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No dancing in the vehicle!
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Holiday window dressing at Walt Disney World
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A few weeks ago while strolling through EPCOT, I happened upon the Port of Entry store, located in World Showcase Plaza just as you are starting to head up the UK, France, etc side. It was all done up for Christmas with garland strung along the roof line. However, I spied something else Christmas-y about the store…
The windows of the store were all dressed up for Christmas too, with signs that depict Christmas shopping activities as they would occur in some of the countries represented around EPCOT’s World Showcase. There’s the tall pagoda in Japan – red for Christmas, instead of its customary blue:
Here we have Eiffel Tower, poodle and fashionably-dressed lady shopper – I’m thinking this is France:
Finally, we have my favorite. There aren’t many clues here, but the man is holding a red shopping bag with a white star-shaped snowflake design on it. Having grown up in New York City and Long Island, I cannot help but be reminded of the holiday Christmas shopping bags from Macy’s, home of the Miracle on 34th Street and sponsor of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
(yes, ok, I know – the chimneys on the rooftops in the background probably indicate London, but I like my Noo Yawk scenario better!)
And speaking of New York, I finally got here! It only took three tries over the course of four days. The blizzard that hit New York last weekend sure took its toll on air travel. I’m glad to be here but it’s bitterly cold, and there is snow and ice everywhere! I think I’ll stay in and bake cookies for Santa.
Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday – ho, ho, ho! 
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The Walt Disney World Railroad
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Walt Disney loved a good railroad. He built one in his backyard when he lived in California, and he built one that circles Disneyland in Anaheim. So naturally, when it came to building the Magic Kingdom in Orlando, that park had to have a railroad too. Walt bought some engines from a railway on the Yucatan penninsula in Mexico and brought them to Florida to be restored. They were made over to look very old fashioned, including the ability to run on steam. They were ready for the grand opening of the park in October 1971. The Walt Disney World railroad runs in a circle around the park. There are stops at Main Street USA, Frontierland and Mickey’s Toon Town. This sign is from the Main Street station.
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Magic Kingdom? I wish!
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At the risk of making an insider’s joke, if you’ve ever been bashed by a marauding stroller at Walt Disney World, you know what I’m taking about here! The more crowded a theme park gets, the more difficult it is to navigate the mobs of humanity with a stroller. Consequently, more people will be sporting swollen, purple, grapefruit-sized ankles. File this under “signs we WISH we’d seen in the Magic Kingdom”! Sign actually exists at the Naples Zoo in Southwest FloridaSIGNS and THE ROAD:
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Technology-aided paranoia
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I found this sign in a shop on Fort Myers Beach, and thought it made a pretty funny indicator of the times. Modern technology advances more and more every day, and now you no longer have to hear voices in your head – you can have them text you! Phone service carrier rates may apply…
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Mobile girl power – in more ways than one!
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Graffiti bridge in Southwest Florida
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This is the bridge that spans the newly dredged Blind Pass, now flowing between the islands of Sanibel and Captiva here in Southwest Florida. While checking out the pass one day with friends, I could not resist clambering down the hill to the shore, to see if there were any good shells rolling in. That’s when I saw this graffiti message spray-painted on the side of the bridge. It says, “FREEDOM ISN’T UNDER ANY FLAG”.
I don’t know what it’s all about, so I’m going to make something up. I think someone objects to the Pledge of Allegiance. For those of you who hail from countries other than the United States, here’s how the Pledge goes:
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the country for which it stands; one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
One of the best things about being Americans is that we have the right to debate stuff like this. We also have the right to remain silent while the pledge is being said, or to speak out and express our opinions if we feel we are being required to do something that is unconstitutional.
But I don’t think we have the right to deface public property just to get our point across. I haven’t been out to Blind Pass since this photograph was taken, so I don’t know if this has already been addressed. But I do hope that the graffiti is gone the next time I visit.
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“A Neighborhood Tradition” on Captiva Island
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This sign hangs over the bar at the Mucky Duck, a restaurant on the island of Captiva. It’s located right next to the jackalope 
Um, the sign, I mean, not the restaurant!The irony? I don’t think the Mucky Duck is even open for breakfast… but they do have a webcam pointed toward the beach!
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Isn’t there a leash law in this town?
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Not seeing any actual canines in the pickup truck in front of me, I can only surmise that the driver is referring to him (her?) self. September 2009, Fort Myers, Florida.
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My car turns 50 before I do – hah!
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One night after work last week, I was driving to the gas station to fill up the car and I noticed that my odometer said 49,993 miles. I bought this car used; it was one year old, and it had 20,000 miles on it. It’s a 2002 Toyota RAV4, and I love it. Anyway, when I lived in New York, I would take the train to work, so the car only went back and forth to the station, maybe a couple of miles each way. Then I started working from home full time, so the car got even less of a workout.
Now that I live here in Southwest Florida, the car gets a little more mileage on it than it used to. First, I had to drive it from Long Island to the auto train in Lorton, Virginia to get it down here. I was not about to make that looooooooong drive from NY to Florida all by myself! Once I got here, a pattern established itself. I get up to Tampa about once a month for business, and over to Walt Disney World in Orlando maybe once every 4-5 months. I get out to Sanibel Island or even Captiva once or twice a month, too. So the miles have racked up, and after 7 years of existence, 6 of which have been with me, the car was finally ready to flip over to 50,000 miles.
But last Wednesday night, when I noticed this, I also realized that if I didn’t do more than just take it to the gas station that night, the flip-over would probably occur while I was driving 70 miles per hour on Interstate 75 the next morning. This would mean I would not have an opportunity to take a photo of the odometer.
Well, what would you do? Probably the same as me. I drove around and around and around the perimeter of the local shopping center’s parking lot until it flipped over. By this time, it was dark outside, so I parked it under a street lamp, turned on the interior light in the car, and took the photo!
I hope to drive this car into the ground, at least another 50,000 miles and then some. I like not having a car payment, and I just plain like the car. The back cargo area is a convenient height for getting things in and out, and the vehicle sits high (technically, it’s an SUV), so I can drive it onto the beach without any issues.
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