Blogs from Anaheim, Los Angeles, California, United States, North America

The thrills, the spills, the near-death experiences, the brown pants and the shut eyes...yes, we’ve survived the LA freeways!! After that, the rides of Disney seemed quite tame, definitely less chance of dying! We decided to treat the girls to one last lesson in the marvels of science and stop by Hoover Dam in our way out of Vegas. Geoff remembered a small snippet of one of the few lectures he attended...something about cooling techniques for the curing of the concrete in the dam (I was clearly at the pub for that one)...they were suitably wishing we would shut up. Then we hit the road. Longest and scariest drive so far, and quite a lot of holiday traffic...so glad it happened at the end rather than beginning of the trip! But we made is safely, dropped ... read more

Most people in L.A. probably don't write a blog about going to Disneyland, but we are not like most people. Plus, it was Rosie's 2nd birthday, and Disneyland is big vacation for anybody even for one day. While we are adding additional part-vacation posts, why not add a picture of some cute Halloween pictures of front of the pumpkins and Halloween costumes.... read more

Today we visited California Adventureland - the next door neighbor to Disneyland, and it was fantastic! Loved it so much. We saw several street shows, was able to rub elbows with Pluto and Oswald (the original lucky rabbit drawn by Disney), visited Cars Land, ate some amazing sourdough bread bowls at the Pacific Wharf and chilled on a massive ferris wheel ride. It was fantastic! We have been super lucky in that the weather has been overcast, the lines short and the food great. I actually enjoyed it more than Disneyland, though I think you just have to go to Disney! And remember.."it all began with a mouse"...... read more

Geo: 33.8327, -117.916We decided to pack up early, load the car and check out so we could grab breakfast. If you're ever in the L.A. or Anaheim area, I highly recommend Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles. We've always had great service and the chicken 'n waffles are effing amazing. I know they're all the rage these days but I was going to Roscoe's years ago BEFORE that craze started. Now they've expanded to multiple locations, one of which happened to be a quarter mile from our condo. YESSSS. It was so damned good. I love just eating the chicken, waffle 'n syrup, dipping it in the gravy and eating it all together in one bite. The waitress even gave us a free sample of their mac 'n cheese. On par with what homemade baked mac n cheese ... read more

Geo: 33.8327, -117.916We got up at the crap hour of 4am. Most of us work so we were limited to a 3 day trip. The cheapest Disneyland tickets were ironically 3 day park hoppers. So... We ended up doing two partial days and one full day. We made the long drive down I-5 and got to Anaheim around 11am. Not bad timing! We did most of the checking in process to our condo but the rooms weren't ready yet so we just headed over to the park. My sister Geneva made Galen and I some badass crocheted Disney hats. My Minnie hat had a detachable bow (she made three other bows in other colors). Even though it was February, it was already incredibly warm outside. The next two days the heat would reach into the 80s ... read more