232. Affluent

232. Affluent
Definition: (adj) wealthy
Location Placed: Starbucks, Morganville, New Jersey
Date Placed: 6/19/11 at 6:03pm





Since I'm not much of a coffee drinker, I picked up a tall of my new favorite which is basically part iced tea and part lemonade. That's been a favorite combination of mine for several years, but I've become a sucker for that one in particular. (Honest Tea also has a pretty good Half and Half if you're interested.) Iced Tea + Lemonade gives the right balance of flavors.

231. Clever

231. Clever
Definition: (adj) quick to understand and learn
Location Placed: The Shoppes at Old Bridge, Old Bridge, New Jersey
Date Placed: 6/19/11 at 5:52pm





A mere week after coming home from the airport, I found myself driving up there as an airport ride. I was a bit jealous about their international travel, albeit business related. So I stopped at the Shoppes to check it out since I hadn't even chosen to go home this way before. Had a lot of key stores and a couple eating areas, which seemed a perfect place to release a crane.

230. Peachy

230. Peachy
Definition: (adj) fine or excellent
Location Placed: Disney Quest, Downtown Disney, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Date Placed: 6/11/11 at 2:32pm





Like all good things, my vacation to Disney World had to come to an end. This is the last vacation crane I placed. We spent the day in Downtown Disney checking out some of the shops (and of course I bought several lovely soaps from Basin) as well as Disney Quest, which is a 5 story video game arena. To not draw too much attention to myself, I had to leave the flash off. (Disturbed video gamers can get quite rowdy!) Hopefully the person that found that crane had as great a time in Disney as my group had.

229. Mesmerized

229. Mesmerized
Definition: (v) holding the attention of someone to the exclusion of all us
Location Placed: Italy Pavilion, Epcot, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Date Placed: 6/10/11 at 9:23pm





Although I couldn't capture it and the crane in my photo, behind the crane is the replica of the Piazza San Marco from Venice. I really wanted to release a crane in this pavilion because I really enjoyed my visit to Italy several years back. It was beautiful in so many different ways and I really recommend going if you can. If not, Epcot was a lovely little slice of Italian culture and architecture all rolled into one.

228. Child-like

228. Child-like
Definition: (adj) marked by trust, innocence and ingenuousness
Location Placed: Teppan Edo, Epcot, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Date Placed: 6/10/11 at 8:41pm





I always have enjoyed hibachi style restaurants. I like the show they put on while cooking your food and it's always nice to see what's going into it. My favorite parts of the show are usually when they a.) make a smiley face and set it on fire and b.) when they make the steaming onion volcano. They didn't do a. this time but they certainly made the largest steaming volcano ever! Hibachi always brings me back to the pleasant memories of college where we celebrated nearly everyone's birthdays at the restaurant by our school.

227. Exuberant

227. Exuberant
Definition: (adj) filled with lively energy or excitement
Location Placed: Japan Pavilion,Epcot, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Date Placed: 6/10/11 at 7:07pm





The Japan Pavilion store was absolutely wonderful. It made me want to visit Japan even more. I happily found just the right sized paper to make some of my cranes out of! So you guys will be seeing cranes that are made from the paper in this store in the near future. They also had a lot of wonderful other things that I would've bought had I more room in my suitcase.

226. Jovial

226. Jovial
Definition: (adj) cheerful and friendly
Location Placed: Hall of Presidents, Magic Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Date Placed: 6/10/11 at 11:15am





Originally I had wanted to place this crane in Cinderella's Castle, until I realized that the only think inside of it that was open was a restaurant. Since it wasn't covered as a lunch on our meal plan, I opted to put it in the Hall of Presidents. I had never been on it before but found it to be a wonderful show. Probably not terribly entertaining for young children but I felt suitably moved.

225. Youthful

225. Youthful
Definition: (adj) vigorous and fresh
Location Placed: Splash Mountain Photo Area, Magic Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Date Placed: 6/10/11 at 10:22am





Nothing like a water coaster to make a person feel young. Roller coasters actually give me slight anxiety but I couldn't avoid watching and listening to the story of Brer every animal. Plus a little chance to cool off by being splashed never hurts either.

224. World-Famous

224. World-Famous
Definition: (adj) known extensively and thoroughly
Location Placed: Finding Nemo Aquarium, Epcot, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Date Placed: 6/9/11 at 7:27pm

223. Memorable

223. Memorable
Definition: (adj) worth remembering
Location Placed: Coral Reef Restaurant, Epcot, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Date Placed: 6/9/11 at 7:03pm





Coral Reef was probably one of the more memorable restaurants we ate at. Not because we had a wonderful view of fish, sting rays, sea turtles and sharks while we dined. And not because the scuba divers in the tank waved at us, gave us thumbs up, or blew us kisses. It was because of the amazing dessert we had, the Bailey's and Jack Daniel's Mousse. Our waiter very forcefully, and it turns out correctly, told us we all should get that as a dessert. Great life decision.