It's the end of January in a very dry winter and I've yet to see any snow. I want snow before it all melts away!

The last time I was in a helicopter was on our Alaska cruise. We did an aerial glacier tour that had us actually landing on a glacier.

• CeZar’s at Hotel Scottsdale
• Saddle Ranch Chop House

Still more to come. Rather a lot of them.

This is actually kind of difficult. We don't have any credit card debt and $1000 is not enough to make any significant dent in my car loan or our mortgage. I don't really "need" anything in particular that I don't already have or wouldn't go out and get anyway (this is also why I'm apparently hard to shop for).

$1000 would also not be much more than a small down payment on the next phase of our home remodel so that's probably out as well.

I suppose I'd put it toward the balance of our upcoming cruise (Disney Magic, eastern Caribbean, October) or alternatively take a weekend and go find some snow.

• Claim Jumper, Santa Ana
• California Grill (Hyatt Regency Orange County)
• Mint Julep Bar
• Cafe Orleans

More to come.

The Waffler! The Alton Brown / Good Eats version, not the Dane Cook / Mystery Men version. I wore this costume (created by Jennifer) to Mickey's Halloween Treat at Disney's California Adventure and then to Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, both in October 2007. The costume was extremely successful–which I measured by "anyone actually recognizing the character"–several people did at both events.

The Waffler's mission is to save the world the disappointment from store-bought frozen waffles.