On Saturday October 11th, my family flew from New York to Los Angeles to take our annual Disneyland trip for the 70th anniversary of the park and their Halloween party Oogie Boogie Bash. Oogie Boogie is based on a character from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Anyway, back to my trip. Our first day after we landed, we went to Downtown Disney and we had Clarabel Cow's Halloween dinner at our hotel, Disney's Grand Californian Resort. We met Donald, Daisy, Clarabel, our hostess, and of course, the man himself, my favorite Disney character of all time, Goofy! Donald's outfit kind of reminded me of his suit suit in Disney's The Prince and the Pauper. At the buffet, I chowed down a pretty mean feast of comforting mac and cheese, and a delicious glazed pork belly that could not be beat. I also had to chase my food down with a crisp Diet Coke, and for dessert, I tried a mini apple pie cheesecake, and the pumpkin bread pudding was very warm and the spices from the bread pudding paired so well with the sweetened condensed milk sauce and creamy ice cream. After dinner, we went to bed. The next day, which was Sunday,   we went to Disneyland's Magic Kingdom! The first ride we did was Star Tours in Tomorrowland, followed by It's A Small World in Fantasyland, Pirates of the Caribbean In New Orleans Square, and Indiana Jones in Adventureland. In Tomorrowland, I had a jalapeno cream cheese pretzel which was pretty good along with a hot and crispy churro. Churros in Disneyland are kinda better than the ones in WDW. After the long day of rides, we went to Blue Bayou restaurant next to Pirates of the Caribbean  for dinner which was mediocre at its finest. But at 10:30 PM,  we saw the Paint the Night Parade!  On Monday,  Adam and I explored the Anaheim area, we went to a die cast toy car store which also sold cleaning supplies or clean your actual automobile wich reminded me of something from Grand Theft Auto, a Superhero/collectible store, and we ate dinner at our hotel Disney's Grand Californian Resort. On Tuesday, we went to Disney's California Adventure park. I went to Avengers Campus, rode the Spider Man Web Slingers ride and in Pixar Pier we did Toy Story Mania!  That night was the Oogie Boogie Bash parade! Mickey and Minnie started off the party with a bang when they walked down ''Hollywood Blvd.''  We met pretty cool characters to fit the chilly spooky night like Agatha Harkness from Marvel's Wanda Vision, Dr. Heinz Doofenshrintz from Phineas and Ferb, and of course the man himself, our host, Oogie Boogie from The Nightmare Before Christmas. However, from a distance, we did see Mickey and Goofy in their outfits from the popular Disney video game Kingdom Hearts. Wednesday, we went back to Disneyland park in which I rode, The Haunted Mansion Nightmare Before Xmas overlay, Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters, The Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad, he had the Fred Gurley train  which is a 2-4-4T steam powered engine that took us on that ''Grand Circle Tour'' of the Magic Kingdom. In addition, we also rode on Space Mountain which unfortunately I did not enjoy. I also rode on Pinocchio's Daring Journey, Snow White's Scary Adventure, and Mr. Toads Wild Ride. That night for dinner, Adam and I had tried the Mexican grab and go place and brought it back to our hotel. The burrito was tasty but there were too many beans! I forgot to mention that on that same morning, I went over to the Disneyland Hotel to have breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen which was amazing. Goofy and the gang were dressed in their Halloween best. I ate four Mickey waffles, a little bacon, some breakfast pizza, some chicken fingers, you heard me chicken fingers for breakfast! I also chased my food down with apple juice and a cold brew coffee. On our last day, we went to Disney's California Adventure and we rode the Pixar Pal Around Ferris wheel, Radiator Springs Racers in Cars Land, and Luigi's Jamboree. I also rode Soarin over California which was incredibly led by Patrick Warburton, who plays Joe Swanson on Family Guy. Unfortunately, Friday we left LAX back to land back at  JFK which was a rough turbulence flight. But did I let that ruin my travels? Absolutely not. This was truly one of the best trips to a Disney Park I have ever experienced in my life. The characters and decorations were so beautifully presented around the two theme parks and Downtown Disney. The Grand Californian Hotel was one heck of a hotel as well! There was even a piano player playing classic Disney carols such as Part of your World from The Little Mermaid, A Spoonful of Sugar from Mary Poppins, Winnie the Pooh's song, and I requested to play Everybody wants to be a Cat from the Aristocats. This one Disneyland Vacation I will never forget! Stay tuned for my trip to Walt Disney World with my baby cousin, Pretty Little Penny! 

Mary's Trip to Italy!!!

I went on a plane to Rome Italy
At our apartment my mom cooked
I like to work the old elevator doors
We spent every day with our friend Nick
Nick is studying to be a priest
I walked everyday to beautiful places
My favorite dessert is Gelato
Gelato is Italian ice cream
I met Pope Leo and he blessed me and my mom
Pope Leo gave us special rosary beads
We had dinner with Father John
We saw Nick at the Mass
Then we came home to New York

 The Church Picnic by Andy Anasa

This weekend, my family and I volunteered at our church picnic to get rid of some junk in my house. I am trying to thin out my collection of various pop culture related figurines.  Some of my figures were still in the original packaging. We still have some items that we could not sell in our truck. Sadly, we did not make a lot of sales. We only sold about 30 items. But overall, I had a nice day. We saw my adorable baby cousin Penny who was filled with smiles and laughter. We also had lunch there. Shish kebab was served. It was decent. I am very proud of my self for something though. I helped a little lost boy who was crying find his mom and were reunited! It is important to help others in times of need and important to give to the community.