This is a sponsored post by and Society Culinaria. The opinions are my own. Do you ever have a craving for a very specific flavor? I most certainly do. I was making an Arroz con Pollo a few weeks ago, and as I started with the "sofrito," I remember thinking, "I can just stop right here. I could seriously just have sofrito for dinner." Of ...
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Seizing the Day – Disney’s NEWSIES Comes to Orange County
Warning: This post is going to be super newsy (see what I did there?) with lots of photos of our thoughts and experiences about Disney's NEWSIES on Tour. You NEWSIES fans will totally appreciate this.Back in 1992 when the Disney film, 'Newsies' was released in theaters, we saw the movie with the kids. All of us were kind of blown ...
Finding Dory – Interview with filmmakers Andrew Stanton and Lindsey Collins
Imagine for a moment that you wrote and directed an Oscar®-winning animated film in 2003. Can you further imagine, what if, in 2013 you start thinking, "I wonder what happened to that character?" And is it even a good idea to revisit this when you can just sit back on your laurels? That's exactly what happened to Pixar Animation ...
Captain America: Civil War Review
When I first saw the original trailers for Captain America: Civil War I was bummed. I mean, we all love the Avengers. But we love them united. Am I right? I have to admit that I wasn't sure they could pull off an Avenger Civil War without turning one of the original heroes into a Really Bad Guy. So I kept my expectations low and let myself be ...
Captain America Civil War Press Conference – Team Cap vs. Team Ironman
Every year around this time, we movie fans start getting a little excited. It's time for the Summer Blockbusters! This year, we have been waiting, rather impatiently, for the release of the newest addition to the Marvel Universe - Captain America: Civil War. Part excitement, part curiosity. How are they going to craft a story where the ...
What’s Important Right Now – May
I often get distracted as I'm in the middle of telling a story and my go-to disclaimer is: "but that's not important right now." But my life is in session and there are lots of things that are important. So I keep a list of 'present participles' or Things That Are Important Right Now. That's just all a fancy way of saying, "the ...
‘Finding Dory’ – from Script to Screen
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 ...
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 ...
