Gaston's Tavern

Gaston's Tavern.   It is located in Disney Worlds Magic Kingdom.  

 

A good place to get a nice cool LeFou's brew on a hot day.   It was really hot this day, 94 degrees and 100% humidity.

I had read several times about LeFou's brew and wanted to try it.

 

LeFou's brew is a non-alcoholic slushy/slurpee drink that is mainly unsweetened apple juice with a mango/passion fruit whipped topping on the top.  

For being unsweetened apple juice it tasted really good.   Plus I was really hot and drank the drink a little too fast.   What happens when you drink a slushy/slurpee type drink too fast?   You guessed it, a brain freeze.   So I slowed my drinking way down to alleviate the brain freeze.  You can get your drink in a nice goblet or mug, but I opted just for the plastic glass.

This is a counter service snack eatery.  

Do you like cinnamon buns?   How about a cinnamon bun with extra icing.   No, I didn't get one, but it does look good.   Really good with a cup of coffee.

The interior of the tavern reminded me of a Bavarian hunting lodge.   They had a chandelier made of deer horns (well, actually they probably were not real deer horns.   But very impressive none the less).

 

There was also a blunderbuss (early form of shotgun) hanging on the wall.

There is so much more to see at Disney than just the thrill rides.   Each time I go I discover new things.   Having a great time at "The happiest place on earth".    Lew

Stay the Course

In the movie The Patriot starring Mel Gibson there is a line that is used twice in the movie:  "Stay the course."  

I like the phrase and I think that it means to stay on track of what you are doing and don't give up.   A nice phrase that I have adopted at times.   The movie was great and I have rewatched it a few times.

I was recently at Epcot at Disney World.   I visited The American Adventure.

People wait in a huge lobby for the next show to start.   The lobby is really nice.   There are really nice large pictures on the walls depicting various moments in American history.

I saw one picture of ships at sea.   It looks as if the ships are in a storm.

I looked at the brass plaque at the bottom of the picture and the painting is named Staying the Course.   So I assume that the phrase Stay the Course is a nautical one.

If you like watching old movies that are really good, try watching the movie The Patriot once again.   It is probably available at your local library for check-out.   Take are and have a healthy and happy life and Stay the Course.   Lew

shower curtain

This is our new shower curtain that I have ordered.   We both like underwater scenes with fish.

Yeah, Yeah I know.   Now like Luca Brasi from the Godfather movie I sleep with the fishes.  

You remember that scene where Luca Brasi's bullet proof vest with a fish in it is delivered to the house.   Don't remember the scene?   Here it is.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=godfather+movie+fish+scene&view=detail&mid=2845F211C7F90A274EE22845F211C7F90A274EE2&FORM=VIRE

Well, that isn't quite right, I shower with the fishes.   The shower curtain is very colorful.   I think that it will look really nice when we get it in about a week.   It is on order.   How ridiculous, to do a blog on a new shower curtain.   Well, I hope that you enjoyed the movie clip.   The Godfather was such a great movie.   I can't begin to tell you how many times I have seen that movie over the years.   I think that the first Godfather movie was the best one of the three.   Have a really great day.   Lew 

 

Himalayan Salt

Himalayan Salt.    

I have seen the lamps made out of pink Himalayan Salt in stores and gift shops.

They do have a nice glow when the bulb is lit.    They make a nice accent light (is "accent" the right word).

I was at the grocery store and I saw a display of potato chips with different types of seasonings on them.

There were three different types.   The Red Curry Coconut.   I see that red pepper.   A definite "NO".  

Then there is the Lime and Cracked Pepper.   I find this one sort of "iffy".

And then there was Himalayan Salt.

I guess that I am going to get a bag and try them just to see what they are like.   Perhaps I will feel like a Sherpa climbing Mt. Everest.   LOL.   I read on the internet that the salt is actually mined in Pakistan near the Himalayas.   Close enough for me.

They even sell the Himalayan Salt in stores as a salt for food.   I wonder if the impurities that give the salt that pink color alter the taste of the salt.   The crystal of the Himalayan Salt look like they might be a bit large for use as a table salt.   Perhaps a salt grinder may make the crystals smaller.

Has anyone tried this Himalayan salt?   I will try it but I will probably end up sticking with the old fashioned Sodium Chloride (NaCl, table salt).   Have you seen anything different and a little bit adventurous in the grocery store lately?  The store that I go to always seems to have interesting things that I haven't seen before.   Have a great day.   Lew

Disney magnets

I like going to Disney World so I got an annual pass.    An annual pass has a lot of perks:   free admission, free parking, discounts at some of the restaurants and gift shops, and just an all-around good thing to have.

I forgot to mention that you get to enter the park through a special line that is just for annual passholders.   I don't have to stand in the long lines with everyone else.

Oh, and I also got a free wristband that does the same thing as showing my card for admission and discounts.   Technology is amazing.

About a week or so after getting my annual pass I received a welcome card for becoming an annual passholder.

Attached to the card was a Disney PASSHOLDER magnet on it.

I had seen these magnets on the backs of vehicles and so I decided to put mine on the tailgate of my pick-up truck.   Now the whole world knows that I am an annual passholder.

The magnet is a rubberized magnet and sticks real well to the tailgate.   No problems with it until recently.   I was at Hollywood Studios at Disney World.   When I returned to my vehicle in the parking lot I noticed that my magnet was gone from the upper left corner of the tailgate.

Instead, it was now in the lower right hand corner and upside-down.   The magnet would not have fallen off while parked.   It might while I am driving but not while I am parked.   Perhaps a child saw it and took it off and the parents told the child to put it back.   That is the best speculation that I can think of.

I returned the magnet to its rightful place of upper left corner and decided to secure it a little better to my tailgate.   I know. it looks as though I riveted the magnet to the tailgate.  

But it isn't really rivets, it is little tiny powerful rare earth magnets.   This should make it a little more difficult to get off.

Each year they send me a new magnet.   Plus throughout the year they give special ones out to Annual Passholders in a theme park.

At Epcot I got two for their flower festival: one of Mickey and the following month one for Minnie.

Recently I got one of Donald Duck.

By the way, these magnets make great refrigerator magnets.   How do I know?   Yep, there is one on my refrigerator door. 

Well, that was my adventure with my special Disney magnets.   Have a great day filled with lots of fun things which is easy to do when you visit Disney World.   Lew