The Disney Dining Experience

Hello, this is Drake again, and I am going to review the many restaurants my family and I ate at while we were at Walt Disney World. These are listed in no particular order.
Les Chefs de France was by far one of my favorite restaurants if you are not afraid to try new things. The whole restaurant has great atmosphere and delicious food. I had the "Filet de Saumon, ratatouille sauce Choron", which is broiled salmon, tomato Bearnaise, and ratatouille made with onions, zucchini, eggplant, and bell peppers. The salmon had a perfect flavor and even small children would love the ratatouille (if you could convince them to eat it)! I "borrowed" my sibling's french onion soup, and it was definitely the best soup I have ever eaten. I highly recommend this restaurant.
The San Angel Inn is also a good restaurant. The tables in this restaurant are located near the lagoon of the Gran Fiesta Tour attraction, so getting a seat closest to the water enhances the already great atmosphere. This restaurant is very dark, at times it is almost difficult to see what your food looks like! I highly recommend the " Pollo A Las Rajas". This restaurant is good, but not the best in WDW. If you really enjoy authentic Mexican food, give this one a try.
The Garden Grill was probably my least favorite restaurant on this trip. The food was good, but it was nothing new. Chicken, catfish, and flank steak. Once you've eaten here once, you never need to go again. They serve the same thing EVERY DAY. The restaurant is also a character meal, which might give you a reason to go again. The restaurant also slowly rotates in place, almost so slowly in fact, that you might not notice until your table has a view of certain parts of "Living With The Land". This is a good thing, as so the rotation does not bother people who are prone to motion sickness.
The Rose & Crown Pub and Dining Room is a great place for eating dinner later at night. It has a fantastic view of Illuminations. During my experience there I ordered the "Surf and Turf", which is a combination of steak and battered fresh cod. It is also served with mashed potatoes and broccoli. This is probably my fourth favorite restaurant this trip, with Tutto Italia being my third with Les Chefs de France being my second favorite.
Tutto Italia is a wonderful restaurant with great food and excellent service. I swear, the waiters are everywhere at once! The food is wonderful! My favorite dish is the "Cannelloni al Forno", baked with spinach, bechamel, ricotta, and parmesan cheese. Excellent atmosphere and bustling with life make this restaurant really feel like Italy.
Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano is another great Italian restaurant. Though nowhere close to Tutto Italia's atmosphere and delicious food, it still offers good food, and is still a decent choice for a much lower cost. This restaurant is much quieter than Tutto Italia, and feels more like a mom and pop restaurant comparatively.
My very favorite eatery on this trip was The Wave. This restaurant was very relaxing. The atmosphere was wonderful and very modern. At each table is and electric candle, which emits a soothing light that flickers realistically. I had the bass with edemame stew served with cilantro chutney. That was one of the best meals I have ever eaten in my life. For those of you who are wondering, edamame is basically boiled green soybeans. It was so unique and original, I cannot help but giving it a 10 out of 10.
Trail's End is a great bargain for all of the good food that you eat. There are lots of food items at the buffet that will look tasty to all the picky children out there (hint hint Anna!!!). Plus, the drink of your choice comes in a cool mason jar! Unfortunately, you don't get to keep it. One of the more home-style restaurants, this one is a good pick for the price, especially if you have kids.
The Whispering Canyon Cafe is a good restaurant that is similar to Trail's End, but a few steps up. There are activities for the kids, as well as "all-you-care-to-drink" milkshakes! The best deal for the most food is getting an all-you-care-to-eat "skillet". The "skillet" comes with many types of food, including ribs, corn-on-the-cob, sausage, and mashed potatoes. This one is a delight for the whole family. Make sure to ask for ketchup! (Just ask once you get there. You'll see what I mean.)
Next is Cape May. This is a great seafood buffet, but not as good as some of the other restaurants. Nothing out of the ordinary here. The buffet includes a variety of shellfish and shrimp, as well as pasta and steak. The Oreo bon-bons are to die for!
And wrapping up my review is Sanaa, a unique Indian cuisine restaurant with great atmosphere, the food was good, but just a little awkward to me. This restaurant had the best dessert by far! I had the Chai Cream. This is the most amazing thing you will ever taste. Our waiter described it as "Christmas in a glass". Sounded unique, so I went for it. It was so shocking how accurate that description was. You must try this restaurant for the dessert!

I hope you enjoyed my review! See ya, and thanks for reading!!!

How to play Super Nintendo, Atari, ect. games on your PC

In this blog I am going to teach you how to play almost any of your favorite games from consoles like the Atari 2600, SNES, NES, and Nintendo 64 on your PC! This now simple feat is accomplished by downloading an emulator for the system you want. An easy way to find one is to just Google which emulator you want(Atari Jaguar Emulator, 64 Emulator, ect.). After you do that, you need to download a ROM of the game you want. The emulator I have is the Project Tempest Atari Jaguar Emulator which I use mostly to play Tempest 2000. Place the ROM file in a folder under 'My Documents'. This is mainly for easy access to your games all at once. Open up your emulator and click 'File'. Under this tab you will most likely find a button that says 'Open ROM'. Click this and a miniature window with your documents will open. Double click your folder that contains your ROM/ROMs and double click the ROM file you want to play. When playing games, you need a different emulator for each console. For instance you cannot play Kirby Super Star on an Atari 2600 Emulator. Visit your emulator's help tab for more details if you need them. Thanks for reading!

Reasons For Playing Call Of Duty : World At War

One of the many reasons for playing this game is that it teaches history. Since this is a WWII game it also educates children about firearms from that era. In this game we also learn about the Nazi Dictator, Hitler. Some major events in WWII were also re-created in this game. It also teaches children that Nazis are bad. It also shows the many landscapes of Germany, which are beautiful, but not as noticeable with war going on. Because war........War never changes. If you do not want your children to go into the army, put it on Hard difficult anytime they play. When they complain about how they keep dying, say that this is what real war is like, except in real war, you only have one life. Don't do drugs. Thank you.

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Church Camp

While I was at a church camp called (I think) Golden Bell I did many different things and I met many different people. There was a very good band called NEELY that preformed at the camp. When we went into teams the vocalist was our team leader!
One of my favorite things that I did was when I went repelling down a 70 ft. cliff! Believe it or not, the scariest part was just standing at the top and waiting your turn. I am afraid of heights but this was very fun! We also played mini golf and went swimming. I almost got to go on a zip-line but just as it was my turn, it started to rain. :-( I still had fun running back to the cabin in the rain! :-)
The food at this camp was AMAZING! Compared to my mom's cooking (bleh) this was about forty-two times better. One night the men had to escort the ladies through the line and get them their food. I hope I did good!
My least favorite part was when someone dislocated my shoulder during The Night Game. Jeff Baxter gave us very good sermons and is a very nice guy. I bought his book which is entitled Following Jesus Into College and Beyond. It is quite an interesting read. Other than a few mishaps I had a pretty enjoyable time at Golden Bell! I might even go back next year!

Vacation and FREE Apps!

Hey everyone, today I'm PUMPED because I'm about to go on vacation to Tennesee and visit lots of my relatives. Since so many of my last apps review was paid, by request from my aunt, here are my top ten free apps.

1. PapiJump. In this game, you have to guide Papi (little red ball guy) so he will not fall. There is no end, only higher scores. Extremely addictive. In the paid version there are seven new levels!

2. Paper Toss. Ever just sit in your office, wishing you could shoot some hoops? Now you can. Try and throw the paper ball into the trash can by adjusting your shot to counteract breeze from a fan. Previous top free app in the App Store!

3. Mafia Wars. For all of you who have a Facebook account and haven't played this yet, DO IT. This strategy game requires you to manage your mob and take out other rival mobs. If you already have this on your Facebook, sorry, you still have to start over.

4. Slacker Radio. Use this app after you have made an account at www.slacker.com and made a custom radio station. Yes, that's right. Your own custom radio station. You may listen to various artists by browsing on the app, but to maximize use, make your own. You have limited skips in a day and aren't allowed to chose specific tracks, but this might help you find a new favorite song!

5. Rollercoaster Rush Free. In this game you control the speed of various rollercoasters to give the customers the thrill of a lifetime! Be careful though, don't crash!

6. Urbanspoon. You've probably seen this app on TV at least once. Shake to find a restraunt near you. See what other families have rated it. This app is great if you ever just can't decide where to eat. We have discovered lots of new family favorites by using this app!

7. What Would You Chose? Free! This game should be played with two or more people. First, chose a category and the game will give you two options. Chose one! Doesn't sound like much fun, but great for road trips.

8. LightBike Free. In this game, you take contruol of a Tron in his Light Bike and try and defeat he competition. Very hard but a must play for those who have seen the movie.

9. EpicPetWars. This is a sort of cute and fluffy version of Mafia Wars. It offers a little more customization than Mafia Wars. If your child wants to play Mafia Wars, give them this and tell them that it's better.

10. burnit. In this game you draw with gasoline and light the fuse. You can draw on darkness or a photo. On the Iphone you can even "burn the moment", which lets you snap a picture and burn it right afterwards.

Thank you for reading! If this helped you at all, I would really appriciate if you followed my blog! Once again, thanks!

Top Ten Favorite Apps

This morning I was very graciously allowed to sleep in. Having spent a lot of my time playing with the Iphone, I'm going to write about my top ten favorite apps.

1. (Paid) Need For Speed Undercover. This game is just like being at the arcade again but still having great graphics. This game frustrates you at times, but the sense of accomplishment after you win the race is awesome. There is also a HUGE variety of cars to pick from with upgrades to their attributes as well as upgrades that generally make them look cool. This app is 100% worth the (I think) seven dollars if you like racing games. Also one minor note for people who like racing games but aren't very good at them, there is no difficulty toggle.

2. (Paid) Line Rider. For anyone who has played this game on their computer, this is basically the exact same thing. For anyone who hasn't, Line Rider is a great game where you draw a race track for a tiny man on a sled/toboggan. You can draw lines that make him accelerate, don't do anything but let him slide on them, and fake lines for the artist who draws extremely detailed tracks. If I ever want my sister to just SHUT UP, this app has proven it's worth by making kids want to try.

3. (Paid) Amateur Surgeon. (Not meant for small children) This extremely addictive app from [adult swim] lets you play the role of Alan Probe, a pizza guy who, using his trusty pizza cutter and other items, performs surgeries on idiots. One person I have operated on had a magnet in his stomach! Believe me, it gets weirder as the story goes on. I don't know exactly how many, but there are a LOT of surgeries. This is a fun game for the little bit of doctor in us all.

4. F-MyLife. (Free and Paid) This app lets you read other people's stories of how bad their life is. FML is pretty funny, until one happens to you. If you do want this app, I recommend getting the Pro version which is 99 cents. Paying the dollar lets you have many new features like the ability to moderate unpublished FMLs.

5. (Paid) Leaf Trombone World Stage. This game is sort of a parody of Guitar Hero without words. Now before you completely look the other way, there is the World Stage. You can play a tune and submit it. Watch as judges from all over the world rate your playing. You can judge as well, earning Leaf Tokens so your may play on the Stage (you need three). If your kid gets a hold of this app, be sure to give them headphones. When you first start playing, don't take this personally, you are bound to sound awful. Practice makes perfect!

6. (Paid) The controversial, Pocket God. This app allows you to play the role of God to the "pygmies" which are essentially cavemen. There is no objective to the game, but there are many ways to "dispose" of the pygmies. Though this might sound awful to you, the result of this app is a great way to pass the time.

7. (Free!) Tap Tap Revenge 2. This IS Guitar Hero except with three buttons. With a Wi-Fi connection, you can download hit songs like Gives You Hell by The All-American Rejects. EXTREMELY fun.

8. (Paid) Most arcade remixes. As awkward as this might sound, companies are redoing their classics such as Dig Dug, Tetris, and Galaga. (DO NOT BUY POLE POSITION.) The remixes tend to be easier to control, but the app also comes with the classic version if you played them in your childhood.

9. (Free and Paid) Arcade Bowling. This app takes the classic game of Skeeball right to your Iphone or Ipod Touch. I decided to give it a try and was ADDICTED. I would have given this a better rating, but I'm no good at it.

10. (Free! and Paid) 3D Brick Breaker Revolution. This is like the futuristic version of the classic, Breakout. Essentially the same as the original, but with power ups like lasers and mines.

I am extremely sorry that I did not include more free apps, but I think I will do that as a separate article. Thanks for reading!!!

Introduction

Hello everybody, my name is Drake. I am here because I have to type a blog for school(bleh), but hey, I might like blogging. I am going to be describing school and talking about and reviewing video games. I mostly focus on first-person shooters that I own for my 360. Every once in a while i might review a Wii game or........something.

Today school is okay, I guess. We have to take test but we don't have to do our usually boring assignments which is a turn for the better. I just ate a bowl of Golden Grams and am NOT feeling half asleep (for once) so I'm going to list my favorite things about Bioshock, a creepy FPS set in an underwater city named Rapture. This might only make sense if you've played it. (WARNING, SPOILERS) 1.(My Fav) The wrench, the most creative melee weapon I've seen in a game, combined with the Bloodlust tonic. YOU GET HEALTH FOR BEATING THE CRAP OUT OF PEOPLE!!!!
2. Electric trip wires. Need I say more?
3. The fact that, using plasmids, I can launch a man in the air, set him on fire before he hits the ground, freeze him, and finally, send killer bees at him.
4. My natural camoflauge tonic. I turn invisible after I stand still for a few seconds. Use in conjunction with favorite number 2 for maximum LOL.
5. I got the jackpot on a slot machine in Fort Frolic, which unlocks a secret achievment.
6. Sander Cohen's audio diary, "The Wild Bunny". Played the game but haven't got the diary? Look it up on Youtube.(Once again hilarious, but a spoiler at it's best.)