Join me as I “study abroad” in the Tech World from the comfort of my couch. They say you can’t learn a language in 100 days… but it isn’t their career at stake. — Will I ride off into the sunset with a full-time career in Tech? Or, has my career vanished along with your vacation plans? How Did I End Up Here? On March 29, 2020, my MBA internship at Delta Air Lines was canceled due to the impact of COVID-19.

What happened when one man had to redesign Walt’s legacy, Main Street U.S.A. — Between the time that Michael Eisner signed a letter of intent with the Prime Minister of France in 1985 and the opening of what was then called Euro Disneyland, in 1992, there was an explosive period of creativity among the Walt Disney Imagineering team. This “Blue Sky” period saw designs…

How ‘Laemmle’s Folly’ became a world-class theme park that changed the industry forever. — Welcome to the World Famous Universal Studios Hollywood Studio Tour! Today, we are heading way back into the archives of Universal Pictures to discover how they came to own a mountainous crop of land smack dab in the middle of what would become the famed Hollywood Hills. Please keep your…

It’s a small world after all. —

Four L.A. Day-Trip Itineraries for Every Kind of Traveler That Are Guaranteed to Keep You Out of Rush Hour Traffic on the 10 Freeway — Oh, Los Angeles. It always does seem to elude definition. After all, it is still a young city in a constant state of perpetual flux (and with a pre-pubescent enthusiasm for shiny objects). Every visit to this ‘city of stars’ yields new finds, from thrift-shop jeans to new contemporary…

How you too can plan a trip to the newest park in the Disney Empire for less $$$ than a Walt Disney World Vacation. — Even before the park opened to the public in June of 2016 with attractions like Tron Lightcycle Power Run and a completely reimagined Pirates of the Caribbean, I knew I had to find a way to get to Shanghai Disneyland. ‘The Shanghai park’ as it used to be called by…

Travel deep into the jungles of Disneyland’s original Adventureland to seek out the origins of everyone’s favorite punny skippers, ambushes, and piranhas. — In April of 1998, the Walt Disney Company created an entire theme park filled with animals from around the world. There was lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Children of all ages could…