Day Three at Disney dawned with a downpour. We knew it was going to blow over, but not til later, so we suited up and sloshed to breakfast, trying to stay as dry as possible. We milled about in the lobby area of the hotel for a while, then finally headed out on the bus,…
Category: Travel
Epcot
I started this post on our second day at Disney World over a month ago . . . then Mardi Gras happened. So here it is a month later – done, moreso than perfect, as is the usual. Day two was our driest, most comfortable day. Chilly but not rainy. As the prior day was…
Last Full Morning
Hot, bitter coffee, espresso. I finish The Secret Chord this morning, on the settee on the porch. I feel rinsed, wrung. I have to be dragged back here, to this tropical island, from the scrubby, brutal, bloodwashed Israel I have occupied. I immediately download Swing Time, by Zadie Smith. Only a few more days…
Second Full Day
It is our third night – the evening of our second full day here. Last night we shared one starter (pork and shrimp Asian dumplings – four of them, really good), one main (chicken stir fry – average) and one dessert (a coconut cheesecake confection with coconut ice cream and basil leaves and little pearls…
Evening – Recounting the First Full Day
I feel nourished by the food here. This morning I have granola and soy milk, with fresh berries on top. A berry smoothie, in a small glass bottle with a rubber stopper, lined up next to others that have been plunged in an ice bath at the bottom of a silver tub. Slices of cold…