2012 10/20 ORLANDO NIGHT OUT: ORLANDO BALLET-VAMPIRE BALL

FRIEND SCORED SOME FREE TIX TO THE ORLANDO BALLET WHERE WE GOT PRETTY SWEET SEATS UP FRONT.  HAVE NOT BEEN TO A BALLET NOR BEEN IN A BALLET CLASS SINCE I WAS LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY, AND COUNTING HUMAN YEARS......I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN UBER CENTURIES AGO!

SITTING THROUGH THE PERFORMANCE, I WAS SOAKING IN THE AMAZING VISUALS AND WISHED I COULD CAPTURE ALL MY FAVORITE MOMENTS TO DISPLAY IN THIS BLOG. 

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I ALMOST THREW UP WHEN THERE WAS A PART WHERE A NARRATOR STARTED SPEAKING TO GUIDE THE AUDIENCE THROUGH THE INTENT OF THE LATER SCENES. DO THEY DO THAT IN BALLETS NOW? WTF? IT WOULD BE LIKE SITTING THROUGH A OPERA AND HEARING SOMEONE EXPLAIN THE PLOT RIGHT BEFORE THE INTERMISSION.

ANYHOW.........THE VISUALS.

I LUV THE BACKDROP AND SCENES. I LUV'D IT WHEN THE DANCER'S BODY MOVEMENTS WERE IN SYNC AND EVERY MUSCLE IN THE BODY UNIFIED IN MOVEMENTS.  ALTHOUGH I WITNESSED SOME SOME HIT OR MISS MOMENTS DURING THIS NIGHT, I FOUND SOME CAPTIVATING STILLS FROM THE ORLANDO BALLET MARKETING VIDEOS.  

Photo Courtesy from Orlando Ballet

SCARY SCENE WHERE INITIALLY THE GIRL IN RED WAS RUNNING AROUND THE MOTIONLESS CURTAINS (IN WHICH I THOUGHT WERE TREE LOGS) UNTIL THE WHITE MASKS APPEARED. GREAT LIGHTING TO ENHANCE THE INTENSITY TOO!

                                                                                Photo Courtesy from Orlando Ballet

ANOTHER FAVORITE MOMEN RIGHT AFTER THE MASKED DANCERS REVEALED THEMSELVES AND CREATED A DRAMATIC SCENE. MY THOUGHTS FOR THIS IMAGE JUST FOR A PEACE OF MIND DUE TO MY ANAL RETENTIVE SAKE IS THAT I WISH THE GUY ON THE RIGHT THAT IS STANDING WITH HER WOULD FLIP HIS PALM UP MAKING THIS IMAGE A PERFECTION.

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THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN WAS QUITE ENTERTAINING AND VISUALLY ENTICING.  HOWEVER,  ORLANDO AUDIENCE IS DEFINITELY DIFFERENT COMPARED TO PLACES SUCH AS LINCOLN CENTER.

DEFINITELY A STRONG COMPARISON TO NIGHT AT THE APOLLO IN TERMS OF AUDIENCE EXCITEMENT AND REACTIONS.

2012 10/7 FOOD FINDS: COCO CAFE WITH COCONUT WATER

THIS IS DIFFERENT. DIFFERENT BEING THAT I'VE NEVER COME ACROSS THIS UNTIL TODAY.  CAFE LATTE ESPRESSO/COCONUT WATER @ TARGET FOR $2.29.  I GENERALLY DRINK THE PINEAPPLE COCONUT WATER BY VITA BECAUSE IT IS THE CLOSEST FLAVORED COCONUT DRINK THAT I LIKE AND ONLY DRINK THESE BEFORE A REGATTA TO HYDRATE.  

NEVER DO I DRINK BOOZE THE NIGHT B4, NOR COFFEE THE MORNING OF TO PREVENT FROM INCHING TO THE DEHYDRATION SIDE.  BUT THIS CAFE/COCONUT WATER IS DEFINITELY FOR PRE-NON REGATTA TIMES.

THE DRINK IS KINDA LIGHT, NOTED THAT IT IS GLUTTON FREE.
SORTA TASTE LIKE LIGHT SWEET MOCHA WITH SOY MILK.

2012 09 30 MY VISUAL TREASURE COLLECTION: ORLANDO ROWING CLUB MEN'S TEAM

I LIKE SHARP, UNCLUTTERED IMAGES WITH AWESOME LIGHTING.
NICE TO BE IN THE MOMENT RIGHT BEFORE ORLANDO ROWING CLUB'S MEN'S TEAM IS LIFTING THEIR BOAT AFTER THE 5000 METER HEAD RACE IN SARASOTA TO MAKE THIS A VISUAL TREASURE COLLECTION. 

2012 08 12 YELPING ABOUT BURGER KING ON JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY

IMAGES ABOVE FROM BURGER KING WEBSITE

REPOST FROM YELP
DAY AT LOCATION- 8/3/12_TIME AROUND 3:30PM
LOCATION  = 8409 South John Young Parkway Orlando, FL 32819-9039
2 OF 5 STARS VOTING FOR  - BK OF JOHN YOUNG PKWY

FALSE ADVERTISEMENT VS STAFF COMMUNICATION INEFFICIENCIES.
ALL THE HYPE OF THIS NEW PRODUCT
(SERVICE)
THEIR SERVICE WAS NOT THE GREATEST AND BRIGHTEST GIVEN THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 2-3 CUSTOMERS IN LINE, ALONG WITH 2-3 CARS FOR DRIVE THROUGH.

EXCITED ABOUT THE NEWLY ADVERTISED SWEET POTATO FRIES, AND THEN WAS TOLD THAT THE SWEET POTATO FRIES WERE DISCONTINUED.
STAFF RECOGNIZED THAT THE POSTER OF THE PRODUCT WAS STILL ON THE WINDOW WITH THE LISTED DATE OF THE TEMPORARY PRODUCT LASTING UNTIL SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER.  HOWEVER, THEY COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY IT WAS DISCONTINUED.  PERHAPS SHE MEANT THAT THEY WERE SOLD OUT?
STAFF ALSO POINTED TO THE SIGNAGE ON THE WINDOW AND ADMITTED THAT IT WAS FALSE ADVERTISEMENT WITHOUT MY MENTIONING OF THAT IDEA.

I THEN ORDERED ONION RINGS INSTEAD WITH ANOTHER STAFF.
QUESTIONED IF THE ONION RING SAUCE WAS STILL AVAILABLE AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A .25 CHARGE. REALLY? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN.
THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LANGUAGE BARRIER WITH THIS PARTICULAR STAFF. I RE-PHRASED MY QUESTION, AND SHE STILL NOTED THAT THERE WAS AN EXTRA CHARGE WITH THIS SAUCE.

BETWEEN THE SLOW SERVICE WITH THE LOBBY THAT WAS NOT FULLY OF PEOPLE AND CONFUSING COMMUNICATION, IT WAS REALLY TAKING TOO MUCH OF MY TIME FOR A FAST FOOD JOINT.

TIME TO PEACE OUT WITH A DISAPPOINTED VIEW WITH BK.

WENT HOME AND COMMENTED ON MY FACEBOOK, AND IT TURNED OUT THAT MORE PEOPLE HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCE!

2012 05 28 INFUSION TEA

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