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Happy Thanksgiving!

This never gets old. The greatest Thanksgiving moment ever aired on television was on WKRP in Cincinnati, and it’s still funny.

Please note, no turkeys were hurt in the filming of this episode or the writing of this post.

If you’re traveling, be safe! If you’re waiting on some grub, then turn off the computer and go enjoy your friends and family. Also, football. And the dog show.

From all of us at the UpTake Vacations Blog to all of you in the internet, Happy Thanksgiving!

Photo from igourmet.com

To the Pies!

Just a few more days and many of you will be surrounded by family and friends and lots of food. Pace yourself, for at the end of the line waits the pie. Don’t keep the pie waiting.

Mmm, pie.

If you’re traveling, travel safe.

This post is part of UpTake’s Friday Family Series. If you would like to see your family vacation photo here please submit it via the contact link in the sidebar, subject line: Family Photo.

Photo: NatalieMaynor via Flickr

How to Survive Disneyland

The best way to make Disneyland, and life, more enjoyable: jazz hands.

How to survive Disneyland? That seems kind of silly, doesn’t it? Isn’t surviving Disneyland the same as enjoying Disneyland? I should think so. However, there are some among us (you know who you are) that feel otherwise. They look at a day in a crowded theme park like the rest of us look at a day in the DMV — long lines, too hot and very expensive.  Man, the DMV sucks.

Disneyland, thankfully, doesn’t. To turn that frown upside down I am offering some helpful tips for creating a Disneyland vacation that should make even the most cynical crack the occasional smile (someone buy that person a Grumpy t-shirt). Churros not included. Read More »

The Anniversary

Where the magic happened.

It was 10 years ago today that my wife and I were married. You owe me twenty bucks, Sam.

We were wed in the middle of a very public area, a cobblestone and grass square surrounded by friends, family and hundreds of people I would never see again.

The venue was Trail Dust Town, a mock old west community nestled into the heart of Tucson, an actual old west community. The ceremony was held in front of the Savoy Opera House, in which we proceeded to stomp once the wedding ended.

Trail Dust Town offers the very tasty Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse, a fun gunslinger shootout and a lot of memories. There’s also a place for putt-putt golf (and stuff) right around the corner. What’s not to love?

Ten years is a long time and it is the blink of the eye. Our travels since then have led us from city to city, and our nomadic journey continues still — we’re moving back to L.A. (from Seattle) next month. There is no rest for the wicked. Or us.

Ten good years. And counting.

This post was supposed to be a Wordless Wednesday entry, but I got carried away.

Photo: Someone at my wedding.

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