we are staying off site this time for disney, i was wondering if we can go to onsite hotels and eat? would they charge us parking? thank you in advance
hi casie, thanks for stopping by the disney parks moms panel with your question! you do not have to stay on property in order to dine at the disney resort hotels. in fact, i have done this very same thing many times in the past and have never been charged to park in the self-parking lot. when you arrive at the disney resort hotel, simply let the gate attendant know you have an advanced dining reservation, and he/she will direct you to self-parking. please know that policies are always subject to change. i hope this information is helpful to you. if you have any additional questions, please don't hesitate to reach out again. best wishes for a magical trip, casie! happy planning, jodie
because i only had 10 dollars on me, my choices between having a burger meal and a pizza meal for lunch were mutually exclusive.

this light cannot be both on and off at the same time because they are mutually exclusive events.

you can, of course, have your cake and eat it too. those two thing are not mutually exclusive. Sure.   

  

But most of the time they try to turn it down, because department regulations prohibit it in most places. Some places (in the old days) used to do it to try to curry favor and get better police protection. That is not really the case any more. Everybody knows that cops lock up the guy who bought them the free meal, just like they do the guy who charged full price.   

  

It is embarassing in someplaces, and some places won't take no for an answer, so you end up leaving a BIG tip. And someplaces are so flagrant aboit it, you stop going there.   

  

Back in the old days, when we made less money that any other public servant, we interperted it as a nice gesture. Now, we aren't sure why people do it. I guess it is somewhat akin to a professional courtesy. Lots of restaurants give half price to the guys who deliver to them, or the plumber who fixes their rest room.   

  

As far as the donuts, I love them, but don't eat too many any more, I have gotten too fat. But i do drink lots of Convenience store and donut shop coffee. Once upopn a time, only diners were open at night, all night, and it gave a police officer someplace to take a break from either foot or mechanized patrol. In the middle of the night, there are different people out and about in the world. So, the newspaper delivery man, the cop, the donut shop waitress and the bartenders going off duty are the only people around and they would often all come together in the diner or donut shop. For breakfast we supply cereals, toast, juice, tea & coffee. If there’s something you can’t do without, just bring it with you! Please advise your dietary requirements at the time of booking. 

  

Some of our tours will include opportunities to taste and sample local produce; check the individual tour information for these details. 

  

We do not supply lunches or dinners on any of our trips however our guides will recommend great places to eat along the way and stop at supermarkets to stock up on any supplies needed if you prefer to cook yourself. take a cruise from san diego. holland america line travels to mexico for 7 - 10 days from san diego. great food, great prices, and lots of touring in each city they stop in. i just went on the 7-day and i loved it. i got to see puerto vallarta, mazatlan, and cabo. mazatlan was my favorite. so beautiful and cultural. don't go through a travel agent that is going to charge you for their services. most agents are paid from the company they book you with and should not be over charging you for the same thing you could book on your own. they will charge an extra fee for airline reservations just because the airlines do not pay them commissions anymore. if you go on a cruise you can call the company direclty. good afternoon
during december we are in the off season so we will not have beverage service available at the pools or beach club however we will offer picnic baskets for the beach club which can include a bottle of wine should you choose. the sand at the beach is white sand with small hints of pink. we look forward to having you with us! downloading is data, not voice and it's usually charged separately. pay as you go service is normally paid up front. it depends how much you would have to pay out on your current lease. mayb if u stay in the "good" parts of town...but i woud seriously advise agaisnt it....its not really safe there....take a friend and if u do go out by urself do not go out by yourself after dark i've been to a few padres games at petco park. it's a pretty nice new ballpark, although it tries to create a feel of being a larger version of one of the old style ballparks with a brick building built into it (the western metal building was preserved and integrated into the stadium). the nosebleed seats... are pretty nosebleed, but the closer seats are pretty nice. the concessions are pretty standard, with a few san diego favorites. my favorite food is the garlic fries from gordon biersch. one nice aspect is that around the park's main walkways there are hd tvs showing the game while you're standing in line to get food, etc.

i think it's nicer than qualcomm stadium was for baseball. however, i'm still upset at some of the political manuevering that occured to get it built, using public tax money. its downtown location is great, and brings extra traffic to the bars and restaurants of the gaslamp quarter, and extra riders trying out san diego's transit options to avoid the high cost of parking downtown. i can only give you estimates based on what we spend with a family of 4. i am a stay at home mom, my husband commutes about 20 minutes to work and i have a teenage driver (16 year old girl) and a teenage boy with a huge appetite. i am now spending about $200 a week on groceries with two teenagers. gas is costing us about $100 a week. car insurance is about $400 per year. our housing runs about $1,800 per month with insurance. we live in a nice neighborhood but our house is only about 2200 sq. ft. you can definitely get larger homes for less money in a less expensive neighborhood, but i would defintely stay on the east side -- sandy and draper are nice. if you go on the west side, be sure it's southwest -- south jordan, riverton, bluffdale. 

since i'm digressing, i'll just continue on this bent. your better schools are on the east side -- anywhere on the east side. if you want to go north of salt lake, consider bountiful, and fruit heights (good schools, but slightly more expensive) stay away from ogden, woods cross and layton. traffic into and out of davis county is horrendous.

if you go one county south (utah county) you have an excellent school district with alpine. avoid lehi. alpine and highland are lovely little suburbs with great schools and a great atmosphere nestled right up against the mountains. home prices and taxes are higher than other places (like american fork, pleasant grove and orem) but they are very sweet places to live. if you're not mormon i probably would'nt consider them -- they're about 98% mormon. mormons are very nice people typically (i know -- i am one) but you're kids might feel a bit left out not being one of the majority.

ok, back to the topic at hand. if you would like to email me, i would be happy to tell you what we make and how we live, but i'd rather not broadcast that all over the internet. email me at daves\_comet@yahoo.com. i would be happy to answer any questions you may have about moving to salt lake. let's just say that i moved here 20 years ago and i have never found a place i like better. i have lived in many cities in different parts of the world, but this is where i hang my heart.

good luck.