As I’m reading back in the last few posts on this blog I realize that I haven’t updated you at all on what I’ve actually been doing while I haven’t been posting. You’d think all I do is go to movies and play online… …wait, that sort of is what I do. But there really is more! REALLY!

Lets go back a ways… How about from when Janey and I got back from Florida. That was a ways back. Early October if I remember correctly.

Right after we got back from Florida I had to hop right into work. There was a group in town that let us do some wonderful things for a multi day event. We had a great big beach bash out on the Grand Californian Hotel lawn complete with sandcastles and a killer surf band. A killer video dance club for the teens, with a very modern Monte Carlo feel thanks to the blackjack, roulette, and Texas Holdem tables out on the terrace. And I rounded out the night with a really really wonderful late night event just for the adults.

I mentioned this in a previous entry, and unfortunately I can’t go into too much detail online, but this event was the absolute highlight of my time so far producing events. We did a tour of an attraction with the core team of Disney Imagineers that actually created it. It was sort of a reunion for them, and a real treat for me and our guests. It was an experience that very few on this planet have been able to do. It’s hard to explain, but picture riding through a Disney attraction at about 1/4 normal speed while an Imagineer gives you a first hand account of what went into developing and building the whole thing. That is really just the tip of the iceberg too! They had the chance to visit the maintenance bay and see the real nuts and bolts of how it all works day-to-day. It was really fun.

So moving on… Very shortly after that my wonderful family made their yearly trip out here to CA. Normally the trip would have happened sometime in November, but there were a lot of factors working against that time frame, so October it was. They came down and we had a really fun time (as always). There were a few funny spots… like when my girlfriend and sister decided it might be fun to go try on wedding dresses… **blinK, blink… gulp* It’s alright… it made for several interesting conversations.

So once the fam left, Janey and I were pretty quiet for a few days. Then I had to dive, or more accurately I was pulled kicking and screaming into a bit of an event mess. This is the super-dee-duper tough client that I’ve been talking about a bit in past entries. I have no interest in talking about the client much (mostly because I never want to think about them again), but I would like to chat about the event.

It was a very sizable event with lots and lots of elements. I hesitate to go into too much detail, but I will provide a few photos. You’ll see some great shots of several destinations (they don’t have anything to do with each other… and trying to create a cohesive event out of it was a nightmare… but that’s another conversation entirely). Here are some photos of that event (the first 13 photos are all one event)

I really got emotionally wrapped up in that event (in a bad way). More so then any before it. It was very easily my most challenging (though by no means the largest) project so far.

So I guess that brings us up to today.

We’re planning a wonderful Thanksgiving meal that will occur the weekend following the actual holiday since I have to work on the ‘real’ day. I’m really looking forward to Janey’s first turkey. She stresses out when she tries something new in the kitchen but it always turns out great. She even made four pumpkin pies that were fantastic and it was her first try.

So while your having a good time around the table with your family, think of me making the rounds at the Disneyland Hotel making sure our guests have a magical family holiday.

This has been a super long update… and if you made it this far I consider you a true friend! 🙂 If you read this blog, but you’ve never commented, try it this time. Just leave any old comment just to introduce yourself.

Until next time…
R.