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It’s finally spring! Lets open the windows, get cleaning and freshin up our interior look. One of my favorite ways to freshin up my interior is to hang new pictures of my family. While I love the look of frames, I also love to mix it up and throw a canvas print in there every now and then. When buying canvas you don’t want to just go with any old company, you want a good quality canvas for little cost which can be hard to come by. I recently tried out Canvas Champ and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of these inexpensive canvas prints.
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Fall is just around the corner and it’s my favorite time of year! The cooler weather, beautiful colors and lots of wildlife enjoying the changes. Below are 5 Fantastic Fall Tours You’ll Want On Your Travel Itinerary this year!
5 Fantastic Fall Tours:
Greenland Fall Colors + Northern Lights – Explore and photograph fantastic landscapes of pristine beauty, exotic, arctic wildlife and northern lights. This fall tour demonstrates the beauty Greenland during a time of the year when warm fall colors contrast with the cool blues of icebergs and glaciers. October is also one of the best times of the year to see the magnificent Northern Lights. This 8-day/9-night adventure starts at $7,600 and is a splendid introduction to Greenland.
Great Wall of China Beautiful Colors – In autumn, beautiful colors adorn Beijing and the forests surrounding nearby sections of the Great Wall of China. Smoke trees, maple, persimmon, and dozens of other species turn vibrant shades of red, yellow, and orange, usually between mid-October and mid-November. Explore Beijing and its most popular attractions on this week-long China tour. Visit the Forbidden City, Summer Palace, and Temple of Heaven. Hike along the renowned Great Wall, and try your hand at cooking Chinese cuisine. This tour starts at $1,635.
Blue Ridge Mountains Bike Tour – The quality of cycling routes in Brevard, North Carolina may very well be amongst the best in the country. Extreme elevations and more than 100 species of deciduous trees give the Blue Ridge Mountains one of the longest and most vibrant leaf seasons. This fall tour is the perfect opportunity to log some late season miles and witness the changing of the seasons through the beauty of the fall colors. The terrain offers amazing routes for cycling and will include valleys, winding mountainous roads, long elevated climbs and amazing descents. This 6-day/5-night tour starts at $2,195.
Fall Trout Fishing in Montana – In Montana, dominant golden hues begin peaking in early October, with colorful trees including maples, larch and aspen. There also is no better time tofish Montana for large trout than October. The Big Hole Lodge, one of the great fly fishing destinations in North America, offers unmatched wild trophy trout fishing. This Orvis Endorsed lodge is nestled in a magnificent wilderness setting in the Pioneer Mountains of Montana with a beautiful trout stream at its doorstep. This 6/day/5-night tour starts at $3,675.
Tuscany Harvest Season by Bike – Autumn is a wonderful time to visit Italy. Crowds are thinning, prices and temperatures are dropping, harvest season is underway, and the food is fantastic. Fall colors can be found in vineyards, foothills, and mountains in mid-October and into November. This bicycle tour savors the best of the incredibly rich and varied cultural wealth and natural beauty of Tuscany. It is an evocative time to travel to Italy, with hillsides cloaked in ready-to-pick grapes and a fragrance of fermenting wine permeating the air.

Before I get into all the interviews, I want to share my trip outside of the interviews & Screenings. I’m not sure if you all have noticed a change in my site within the last year. I’ve been working on a lot, to bring you more than just product reviews. There are many “product review sites, including review on the sites you shop. I want to bring you more quality content for you to enjoy and read. With that said, let me tell you a little about my trip to LA.
Over the past year I’ve been sharing Movie gems with you, you know the photos, downloads and info on upcoming movies. Well all that has led to me being invited by Disney/ABC to attend a press junket in LA. I was so excited…first off I didn’t even discuss it with my husband first, that’s what I’ve been working towards right? I’m pretty sure I scared the rep with my very excited and short email back (and not professional) my response.. “OMG!!!!!!!!! Yes!!!!”…would you still want me on your press junket!? They were thankfully still happy to have me on board, so I called my hubby and asked him to take off these days so I could live the dream!
I spent the next three weeks preparing for my trip! Sharing with you all on here, and social media…shopping for plane friendly shampoos, and new nice clothing since I pretty much only wear tee shirts that hubby brings home from work…yea, pretty lame hu?
The day finally arrived and I was already exhausted, as I didn’t get much sleep that night..come on, it’s like Christmas morning! I was a little anxious and didn’t know what to expect when flying..it’s been 14 years, yes since the summer before 9/11, since I had flown…It really wasn’t that bad, our airport is pretty small so it didn’t take long at all to get through security so I could sit for the next hour. It was an 45 min flight to Houston where I sat for another hour till it was time to load up the plane headed to LA! FINALLY!
After the three-hour flight, I battled with 5 other planes of people to get my bag then set off to find my blogger friends and our driver..it took us two go arounds at the airport to collect everyone, it was a bit crazy because the fog in LA had delayed flights in. Once we were all gathered we headed towards the hotel…and this is how it went…
FINALLY after almost 2 hours we made it to the Shareton Universal Hotel..
Checked in, and ordered room service before we had to meet in the lobby to head off on our first screening of McFarland, USA at the El Capitan Theater on the Disney Studio Lot. I’m not going to tell you about the movie, but I will link it here once my review goes up on 2/20, release day!!
We also got to wonder around Legends Plaza, “Disney Walk of Fame” which was pretty cool! Plus I got to see where Walt Disney’s office was…super surreal moment!
The next day we didn’t have to meet until 11:30, which I hear is a real luxury on these trips…so Dina from My Un-Entitled Life and I took a walk over to the Universal City Walk to check out the shops and eat some lunch.
Once at the Universal City Walk, we battled through several tour groups and made our way into the shopping strip..it was pretty cool with all the Universal themed restaurants and larger than life features. We ended up at Johnny Rockets because neither one of us had eaten their before and they had a variety of foods to eat…ok, a variety of american foods to eat.
At 11:30 we loaded the bus for a busy day of interviews and screenings! We headed off to the W Hotel to do a few interviews for Big Hero 6! We were blessed enough to interview Scott Adsit, the voice of Baymax..yes we did get him to do the voice!! Then we interviewed Ryan Potter, voice of Hiro, & Daniel Henney, Voice of Tadashi…Plus Directors Don Hall & Chris Williams.
After laughing at many of their answers to our questions we were able to see a presentation, hosted by Director Patrick Osborne, of a behind the scenes of the making of FEAST (an animated short) that will be bonus content on the Big Hero 6 DVD/Blu-ray.
*Update* Congrats to both Big Hero 6 & Feast for taking home Oscars!
After this we hopped on the bus to head back to the Walt Disney Studios lot to do a little shopping before we headed over to the ABC TV Building to have dinner with & interview the Writer & Executive Producer of Fresh Off The Boat, Nahnatchka Kahn. During dinner we screened the two episodes that will air tomorrow on ABC at 8..trust me you don’t want to miss them! Super funny stuff! Then we were able to interview the adorable Ian Chen, who plays Evan Huang & Forrest Wheeler, who plays Emery Huang.
Then over to Disney Toon Studios to screen “Tinkerbell And The Legend Of The Neverbeast”!! I love Tinkerbell by the way, just thought you should know..
Ahh Saturday, you would think it would be sleeping in, sunshine and rainbows…umm, no of course not…my body woke me up at 6:30, so I got up and ordered some room service, so delish waffles and fresh fruit…then headed down to meet everyone at 9.
We once again headed to the W hotel…only today it was to do interview for McFarland USA! We first were thrilled to interview the real life Diaz brothers & Coach Jim White. Then Director Niki Caro…then wait for it…KEVIN COSTNER…and the super funny & awesome runners Carlos Pratts (Thomas Valles), Hector Duran (Johnny Sameniego), Sergio Avelar (Victor Puentes), Johnny Ortiz (Jose Cardenas), Rafael Martinez (David Diaz), Michael Aguero (Damacio Diaz) & Ramiro Ramirez (Danny Diaz).
After these AMAZING interviews we headed back to Disney Toon Studios ate some lunch, and started on our Tinkerbell and the Legend of the Neverbeast interviews…Story Artist Ryan Green & Animation Supervisor Mike Greenholt, Music Supervisor Brett Swain & Bleu (Featured Instrumentalist), the ever so talented and gorgeous Ginnifer Goodwin, & Director Steve Loter & Producer Makul Wigert.
Then we headed off to eat dinner at Don Cuco Mexican Restaurant..if you are ever in the Burbank area, this place was awesome!
After dinner we headed over the Disney Channel to Screen Bad Hair Day with Leigh-Allyn Baker then sit down and interview her.
With a trip like this, I bet your thinking why would you ever leave…well that day just comes and you say goodbye to your new-found friends and head back to stay at home mom reality. I missed my babies so, and was happy to fly back to hug them. Hopefully I’ll get invited back some day for another adventure with Disney/ABC.

Didn’t have the chance to attend the World Premiere of MCFARLAND, USA at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood this past week? I have some fun pictures of the premiere to share with you!
As a surprise, the event featured a special performance by Latin rock superstar Juanes!
Based on the 1987 true story, “McFarland, USA” follows novice runners from McFarland, an economically challenged town in California’s farm-rich Central Valley, as they give their all to build a cross-country team under the direction of Coach Jim White (Kevin Costner), a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school. Coach White and the McFarland students have a lot to learn about each other but when White starts to realize the boys’ exceptional running ability, things begin to change. Soon something beyond their physical gifts becomes apparent—the power of family relationships, their unwavering commitment to one another and their incredible work ethic. With grit and determination, the unlikely band of runners eventually overcomes the odds to forge not only a championship cross-country team but an enduring legacy as well. Along the way, Coach White realizes that his family finally found a place to call home and both he and his team achieve their own kind of American dream
Meet the inspiration behind the movie (minus Jim White)!
Of course the dashing Kevin Costner
Also make sure you join the social relay race for a chance to win $2,500 and other prizes!
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McFARLAND, USA is rated PG and opens in theaters everywhere on February 20th!

Halloween seems to be a big holiday around our house…our kids are so desensitized they can watch most of the Halloween type movies and not get scared…let’s see, they watched Chucky, Halloween ( I – whenever it ends), IT, Nightmare on Elm Street, 13 Ghosts, I can’t even think of what else…some of their favorite movies are Beetlejuice, Halloween Town Series, Scooby Doo, & Adams Family..We enjoy the holiday, and try to make it fun for the kids, and explain that they are movies and not real..just like the masks we wear, they all understand even my 3 year old…they try to scare me and my husband, and I’m sure as they get older and sneakier..they will eventually pull it off While movies are fun and all…Carving Pumpkins and Dressing up is more exciting! Even hubs and his guys at work got into the spirit! So proud of Nick and his first carved pumpkin…I think he did a great job! Fun Play throughout the month… I would love to hear about your Halloween Fun!