A 1963 Volkswagen Bettle, painted cream with red, white, and blue racing stripes over the hood, roof, and back. Painted on the hood and side is the number 52 inside a circle.

From Cars to the Moon to Mini Golf, D23 Weekend!

August 14, 2024, 2 Comments

Last weekend Disney fans from across the globe descended upon Anaheim for D23 Expo, a three day event that celebrates all things Disney (including Star Wars, Marvel, and even FX, Hulu, ABC, and 20th Century Fox projects). The weekend is packed with exhibits, panels, experiences, demos, and shopping. Often the biggest highlight of the event…

Back view of myself wearing the Star Tours jacket with the attraction sign in the background.

Star Wars Nite at Disneyland

May 8, 2024, Leave a Comment on Star Wars Nite at Disneyland

Last week my friend Mel came to visit to celebrate her 40th birthday. A big Star Wars fan, her birthday fell close to one of the special Star Wars Nites at Disneyland. Some of you might recall that Patrick and I attended Sweethearts’ Nite in February, and Star Wars Nite is another one of the…

Myself standing in front of the Anaheim Convention Center, wearing an outfit inspired by Han Solo, a white t-shirt, black vest, navy skirt with red stripes down the side.

Star Wars Celebration

May 31, 2022, 2 Comments

I feel like it’s been a minute since I talked about Star Wars here on the blog, and it’s certainly been awhile since I last shared a con experience with y’all! For reasons I’m sure we’re all aware of! But all of that is about to change! Because last weekend was Star Wars Celebration at…

Shooting a 70 year old Graflex Press Camera

April 7, 2022, 5 Comments

A Note from Janey: Today I’m happy to have Patrick provide a guest post here on the blog! He has had a bit of a passion project from the last year and we are both very excited to show some of the results! When Janey and I first started dating she soon realized I didn’t…

A rounded room with a gold chain curtain and small display cases housing Oscars. A small round red velvet couch sits in the center.

Celebrating Movie Magic at the Academy Museum

November 9, 2021, 3 Comments

Over the last few years Hollywood has been working hard in the former May Company building, overhauling it to turn it into the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Earlier this fall it finally opened, and we visited last weekend. Fair warning, this post includes spoilers of classic films such as Citizen Kane and Psycho. With…

Myself, wearing a dress made of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi sheets, which feature images of Darth Vader, Red Guards, R2D2, C-3PO, Han, Luke, and Leia, Ewoks, and Scout Troopers.

Lightspeed to Endor!

May 4, 2020, 13 Comments

As mentioned earlier, I’ve been doing a lot of sewing lately since the COVID-19 outbreak. One of the projects I’ve had on the books is a Star Wars sheet dress for Star Wars Celebration later this year. However since it is uncertain if Celebration will happen or not, I decided to share my creation today for…

Six cameras of various styles are lined up at the bottom. Blue script reads "Patric's Camera Collection Vol. 1"

Patrick’s Camera Collection Vol. 1

March 25, 2020, 5 Comments

When Patrick and I first started dating he was well on his way to a career as a photographer, and I soon learned he didn’t collect anything. Now, coming from a family of collectors I was a little shocked. Some years previously I had purchased a cute vintage camera and decided to gift it to…

Myself looking at the Millennium Falcon, the back of my jacket visible, which features red, green, and white cards with symbols on them, and text reading "Fair and Square" along the bottom.

Christmas, but make it Star Wars

December 31, 2019, 3 Comments

Way back in October I received my very own custom hand painted Star Wars inspired jacket by my friend and fellow Star Wars fan, Solanah. But, between all the craziness that is the Halloween and Christmas seasons, I failed to find the time to do a proper reveal of the jacket. However when working on…

The trio of us wearing our red ensembles walking toward the camera.

A Walk on the Dark Side

October 30, 2019, 5 Comments

Last week my friend Solanah (some of you long time readers may remember her from my old days in Portland) came to visit to spend a couple days at Disneyland, and our friend Brittany joined us. Prior to the visit we all decided to wear flowing red ensembles to Disneybound as the Emperor’s Royal Guards…

Myself standing in front of a doorway, with tattered banners of red and white hanging above, wearing a dark brown motorcycle jacket, a green and white blouse, and tan wide leg slacks.

Batuu Bound

June 18, 2019, 8 Comments

Yes, you’re getting another post about Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, aka Batuu. Here on Batuu, it is a very earthy color palette, and the citizens of the area don lots of layers with vests, wraps, and more. After seeing their ensembles, I became very inspired to look in my wardrobe for something of a similar…