D is for Disney

There's a part of me that can never be completely comfortable with DisneyWorld. I mean, our buddy Walt? Such an anti-Semite. And the entire consumerist fakeness of it all? More than a little disturbing.

But I can't help it.. I still love Disney. I vividly remember going to see The Little Mermaid in the theater, and it being such a big deal to have a real NEW animated feature at the movies. I loved everything Disney as a kid, and haven't ever really grown out of it. Even with all that post-colonial, progressive graduate studying I did, sometimes I just need some Mickey in my life. My parents are much the same (with less of the existential angst about the whole thing), and we went for another family vacation there for my birthday last year. And it was fun, though I think being forced to have fun for a week gets a bit wearing now that I'm closer to 30 than to 10. By a lot.









The best part of being a Disney fan now? International Food & Wine Festival! I'm such a wine nut.