Wrote about Ghirardelli coming to Disneyland…

…for this “OC Weekly” article.

Told ya,

-Shady

Wrote about the Carthay Circle Theatre…

…for this “OC Weekly” article.

I’m out of witty things to sign off with,

-Shady

Wrote about Disney’s donation of an ice cream shop to a train museum…

…for this “OC Weekly” article.

Yes, you read that correctly,

-Shady

Wrote about California Adventure’s (now dismantled) Golden Gate Bridge…

…for this “OC Weekly” article.

Gonna be the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge,

-Shady

Wrote about a California Screamin’ incident…

…for this “OC Weekly” article.

Goddamn backpackers,

-Shady

Wrote about the new Star Tours and Little Mermaid rides…

…and shot a shitload of photos, for this article in “OC Weekly.”

Some of my finest work yet,

-Shady

New Flickr update…

…featuring a few pictures of this guy:

Click here to view them all.

We parked in Donald,

-Shady

I’m a Disney park nerd.

I openly admit it.

I love the parks, whether it’s the Orlando-based compound that is Walt Disney World, or the tiny California original that is Disneyland.

And while I enjoy different things from each park, one of my favorite things is the Main Street Electrical Parade.

I first saw the parade in 1981 at Magic Kingdom in Florida. It went away for awhile, but recently made a much-deserved retro return to California Adventure a few years back.

I don’t care how many times I see it, there’s just something about it that reminds me of being a little kid and not having to deal with any drama or bullshit.

My mom, sister and girlfriend made a post-Christmas stop at Disneyland this past Friday, and we stuck around in the blistering cold just long enough to end our day with the Main Street Electrical Parade.

Here are a few pics:

A spectacular festival pageant of nighttime magic and imagination in thousands of sparkling lights and electro-synthe-magnetic musical sounds,

-Shady