April, 2023 - The Fairest Run Of All

Review: Homecomin’ at Disney Springs, April 2023

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023Leave a comment

Hooray for trip reports! Today’s post is all about our day one meal at Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’ in Disney Springs. Read all the posts in this report here. Onward! We went back to Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’ restaurant in Disney Springs at Pat’s specific request, and it did not disappoint. I know that, as Anton Ego so famously...

The Fairest Trip Report Of All: 4/14/23

April 24, 2023April 26, 2023Leave a comment

Hooray for trip reports! This trip report covers my April 2023 trip for the runDisney Springtime Surprise Weekend. Read all the posts in this report here. Onward! Hello and welcome back to my favorite kind of post: the trip report! It’s my favorite because a) I get to go to a theme park, usually Walt Disney World; b) I...

I’m Heading Home (By Which I Mean WDW)

April 13, 2023April 13, 2023Leave a comment

Q. How many trips to WDW in a year are too many? A. … What? I am, as always, very ready to go home. My Springtime Surprise race registration was a total impulse buy, but then what is it the kids say? Is it carpe diem? Is it YOLO? Could it be yo, carpe diem? Have they moved on...

Let’s Get Dressed For Disney!

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023Leave a comment

Hello and welcome back to another edition of What I’m Going To Wear To Walt Disney World! Last time I posted my trip wardrobe after I got home, and while it was due to extenuating circumstances I considered doing the same for this trip. However, an informal Instagram poll seemed to indicate that you guys prefer it before. And...

Race Recap! Rabbit Run 5K

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023Leave a comment

Oh, dear little Rabbit Run! I now feel a strange affection for this unassuming 5K race. It was as sincere as Linus’s pumpkin patch, and what it got for its efforts was a great big smack across the face from Old Man Weather. Is Old Man Weather a thing? Whatever; what I’m trying to say is RAAAAIN. Or, in...

Thoughts While Watching: Walt Disney On What’s My Line? (1956)

April 7, 2023April 7, 2023Leave a comment

My Thoughts While Watching posts are all about reacting to old Disney media with new eyes, so by now, I’m sure you’re used to my vintage video finds. But this time, are you ready to go waaay vintage? Good, because today’s series entry is what is known in the bygone parlance as a humdinger. Remember that scene in 101...

Which Pixar Movie Is My Favorite Really?

April 5, 2023April 5, 20232 Comments

It’s almost time! It’s almost time! It’s almost time for this year’s runDisney Springtime Surprise Weekend, and I am pumped. This year’s races are themed to Pixar movies, which is as noble a selection as one could hope for. In honor of this auspicious choice, I decided to ask the hard question, namely: which Pixar movie is my favorite...