Picture yourself in a room with two of the definitive Brain Trust Minds of Disney/Pixar as they do a Show & Tell type presentation of how they take a story to a storyboard to the screen.After you pinch yourself and thank God for your charmed life, you sit up and pay attention with great interest, because, let's face it, these guys are ...
Archives for April 2016
The Jungle Book in Dolby Cinema – The Way It Should Be Experienced
This post is sponsored by Disney, Dolby Cinema, and AMC Prime. The nostalgia, experiences, and opinions are obviously very much my own.I was 12 years old in 1967 and I still distinctly remember going to see the original Walt Disney Pictures' The Jungle Book. My brother took my 2 sisters and me to a drive-in to see this latest offering from Walt ...
Disney’s The Jungle Book Press Conference
Last week I had the immense pleasure of attending the press conference for Disney's latest film, 'The Jungle Book.' I'm always walking a fine line when I attend these events between being the "journalist" and reporting what the talent had to discuss about their film, and being a "fangirl," all dewey-eyed to be ...
Win A Fantastic Family Experience – The Jungle Book at Dolby Cinema AMC Prime – A Giveaway
If you haven't already heard the buzz, Walt Disney Pictures is releasing The Jungle Book for a new generation of movie go-ers. Always pushing the limits of what animation and technology can produce, Disney has recreated the Rudyard Kipling classic in a way that couldn't be done 50 years ago. The sweetest part of this is that ...
‘Finding Dory’ at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
You know those times when you experience something and you want to share with everyone you know, but when you search for the words they become elusive? Yeah. That's me right now. I recently went on a lovely trip to Monterey, California to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Lucky for you, I took tons of photos. Enjoy!The trip was sponsored by ...
My Big Fat Cuban Family Cuban Cleaning® Playlist
I love your response to my 8 Rules to Getting Your House Cuban Clean®. You were all right there with me in the ongoing struggle. I totally appreciate that. I also appreciate that as much as we hate (or love) cleaning, it has to be done.Of course, everyone knows that you clean much more effectively when you have great music playing and you can ...
8 Rules to Getting Your House Cuban Clean®
I wrote the following after years of struggle, not with dirt or cleanliness, but with guilt that my house was never clean enough. I hope it proves cathartic for those of you raised in homes where Cuban Clean® was a thing. Also, this is NOT a sponsored post. This is The World According to Marta. This is the time of year when you throw open all the ...
