The Magic of the Mouse

Alright, so its time to admit how completely smitten I am with Disneyland. I mean smitten like, will read a book about Disneyland, will collect Disneyland art books as soon as I can afford to, would spend the money to fly to and enjoy the massive consumption that is Walt Disney World, would have passes so I could go on random afternoons, love Disneyland. This is a love that stemmed from my sister Lisa who when I was little, would take me fairly often. She was so good at it too, she would get up super early with me, we would stop for Taco Bell breakfast burritos, and we would get there before they had opened Main St. Then she would go on ALL of the rides with me AND totally get into the spirit. It really was so awesome. No one had energy to go to Disneyland with a kid quite like my sister did. And because of her taking me, now I have the luxury of Disneyland really feeling SO familiar to me, in such a wonderful, comfortable way. I suppose the only place I really draw the line with Disneyland is with souvenir's. I was never really one for Mickey Mouse T-Shirts, sweatshirts, lollypops or shotglasses. I am more of a Designer Micky Vinyl Toy, Star Tours T-Shirt, maybe a piece of fudge kind of girl. AND NOW, vintage Disneyland art kind of girl.

Recently, Jeff and I went to Disneyland for our two year anniversary while we were both back in Los Angeles. While there, we came across a souvenir that we both loved. It's really quite awesome; in one of the stores on Main Street (the same place with Abe Lincoln) they have kiosks where you can search through digital archives, pick a piece of art and order prints of them. In different sizes, matted, not matted, on canvas, on paper, framed, you name it. My favorite artist that I found on there was John Hench, one of the main, original concept artists for the creation of the park. His works are BEAUTIFUL, mid-century, futuristic works of originality. We ordered a print of one with monorails and the submarines in it (unfortunately I have not found an image of it online) and we are waiting for it to arrive in the mail.

So yes, here on some of John Hench's works for you to feast your eyes on. The only way to really see his most amazing works is to buy one of his few coffee-table type books available at Disneyland and through Amazon, for scans of most of prints don't exist online.

Also, as a side note, I have been fantasizing lately about going to Disneyworld and staying in a big beautiful hotel and spending a week and a half adventuring with my love. Ha who wouldn't? (Don't answer that, I am sure many people would prefer not too lol)