I just read that the Rix Lounge is going to be the newest lounge at Walt Disney World.  It will be located at the Coronado Springs Resort and will have 300 seats.  They will have a band and a DJ and some tapas.  On one hand this makes sense.  That hotel caters to a lot of convention visitors and now there is something to do when the convention is over.  On the other hand the resort clubs have not always been that popular.  Atlantic Dance is a prime example of that.  In its day it was busy but the business slowed down.  The have tried changing themes and it works for awhile but it has never really taken off.  I guess we will just have to see how this does. 

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I have a pickle ornament on my tree.  I don’t have any kids to search for it but I like the idea of hanging a pickle from my Christmas Tree.  The Christmas pickle is supposed to have originated in Germany.  As the story goes the pickle was the last ornament placed on the Christmas Tree. On the day the gifts were opened the child that found the pickle ornament was given another special gift. There is some debate around the origin of that story. I don’t care one way or the other. A cool ornament is a cool ornament. You can check out the Christmas Pickle story here.  If you need your own Christmas pickle ornament just do a google search. There are plenty of places selling them.

I have read that this item is all the rage in Japan.  I don’t see it taking off here.  Why would I want to attach a tiny cactus to my cell phone?  I can’t imagine a person approaching me and saying “Hey, I love your mini pet cell phone cactus.  Where did you get it?”  Now I could be wrong about this but I don’t think so.