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Disney fetes Californias diversity as Anaheim trashes it
Disney fetes Californias diversity as Anaheim trashes it
Finally, a reason to visit Disneys California Adventure
Finally, a reason to visit Disneys California Adventure
SaveDisney works to eradicate Eisner
SaveDisney works to eradicate Eisner
SaveDisney works to eradicate Eisner
SaveDisney works to eradicate Eisner
Photo by Rick Kent An Amy Poehler look-alike crosses the finish line at the Trek Women Triathlon in Austin, Texas, where she had to get wet first.The caps are their's as the Trek Women Triathlon Series bills itself as "the ONLY women's triathlon series CREATED BY WOMEN, RUN BY WOMEN, EXCLUSIV ... More >>
The concept art of the Carthay Circle TheatreWith recent announcements of the complete re-vamping of that other park, Disney's California Adventure seem to have a bright future ahead, abandoning its current concept of a California-themed theme park in uh, California, and replacing it with something ... More >>
Forget the long wait for Space Mountain--what about the long wait for a pineapple-flavored Dole Whip? Eating your way through Disneyland is allllll part of the experience: Whether it's the smell of fresh waffle cones wafting out from the Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlor on Main Street or walking arou ... More >>
Flickr user ExpressMonorail...And a bottle of rum.So between the $368 it takes just to get your family of four in the park and the screaming kids, teenagers awkwardly making out on rides and the $3 churros, sometimes--just sometimes--one just needs to relax while at Disneyland Resort. And sometim ... More >>
Scott Brinegar/DisneylandAnaheim Police are currently trying to identify a man who is suspected of groping a woman while riding Disney's California Adventure's thriller ride Tower of Terror on Fri., Jan 30. The Mercury News is reporting that the woman thinks the man sitting to the left of her on ... More >>
Scott Brinegar/DisneylandAnaheim Police are currently trying to identify a man who is suspected of groping a woman while riding Disney's California Adventure's thriller ride The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror on Fri., Jan 30. The Mercury News is reporting that the woman believes that the man sitti ... More >>
Flickr User coconut wirelessThe Orange County Business Journal is reporting that the Walt Disney Company's theme parks all around the world experienced better attendance this last quarter, with attendance rising 15-percent in the last three months, bringing in a revenue of $2.7 billion. Both Disn ... More >>
Flickr user KingKong21Nemo finds Dr. Doom. Aw. Well, you knew it was coming and here it is: When Disney acquired Marvel Comics in a $4 billion transaction in 2009, we joked about Kingdom Hearts-y collaborations... Darkwing Duck and Spidey teaming up to take out Doctor Octopus, Snow White and the ... More >>
Edwin GoeiBarcelona OnTheGo, the OC-based Spanish/Argentinean food truck, announced via Twitter and Facebook that they've been selected by Disney's California Adventure out of "an extensive list of truck/vendors." Their job? To cater to crowds at the park's new World of Color event.
[Mental Notes] Also, Avenged Sevenfold drummer's cause of death, Rock the Bells has Lauryn Hill
UPDATE: More details from Disneyland and Anaheim Police (see below) . . . Subject for your approval: it's the dark of night, and a young man fortified with hooch jokes around with friends on the way to an elevator in an elegant Hollywood hotel that has fallen into disrepair.
Two Anaheim events involving underage drinking are being used to amplify Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's signing of legislation today that holds adults in California liable if youth they serve alcohol to are injured or killed.The signing comes during the 12th Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Annual ... More >>
The Happiest Place on Earth, meet The Highest Place on Earth.What is supposedly Orange County's first large-scale marijuana expo opens Saturday morning at the Anaheim Convention Center, which is, of course, directly across Katella Avenue from Disney's California Adventure theme park and the main ... More >>
Today the DisneyParks blog gave fans of Tron the first look at the concept art for a Tron-meets-rave-geeks extravaganza called--we kid you not--ElecTRONica, said to be the "greatest nighttime dance party to ever rock Disney California Adventure park," starting this fall.ElecTRONica will open at t ... More >>
[Mental Notes] Raising the roof at California Adventure, Dustin Apodaca's campaign poster and Steve Aoki's OC festival
Wild TargetJonathan Lynn's Wild Target, Alexandra Codina's Monica & David, Mamoru Hosoda's Summer Wars, the U.S. premiere of David Bradbury's Going Vertical: The Shortboard Revolution and special presentations of short films and the John Hughes' Brat Pack classic Sixteen Candles open the ina ... More >>
As we mentioned earlier today, tonight marks the opening of Disney's California Adventure's "ElecTRONica" attraction, which ties in with the forthcoming release of TRON: Legacy in theaters on Dec. 17.What, exactly, is ElecTRONica? We're gonna say "PG version of the Electric Daisy Carnival." And d ... More >>
What'd you miss this weekend? We checked out part two of the Long Beach Street Food Festival with dozens and dozens of those fancy gourmet food trucks. Then we saw the Black Lips at FILTER Magazine's Culture Collide Fest (no puke this time, sorry). Then came Seafest in San Clemente with gallons o ... More >>
The Mulholland Madness roller coaster, which closes today at Disney's California Adventure, is one of several attractions leaving the media giant's under-performing Anaheim theme park. Construction crews are set to begin taking the ride apart today in preparation for a new attraction opening next ... More >>
Photo by Scott Brinegar/DisneylandFans of the popular food and wine festival at Disney's California Adventure will have to wait at least another two years before the next one comes around.It was announced on the theme park's blog that the annual event will be canceled for 2011 and 2012 due t ... More >>
DisneyIn keeping up with Disney's California Adventure's new Victorian boardwalk theme, they've appointed a new voice to launch riders on the California Screamin' roller coaster: Neil Patrick Harris. A long-time Disney fan, NPH takes on the vocal persona of a boardwalk barker as he counts down se ... More >>
Courtesy of DisneyGone Jan. 4!Better take all those photos you've ever wanted with the oversized letters standing at the entrance to Disney's California Adventure while you can. In a further effort to rev up and change the park into, well, something even more likeable, Disney has decided to remov ... More >>
Instead of scarfing down an overpriced churro from a snack stand before riding Splash Mountain, Disneyland is hoping theme-park goers will sit down for a full meal with its new promotion. Between Dec. 19 and Jan. 3, you can download this voucher to save 30 percent with the purchase of any entree ... More >>
A 17-year-old boy from Menlo Park was arrested Friday for allegedly touching his female dance partner inappropriately at Disney's California Adventure in Anaheim.The teen, who was not identified because of his age, was detained by Disney security and turned over to city cops who arrested him on s ... More >>
Dave LiebermanWelcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to numéro soixante-quatre, the latest entry.
disneyparks.disney.go.comAs we first reported in December 2010, Disney California Adventure debuted their new entrance over the weekend. The oversize letters spelling out "California" have been long gone (removed Jan. 4), but the brand new turnstiles are here--and we totally miss the old entrance ... More >>
ProfessorSalt.comMulita de suadero at Tacos RubenWhen a restaurant names their business after their specialty, it's a no-brainer that you should order that thing. This time, it's a mulita from the Ruben truck of Santa Ana. The Ruben truck specializes in hand-patted masa, which you should always f ... More >>
ProfessorSalt.comEggstatic!The tempura-fried poached egg at Break of Dawn isn't normally an item served by itself -- it's the star of whatever ensemble it's cast with. It most often shows up in a dish of barbecue pulled pork piled onto jalapeno cornbread and served with an Asian slaw, but it migh ... More >>
ProfessorSalt.comM&M's blueberry donutsEvery now and then, I'll overhear (accidentally, of course!) a great food tip while I'm eating at a place I love. One day, I'm lulled into a happy trance by the phenomenal nem nuong cuon at Dat Thanh when my ears perk up. One of the owners is raving abou ... More >>
ProfessorSalt.comBacon. Hashbrown. Dog.Some things sell themselves: sex and bacon, to name two. The most savvy marketers know you just need to whisper those words, or show a well-shot photo, and the mere mention will hook into your brain like a stainless steel gaff-hook. The less you talk a ... More >>
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ProfessorSalt.comOooh la la Sasson!It's the King Midas of Garlic. Though it's not a dish in itself, the Lebanese garlic sauce at Sasoon Chicken turns everything it touches turns into richly garlicky gold. Besides the small cup they provide with your order with your rotisserie chicken, you'll want ... More >>
The concrete C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-A letters are gone. The large sunburst that served as the backdrop for the fountain in Sunshine Plaza is scrap metal. And now the Golden Gate Bridge that greeted park-goers since California Adventure first opened its gates in February 2001 has officially been disman ... More >>
Diamonds may very well be a girl's best friend, but Carol Channing is a gay's best friend.The 90-year-old entertainer will join a bunch of other celebrities at the end of the month to help celebrate the 2011 Gay Days Anaheim at Disneyland Resort. The three-day event will take place from Friday, S ... More >>
When Peter's Gourmade Grill opened last year, they staked a sign into the lawn across the off-ramp of the 55 freeway. The sign steered you toward a gas station, which just happens to host a terrific, if oddball, take-out restaurant.The first thing I ever tried in the early days of the restaurant, ... More >>
ProfessorSalt.comFontina, gorgonzola and pancetta mac and cheeseYou'd think a mac and cheese would be simple to pull off for a restaurant kitchen, but you'd be wrong. Never mind the technical difficulties of making a cheese sauce creamy-smooth, balancing the flavor profiles and so on, we're ... More >>
ProfessorSalt.comChicken pie dinner at La Palma Chicken Pie ShopThis 100 Favorites Dishes feature is all about comfort foods for this writer. Granted, I include tacos de tripas and fish pho in that category, but it also embraces American classics like chicken pie. In Orange County, old-scho ... More >>
Halloween Time may officially be over at Disneyland (other than the Haunted Mansion's The Nightmare Before Christmas makeover that runs through the rest of the year), but all of the pumpkins will soon be replaced by tinsel when the park's holiday season officially bows on November 14.Learn what p ... More >>
Like Disneyland and Ghirardelli chocolate?If so, prepare to be happy.Learn more after the jump, chocoholics.
Disney California Adventure's 12-acre Cars Land is gearing up for their summer 2012 bow, and one of the new land's biggest show pieces was installed last week.Learn more about the Leaning Tower of Tires, and see video of its installation, after the jump.
Disney-Pixar's own John Lasseter gave the upcoming Disney California Adventure ride Luigi's Flying Tires a test spin last week.Learn more about the new ride and see video of John's test run after the jump.
Courtesy of AnQiIf beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then romance is up to the couple. I am enamored by a room with a view, yet also appreciate when he brings me my favorite doughnut. We already anticipate the "Who cares?", and you know what? We welcome it. Get all that (sexual) frustration o ... More >>
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