Travel: It's Finally Here!

It's Finally Here!

Written by Doug Bower

It has begun. The Central Mexican yearly ritual has finally arrived, a month late I might add, and life as we know it has changed and will be different for repparttar

next 10-12 weeks.

The rainy season is here.

I wrote about it two months ago. I told of my not-so-excited-anticipation of this yearly and, unless you want to leave and go to repparttar 147619 desert for 12 weeks, unavoidable act of God. The rainy season changes EVERYTHING.

1. When it is repparttar 147620 dry season, you can leave repparttar 147621 house on a moment's notice with nary a thought in your head about it. I mean, you can be impulsive.

"Oh, Honey let's run out and get some ice cream."

"Let's do, sweetheart and while we're out, let's go to a movie!"

"Super! Let's go!"

This little scene is on hold now for repparttar 147622 next 12 weeks.

2. You cannot leave repparttar 147623 house together—ever. Someone has to stay home, at all times, keeping vigil over repparttar 147624 leaking windows. You see, Mexican homebuilders, for reasons known surely only to repparttar 147625 Almighty, build windows to leak. Now follow me carefully here.

Central Mexico has had, since God created repparttar 147626 heavens and repparttar 147627 earth, a rainy season. Central Mexican homebuilders know this. They teach this in catechism. Nevertheless, they build windows that leak like Niagara Falls.

The pre-rainy season activity, which is sometime in repparttar 147628 middle of April, is to lay in a supply of new terrycloth towels and waterproof tape. You must have repparttar 147629 towels to stuff around repparttar 147630 windowsills and repparttar 147631 tape to plug repparttar 147632 new holes that miraculously appear each rainy season.

3. We have birds. Oh, dear God, we have birds in outside aviaries in repparttar 147633 back of our house. We have to be on repparttar 147634 alert, day and night, for repparttar 147635 tornado-strength winds, hurricane-force rain, and lighting bolts that could incinerate a bus so we can risk life and limb to keep them safe.

Skinny Disney: Eating at Walt Disney World without blowing your diet

Written by Leslie Clevenstine

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joys of vacation is eating well. But if you’re trying watch your weight or have other dietary concerns, sometimes dining out can be a challenge. In recent years, dining options for those who are trying to eat healthy have improved immensely at Disney World.

An advantage to a Disney World vacation is that you’re usually very active, which helps to burn extra calories. Just don’t let that fact lull you into a false sense of security and throw all good sense out repparttar 147618 window. It’s very easy to out-eat your activity level in very short order.

You’ll find plenty of selections for salads, chicken, and fish at repparttar 147619 full service restaurants in repparttar 147620 parks and resorts. A growing number of restaurants also offer vegetarian meals. You’ll find that repparttar 147621 full service restautants are very accomodating to special preparations, if for example, you would like to skip a heavy sauce or substitute an extra serving of vegetables.

Some good full service restaurants to try for healthy eating: California Grill at repparttar 147622 Contemporary Resort, both Jiko and Boma at repparttar 147623 Animal Kingdom Lodge, Crystal Palace at repparttar 147624 Magic Kingdom (character meal), Hollywood Brown Derby at Disney-MGM Studios, and Restaurant Akershus in Epcot.

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