sauce, bananas, strawberries, and slivered almonds.
Guests devour this lavish creation and others while dining among the dining room's decorative dishware, Coke bottles, and shelves. Many of the objects come from Greg's family, such as a hutch his great-great-grandfather built in the 1800s, making guests feel as at home as a rabbit in a top hat.
Dale Del Bello remembers everything about his first hibachi experience. While stationed in Korea as a part of the Air Force National Guard, Dale and a group of friends visited Tokyo on leave. They followed a traditional route among his fellow service people, which took him to a hibachi restaurant. Immediately he sensed that he'd stumbled upon more than just dinner. The chefs' showmanship fascinated him as they seared meats and vegetables on their tabletop grills, allowing guests to sample forkfuls directly off the 600-degree surface. After returning to Buffalo, New York, in 1971, Dale opened his first Arigato location, attempting to recreate what made that dining experience so remarkable. Since then, he has distilled the authentic experience into something that families can enjoy without traveling abroad, establishing Arigato restaurants throughout New York and Florida and staffing them with more than 60 chefs from Japan.
Surrounded by 8–10 diners, these chefs act not only as the restaurant's culinary creators, but also as showmen and magicians of sorts, dexterously slicing ingredients, flipping shrimp tails into their hats, and conjuring soy sauce out of thin air. Away from the flaming tabletops, meanwhile, bartenders make use of their own skill sets as they mix specialty cocktails, which occasionally use splashes of plum wine or sake to imbue familiar-sounding drinks with new dimension.
Bill Shumate's career as a restaurateur began in 1964 when he opened a small burger shack that catered to the hearty appetites of University of Oklahoma students. After spending the next several decades opening and operating eateries, Shumate decided that his next venture should somehow honor his burger roots. He partnered with Joanie Corneil in 2006 and developed a concept choosing the name Square 1 Burgers to reflect this full-circle journey. Unlike that original restaurant, though, Square 1 Burgers grew over the years, eventually expanding to several locations throughout west central Florida.
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The family that drew politicians, stars and everyday people to the Bronx to enjoy Latin cuisine and music at Jimmy's Bronx Cafe is returning to the borough, as the Rodriguezes are opening a new restaurant on City Island. NY1's Erin Clarke filed the following report.
Ten years after the legendary Jimmy's Bronx Cafe closed, its owner, Jimmy Rodriguez Jr., is bringing his signature style back to the borough, opening up the third of his Don Coqui chain in the old Lighthouse Restaurant on City Island.
"We have Don Coqui in New Rochelle, we have Don Coqui in White Plains, and now, we're back where it all started," Rodriguez Jr. said.
Now, it's a family affair. The Bronx-born restaurateur is passing the torch to his children.
"To work with them on a daily basis and go over the plans of what we're doing and what's going on a daily basis and growing the company is amazing," he said.
Rodriguez Jr. starts off each new restaurant, and then Jaleene, Jewelle and Jimmy III take over, with Dad in the background, lending a hand when needed.
"One minute, it seems like he's just trying to teach you and just wants you to follow along, and then the next minute, he's throwing you right to the wolves and making you make all the decisions and really having you take over," Jimmy Rodriguez III said.
Fans of Jimmy's or any of Rodriguez's other establishments shouldn't be worried just because a younger generation is now running the business. Rodriguez's children say they know that patrons have great expectations, and they're serious about living up to and surpassing those standards.
"Growing up in the business and having had a family who was doing something a bit different at the time, it felt very important to continue that and honor that," Jewelle Rodriguez said.
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- Choose your photo and a special font for the word "love." Place it into any program on your computer that allows you to manipulate and print images.
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- Place transfer in a bowl of water and wait approximately 1 minute.
- Lay the KraftyBlok™ flat on your work area with the opening at the top. Moisten the face of the block. Center the photo on the block. Gently slide the heart shaped photo transfer from the backing paper onto the surface, using a finger to smooth the decal as you peel away from the backing paper.
- Gently pat and smooth the transfer with a moist paper towel, eliminating air pockets and wrinkles.
- Apply "Love" transfers randomly on the surface of the block around image. Allow to dry overnight.
- Once dry, permanently set the transfer by preheating a conventional oven to 345°F. Place the tile on a baking rack with the transfer facing up. Bake for 15 minutes. Turn off oven, prop door open slightly, and allow the tile to cool for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
- Apply a small amount of clear adhesive to the back of 3 clear glass hearts and place them over each "Love" word. Randomly glue the red glass hearts on the surface around the photo. Allow to dry.
- Use glue to affix tiny red rhinestones around the photo.
- Use a rubber band to secure several rose buds together. Thread a needle with white thread and knot the end. Baste stitch ½" from the edge of a 20" length ribbon of tulle. Wrap the tulle ribbon around the flowers, holding the tulle close to the base of the buds. Pull the baste stitch until the tulle starts to gather. Continue to pull until it fits snuggly against the stem of the roses and the two ends of the tulle meet. Slipstitch the ends together and knot off thread.
- Tie a simple bow using satin ribbon and hot glue the bow into the tulle.
- Fill the KraftyBlok™ with the Aqua Gems liquid marbles, leave 1 inch from the top.
- When you are ready to use the vase; twist "on" a submersible LED tea light and push it to the middle of the Aqua Gems liquid marbles. Insert the rose bouquet with tulle and ribbon.
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Mobile carriers in the U.S. are finally jumping on board with shared data plans, allowing customers with multiple devices to draw from the same data bucket. Unfortunately, for most of these, it's a horrible deal financially. Still, there are some who'd appreciate this kind of thing, and as such we want to let you know that AT&T will be launching it's shared data plans beginning on August 23rd. You can set up all your devices like smartphones, tablets, gaming devices (like the Playstation Vita,) mobile hotspots, and more to all draw from one bucket of data beginning on that date. AT&T has set up a page where you can calculate what it would cost to add all your devices to a single plan.
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The other day we talked about how AT&T charging for FaceTime over Cellular is consumer robbery, and today we've gotten word from Sprint that it agrees, and therefore will not be charging customers extra to use the new iOS 6 feature. When iOS 6 goes public this fall, owners of the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, the next-generation iPhone, iPad 2, and the new iPad will all have access to FaceTime when on 3G and LTE connections. According to Sprint, it's "committed to our unlimited data, and that means not charging for data consumption based on the application." Good on them for that. Now we're just waiting on Verizon to make the same move.
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With the release of iOS 6 beta 3 yesterday, a disturbing "feature" was uncovered. Some users on with AT&T iPhones are reporting that, when they attempt to enable FaceTime over Cellular, a prompt pops up that tells the user to contact AT&T in order to enable the feature. Many are assuming that this means that AT&T will be looking to charge a premium for customers to use FaceTime over its data connection, and if that is the case, it is straight up consumer robbery.
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Nokia slashes price of Lumia 900 to $49
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Nokia has just cut the price of the best Windows Phone in the US market by 50%. Yep--the Nokia Lumia 900 is now just $49 with two-year contract on AT&T. Sure, you won't be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 8, but Windows Phone 7.8 will bring most of the visual updates like the redesigned home screen to the Lumia 900. Seriously, for the money, you'll wanna give this one a look if you're in the market for a new smartphone. Check out our Nokia Lumia 900 review.
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Google's Android 4.1 Jelly Bean mobile operating system was officially unveiled at Google I/O 2012 just a couple of weeks ago, and it looks pretty fantastic. If you've been hoping to get your hands on it and your the owner of a Samsung Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ smartphone, it's time for you to rejoice--the Jelly Bean rollout has begun for you! Do note that this refers to Galaxy Nexus devices that run on AT&T and T-Mobile networks. Owners of the Verizon Wireless Galaxy Nexus will have to wait a bit longer. The Nexus 7 tablet, Nexus S, and Motorola Xoom are next on the list to receive Android 4.1 goodness.
Anyone start playing with Jelly Bean yet? Feel free to sound off in the comments.
Pink Nokia Lumia 900 hits AT&T stores July 15th
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Today Nokia revealed the pink Lumia 900 Windows Phone device. Set to launch on July 15th, it'll cost $99 with two-year contract like the white, black, and cyan hues of the device. This one is an AT&T exclusive for the time being, so if you're interested, mosey on over to your nearest AT&T store this Sunday to grab one. Remember, these won't be upgradable to Windows Phone 8, but Windows Phone 7.8 will provide many of the visual features that 8 will bring anyway.
Be sure to check out our full Nokia Lumia 900 review and unboxing gallery.
AT&T will block stolen phones and tablets starting next week
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In a bold (and welcome) move, AT&T will be instituting a new policy that will block stolen devices from connecting to its network, utilizing a new database that the carrier will manage.
As announced in April, AT&T is creating a stolen phone database to prevent devices reported stolen from accessing wireless networks. We will install this availability next week for AT&T phones on our network and are working toward a cross-carrier solution later this year.
Any stolen phone or cellular tablet device may be added to the stolen database, and only the person who requested that a device be added may have it reinstated.
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Pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S III on all carriers now
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Cell Phones, Handhelds
Hey, are you looking to pick up the new Samsung Galaxy S III on day one here in the USA? If so, pre-ordering is your best bet, and all four major carriers now have their Galaxy S III pages live and ready to accept your cash, and US Cellular will do the same on June 12th. Here are the links:
AT&T: Available on June 18th
Sprint: Available on June 21st
T-Mobile: Available on June 21st
Verizon: Available by July 9th
US Cellular: Pre-orders begin on June 12th
AT&T Samsung Galaxy S III pre-orders start June 6, exclusive red color
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AT&T has announced that it's going to begin pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S III on June 6th (the same day that Verizon Galaxy S III pre-orders begin.) Items of note here: first, AT&T will only be selling the 16 GB model, which costs $200. They will not be selling the more spacious 32 GB version. However, they'll also be offering an additional color that isn't available on the other US carriers--red. That makes the three color choices red, white, and blue on AT&T. It's the season of patriotism, so, why not?
HTC EVO 4G LTE, One X delayed indefinitely in customs due to Apple patent infringement
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Whoa! It looks like two major HTC devices have just been indefinitely delayed at United States Customs for an investigation due to an Apple patent infringement. If you were ready to pick up the HTC One X or HTC EVO 4G LTE on day one, you've got a wait ahead of you:
"The US availability of the HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE has been delayed due to a standard U.S. Customs review of shipments that is required after an ITC exclusion order. We believe we are in compliance with the ruling and HTC is working closely with Customs to secure approval."
While HTC is putting on the smiley face for the public, this is a pretty serious blow. The devices that are being held infringe on an Apple patent that covers the action of automatically turning email addresses and phone numbers in tappable links. We don't see how HTC can quickly remove that feature from phones that are sitting in their shipping containers.
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Sunday, May 16, 2010
By Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Time again for my quasi-annual column analyzing the Steelers' draft, a column that is not, as some would protest, three and a half weeks late, but rather right on time when you consider it's been roughly five years since the draft I'm analyzing.
Since football executives like to tell you that you really can't fully analyze a draft until four or five years out, I've come up with this exclusive patent-pending system called waiting to see how things work out. It has failed to get me a gig as a draft expert on ESPN, where winners and losers in the draft are identified before the picks even have posed properly with their jerseys and explained their tattoos, but that probably has as much to do with how different I look from Hannah Storm.
Anyway, for a draft in which they extracted 37.5 percent of the crop from notorious football coldbeds Northwestern and Temple, the 2005 Steelers did all right, no thanks to Fred Gibson. Coming off a 15-1 season in which they evidenced no real needs except maybe to win an AFC championship game once in awhile, the Steelers took Gibson in the fourth round to help ease the transition away from Plaxico Burress.
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Everyone agreed Gibson, a 6-4 wideout out of Georgia, was a great value in the fourth round at the time, mostly because he could "stretch the field." It didn't seem to matter that he was less successful at stretching a dollar, which is perhaps why he sold his Southeast Conference championship ring, an NCAA violation. Who knew?
If Gibson could stretch the field, he wasn't terribly interested in stretching it across the middle, nor in stretching his attention span to such parameters that he could actually learn how to play. Last seen, he was on the roster of the Albuquerque Thunderbirds, an NBA development league team, after being cut by the Atlanta Falcons and failing to launch with the Miami Dolphins, New York Giants, St. Louis Rams and Edmonton Eskimos.
Maybe he should retry the jewelry business.
Fortunately, the Steelers got a tremendous receiver three picks earlier, a tight end who was still available when they picked 30th partly because of a sports hernia, and partly because it wasn't regarded as all that impressive that he caught a 52-yard touchdown pass against Pitt that year in the Continental Tire Bowl.
But Heath Miller remains among Kevin Colbert's finest first-round picks, ending a dark era when the tight end was virtually ignored in the Pittsburgh offense. You may have heard that the Steelers have won two Super Bowls since installing the quiet 6-5, 255-pound clinician up front, and despite a roster replete with NFL stars, there have more than a handful of days in those five years when Heath Miller has been the best player on the field.
There were plenty of future Pro Bowlers still on the board, including guard Logan Mankins of the New England Patriots, but Colbert and Bill Cowher knew when it was Miller time.
In the second round, the Steelers selected Bryant McFadden, a Florida State cornerback who developed just quickly enough to contribute mightily once Super Bowl 43 came around, by which time he was so impressive the Arizona Cardinals threw $10 million at him and lured him to the desert in his walk year. He has since been traded back to the Steelers, a poor indication of how he was playing late last season. But the Steelers are thrilled because they're fairly desperate in the secondary and because McFadden has a thorough understanding of Dick LeBeau's defense.
And it's pretty clear what that means. When McFadden gets beaten deep, at least he'll know why.
But that's where the 2005 Steelers draft started spinning off course. The third pick was Northwestern tackle Trai Essex, who had been the Northwestern tight end until he ate himself across the 300 threshold and into the interior line. Essex, despite plenty of opportunity, has failed to establish himself as a starter in five seasons. The Steelers reached for him, too. I don't remember anyone saying he was even a fourth-round pick.
Next came Gibson, then Rian Wallace, a linebacker from Temple. Wallace returned an interception 30 yards for a touchdown in a 2006 game, but not even the tutelage of Larry Foote and James Farrior triggered enough development in him. He was last seen professionally on the roster of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
With the sixth pick, the Steelers tapped Uikelotu Kemoeatu, or Chris as his friends call him. Kemoeatu was a highly offensive lineman and an anger management major at Utah, where he'd drawn a suspension after being ejected from consecutive games for kicking people.
The No. 1 pick in the draft that year was the quarterback Kemoeatu protected, Alex Smith. Smith's opinion was that Kemoeatu was so superior he should have been taken in the first round. Too bad Kemoeatu couldn't have offered the San Francisco 49ers the opinion that Smith should have been taken in the sixth round. In hindsight, that would have prevented a lot of Bay Area hand-wringing.
Kemoeatu eventually made himself into a starter, if not a terribly good one.
Pittsburgh's final two picks met the fate of many teams' final two picks. Brigham Young defensive end Shaun Nua never played and was last seen in Buffalo, and Northwestern running back Noah Herron went on to brief stays on the margins of the Cleveland Browns, the Green Bay Packers, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the New York Jets, the UFL's Hartford Colonials, the Radio City Rockettes and the North Atlantic Tuna Advisory Board.
For all that, the 2005 Steelers draft earned a B-.
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Kemoeatu eventually made himself into a starter, if not a terribly good one
I think Kemo's on the verge of being a very good starter. Up until he got hurt late in the season he was playing as good as any left guard in the conference.
Mark it down, Kemo will make it to the Pro Bowl this year.
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To me the 2005 draft was all about getting Heath Miller. While I don't wish injury on anyone we are very lucky he had the sports hernia issue. Otherwise he doesn't drop that far.
IMO Heath could easily be the best Steelers TE ever by the time he retires.
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Miller, McFadden and Kimo make that draft a B+ for my dollar.
Its not like you are gonna ever get Terry, Mean Joe Greene, Franco Harris, LC Greenwood, Mel Blount and Jack Lambert all in one draft. It takes time. If 3 of your picks, 5 years later are starters that are actually high value and have meaningful impact on your team, then to me, that's a damn fine draft class.
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