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23 12, 2018

September 2018 Recap

By Lili|December 23rd, 2018|Categories: Blog Recaps and Roundups|Tags: 2018, Agora, Alias Grace, Ariel, Colorado, Cosmic Ray's, Craig Gerguson, Discovery Center, Eric, Estes Park, Florida, Gringotts, Grog Grotto, Halloween, Halloween Highlights Orlando, Halloween Party, Harry Potter, Headless Horseman, Highland Festival, Hocus Pocus, Hocus Pocus Villan's Spectacular, Hogsmeade, Ice Cream, Islands of Adventures, Jack Whitehall, Jurassic Park, Little Mermaid, Lizzy Borden, Magic Kingdom, Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, North America, Orlando, Polynesian Resort, Scottish Festival, scrapbooking, Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom, Swiss Army Man, The good Place, The Mummy, Tiki, Tiki Bar, Trader Sam's, Trader Sam's Grog Grotto, Travels with my Father, triceratops, Universal, Universal Studios, Ursula, USA, Vanessa, Venessa, Victoria, Walt Disney World, What We Do In The Shadows, Wizarding World of Harry Potter, WWOHP, Zombie|0 Comments

September was a busy month! We moved into a new office this month at work. I miss the old 100+ history of our last office, but now I have a view of the mountains from my desk! View this post on Instagram New office! I can see mountains! A post shared by Lili (@liliontheloose) on Sep 4, 2018 at 9:15am PDT Its been years but I made it back up to Estes Park for the Scottish/Highland Festival. I really enjoyed the parade, but the rest of the festival is much smaller than I remember it use to be.

1 09, 2018

August 2018 Recap

By Lili|September 1st, 2018|Categories: Blog Recaps and Roundups|Tags: 2018, Assassin's Creed Origins, Coco, Colorado, Curse of the Pharaohs, Didney wORL, Disney World, fall, Halloween, Hogwarts, Lego, Martin Short, North America, Red Rocks, Steve Martin, The Hidden Ones, USA|0 Comments

So apparently along with losing weight, not eating Wheat has given me tons of energy. I re-organized my entire house. Let me say that again. I re-organized my entire house! When my sister moved out 2 years ago, I never really put anything back into the spare room. (Partially because I couldn't move furniture by myself.) But now? I HAVE MY OFFICE BACK! When I got this place, I wanted a 2nd bedroom for a massive 11 foot desk for work/craft/tv space. I also wanted my library organized, and my lego closet back. It looks amazing! (Although my dog is

6 04, 2018

March 2018 Recap

By Lili|April 6th, 2018|Categories: Blog Recaps and Roundups|Tags: 2018, Boston, Central America, CO, Denver, Graham Norton, Hamilton, Hitman's Bodyguard, Latin America, Massachusetts, Mexico, Murder on the Orient Express, North America, Puerto Vallarta, Rick Steves, Thor Ragnarok, Travel and Adventure Show, Unibomber, USA|0 Comments

Travel This month was the month of opposite travel: Pacific Ocean/Atlantic Ocean, Pleasure/Business Trip, Hot/Cold. At the beginning of the month I went to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for a beach break! And then at the end of the month I went to Boston, MA for a quick business trip! Puerto Vallarta This was an unplanned last minute trip. My mother was going to go to PV again with my aunt, but my aunt backed out. So my mother invited me to come, and then my aunt figured things out so she could come! I've never traveled with the two of them

2 01, 2018

2017 Year in Review

By Lili|January 2nd, 2018|Categories: Year in Review|Tags: 2017, Anaheim, Beach Hopping 2017, Blizzard, blogging, Bocas del Toro, Bocas Town, California, Central America, Charlotte, Costa Rica, Disney, Disneyland, Fantasy Lands 2017, G Adventures, Harry Potter, Hogsmeade, Hogwarts, Irvine, Los Angeles, Meow Wolf, New Mexico, North America, North Carolina, Panama, Resolutions, Santa Fe, Star Wars, Theme Park, Tiki, Tiki Bar, Tiki Lounge, Trader Sam's, Travel Thursday, Universal Studios Hollywood, USA, Wizarding World|0 Comments

2017 was a busy year for me. I got in 4 trips, 175 blog posts, and lots and lots of Netflix. Here are my highlights for the year: Travel All my trips this year were really last minute (at least to me) trips. I booked my Costa Rica/Panama trip about 2 months in advance, my LA/Anaheim/Irvine trip was very quick, same with Charlotte, and Santa Fe, NM I only planned one activity. So it was a weird non-planned year for travel. I'd never thought I'd... Travel to 3 different places, on different trips, in one month. In December I had

1 01, 2018

December 2017 Recap

By Lili|January 1st, 2018|Categories: Blog Recaps and Roundups|Tags: 2017, Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed Origins, Azeroth, Black and White, Blizzard, Bright, Bucket List, Butterbeer, California, Charlotte, Christmas, Christmas Movies, Colorado, Disney, Disneyland, Fantasy Lands 2017, Hallmark, Hallmark Christmas Movies, Harry Potter, Haunted Mansion, Hippogriff, Hogsmeade, Hogwarts, Hollywood, I Must Say, Indian Detective, Irvine, Los Angeles, Martin Short, Maxpass, Meow Wolf, Netflix, New Mexico, Nightmare Before Christmas, North America, North Carolina, Porgs, puppy, Pygmy Puff, roller coaster, Rollercoaster, Santa Fe, Space Mountain, Star Wars, The Crown, The Last Jedi, Torosaurus, triceratops, UFO, Universal, Universal City, Universal Studios, Universal Studios Hollywood, Wizarding World of Harry Potter, WWOHP, Zonkos|0 Comments

December was a really weird and busy month for me. I had two business trips and a personal trip, making me travel all over the country. And it was a busy month for work, which is unusual this time of year. So I didn't get into the full Christmas spirit that I usually do. I did manage to put up and light my tree, but lost out of time and energy to decorate it besides a few ornaments I got this month during my travels. Travel When I first started doing these recaps I based it on the variety of

29 12, 2017

7 Days of Black and White

By Lili|December 29th, 2017|Categories: Photography, Travel|Tags: 2017, airplane, Anaheim, B&W, Black and White, Blizzard, California, Christkindl Market, Christmas decorations, Christmas Tree, Colorado, Denver, Denver Christkindl Market, Disneyland, doll, doll head, Fantasy Lands 2017, Harry Potter, Irvine, It's A Small World, Larimer Square, North America, Olivander, Olivander's, Overwatch, Painter, Southwest, statue, Tracer, Universal, Universal City, Universal Studios, Universal Studios Hollywood, USA, Wand, Wand Ceremony, Wands|0 Comments

I had been seeing those "7 Day Black and White" posts on Facebook for a while, but didn't feel artistic at the time. But as my business trip early in the month was coming up, I got inspired and decided to do it as well. Here are my 7 days of Black and White photography. Day 1: Ornate Christmas Tree decorations at the Denver Christkindl Market Day 2: I found one of the infamous Pink Doll's heads that have been popping up around Denver in the last few years. This one is near Larimer Square. Day 3: A Wandmaster at

28 12, 2017

Holidays at Trader Sam’s Disney’s Tiki Bar

By Lili|December 28th, 2017|Categories: Attractions & Sights, Travel|Tags: 2017, Anaheim, California, Disneyland, Disneyland Hotel, Fantasy Lands 2017, North America, Tiki, Tiki Bar, Tiki Lounge, Trader Sam's, Travel Thursday, USA|0 Comments

One thing on my Disney Bucketlist was to visit the infamous Trader Sam's Tiki Bar and my business trip earlier in the month let me check this off my list! Because it was early December the Tiki bar was transformed with holiday decorations. I was lucky to get a seat inside. It's first-come-first-served and a seat yourself situation. After waiting around for 5 minutes, a bunch of us were able to do some shuffling. There was a table top for 4 that was just leaving, a party of 4 sitting at two high tops that only had three seats, me, and a

25 12, 2017

Museum Monday: Santa’s Reindeer

By Lili|December 25th, 2017|Categories: Museums, Travel|Tags: 2016, California, California Academy of Sciences, North America, Reindeer, San Francisco, santa, USA|0 Comments

Last year I visited the California Academy of Sciences on Christmas Eve and they had live Reindeer and handlers to explain what Reindeer are actually like. Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects, and reviews.

22 12, 2017

Gingerbread Castle

By Lili|December 22nd, 2017|Categories: Photography|Tags: 2016, California, castle, Francis Hotel, Gingerbread, North America, Photo Friday, San Francisco, USA|0 Comments

Last year's Gingerbread Castle at the Francis Hotel in San Francisco. Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the photos.

20 12, 2017

Christmas Dinner at the Three Broomsticks

By Lili|December 20th, 2017|Categories: Food, Food & Drink, Travel|Tags: 2017, California, Fantasy Lands 2017, Harry Potter, Hogsmeade, North America, Theme Park, Three Broomsticks, Universal City, Universal Studios Hollywood|0 Comments

If you find yourself at Universal Studios for the holidays be sure to try out the offering at the Three Broomsticks: the special Christmas Dinner. It is a turkey and stuffing dinner, with roasted potatoes, pig in a blanket, braised cabbage, and a mix of roasted veggies and chestnuts, with a spiced citrus cranberry sauce. I really enjoyed the veggies and the flavor of everything was really nice. I also got the Toffee Pudding, which was delicious and complimented the hot Butterbeer well. But be warned it is very sweet, so the ice cream is definitely needed to calm the flavors. I