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gothiccharmschool:

Via thelittlestmouse: Club 33 put on a special event where members could pay to have dinner in the Haunted Mansion with various Disney imagineers. As I was looking through the blog post, the part that stuck out the most (aside from Bob Gurr standing by the gravedigger) was the dessert!

“The crystal ball that you see is a clear sugar “orb” that we had to crack with our fork to get to the dark chocolate mousse-like cake inside.  Madam Leota’s face was screened on a piece of chocolate, while her purple hair was created from spun colored sugar that tasted very much like cotton candy. Each plate had a battery powered color changing disc on it that caused Madam Leota to glow. I can not even put into words how amazing it was to see all of these glowing at the table before we sat down to dig in. After cracking open my “crystal” ball, I dug right in to the rich chocolate ganache style dessert. It was definitely a chocolate lovers dream come true.  The quote that went with this one?

‘It’s to die for…’ HAHA! A perfect fit wouldn’t you say?”

stuffletsbetherapist:

Some differences between the two is the removal of the bed in the foreroom entering the bathroom, reversed taps on the bathtub, bathroom mirrors pushed into nook, instead of facing doorway, no fireplace in the livingroom, and the addition of a painting in the foreroom on the left side of the door, where a nook housing a dresser would have been.

Otherwise, it’s meticulous. Three steps high, toilet and sinks on correct sides, antechamber with double doors before entering the room turning left to livingroom, single chair opposite couch facing foreroom.

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starkexpos:

Below are some locations featured in Iron Man 3 that you could potentially visit, or at least stop in front of and gawk before being ushered along nicely. 

Stark Industries

These exterior building shots were filmed in Cary, NC at the HQ of Epic Games. So clearly while you can’t exactly march in and start asking about badges, it’s a place you could drive by and wave at. 

The Chinese Theatre

TCL Chinese Theatre, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Mann’s Chinese Theatre, or whichever company buys it out next, is located at 6925 Hollywood Blvd, in Hollywood, CA. Generally swarming with tourists and locals alike, you too, can trace the steps of Happy Hogan and explodey Extremis soldiers, and take in a whatever’s playing that day. 

A.I.M. HQ

An actual filmed-on-location spot, Vizcaya Museum & Gardens acts as part of Killian & The Mandarin’s laboratory/film studio/dungeon/base of operations. Located in Coconut Grove in the city of Miami and built in the early 20th century, the estate also includes acres of manicured Italian Renaissance gardens, a native forest, and a grotto “casino” area. Lucky for the curious, Vizcaya Museum & Gardens is open daily for tours except for Tuesdays and major holidays. Bring your student ID and receive $5 off the price of regular admission. 

10880 Malibu Point  Malibu, CA 90265 

Because telling strangers where you live is always a great idea. While a fictional address, Tony’s Malibu Barbie Dreamhouse is supposed to be located atop a real-world land mass off the coast of Malibu called Point Dume. It’s a protected area, so naturally the house and sets were not built on the cliffs, but lucky for you, it’s a state beach, and you can go a’sifting for DUM-E’s servos in the sand while imagining a wine cellar full of armor lurks somewhere inside the cliff.

Neptune’s Net

What’s better than a few cold ones, fresh seafood, burgers, and readily available parking for your Mk Whatever and Iron Patriot armor? All these things and more can be found at Neptune’s Net located at 42505 Pacific Coast HWY in Malibu, CA. Loved by locals and tourists alike, if reviews can be trusted, service can be salty but is well worth it for booze, food, and ambience. While not actually filmed on location (a mock-up of the joint was built for filming), you can still bring a pack of crayons and your appetite for the full experience. 

Note: None of these photos belong to me and were pulled from either the websites linked, or wikipedia.

harrytomlomsom:

a nightclub called The Mullet where you have to walk through an office to get to the bar

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motherjones:

mypubliclands:

What does Jurassic Park have to do with public lands? Quite a bit, actually…

Jurassic Park is based on paleontologist’s research analyzing fossils. Our extensive knowledge of dinosaurs wouldn’t be possible without this research, which is conducted by permitted paleontologists and their students. Many of the greatest dinosaur discoveries occur on your public lands in Alaska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Montana and New Mexico!  For example, just outside Cañon City, Colorado discoveries include the first complete skeleton of Allosaurus, the three most complete Stegosaurus skeletons ever found, as well as the first known remains of dinosaurs like Camarasaurus, Ceratosaurus, and Diplodocus.

Of course, the proper preservation and protection of paleontological resources is a vital component of BLM’s Paleontology program and is the reason that the BLM and Universal Studios created these Public Service Announcements back in 1993.  Students and scientists with BLM permits are making new discoveries every year, many of whom became excited about paleontology because of movies such as Jurassic Park. Join the adventure, click here to learn more about fossils on public lands!

—Kyle Sullivan, BLM Colorado

Watch the original PSAs here:

Jeff Goldblum

Laura Dern

Sam Neill

Michael Crichton

Note: license for footage used in these PSAs granted by Universal Studios in June 1993.

Oh man. Whoever is running the Bureau of Land Management Tumblr is doing it right.

okay but my nearly-favorite part of the case is the instructions for replacing batteries in the case and the tesseract which are printed on SHIELD paper with the title “Tesseract Transportation Case Field Maintenance Instructions”

Wikipedia:

Ralph Appelbaum Associates (RAA) is the world’s largest museum exhibition design firm. It has offices in New York City, London and Beijing.

Known for its eclectic band of employees and the subsequent interdisciplinary quality of their work, the New York Times reported in 1999 that the firm was composed of “architects, designers, editors, model builders, historians, childhood specialists, one poet, one painter and one astrophysicist.”

#MCBITCHTITS     #omg i bet the circle of friends i’ve made on this website     #all of them     #in their diverse groups     #and i     #could just run off and form this company  

POINS YOU KNOW ME SO WELL

AND LET’S, YES

I AM COMPLETELY SERIOUS

THIS IS THE FIELD I WANT TO BE WORKING IN

and although there are some WONDERFUL companies out there with I’m sure loads more experience I’ve kind of always had this vague feeling you never really get great control of design unless you are working for yourself/ves

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eyevolve:

my official guide to becoming a villain came today.

thedailywhat:

Nice Structure of the Day: Architectural Ride London

Parisian architectural firm Atelier Zündel Cristea wants to transform an abandoned Battersea Power Station in London into a museum encircled by a roller coaster track. The proposal, which took first prize in the ArchTriumph Museum of Architecture competition, would revitalize the area while still preserving the history of the building, which has been out of use since its decommission in 1983.

trappedinsuburbanhell:

didyouknowwaltdisney:

Did you know? That the Disney villains almost had their way? Disney for a short period of time was looking into building an entirely new theme park in its Walt Disney World Property that would be built and centered around the Disney villains. The Theme park also known as Dark Kingdom would feature Maleficent’s castle as the centerpiece to the park and feature rides and attractions based of the various Disney villains and their lore.

WHY THE FUCK DIDN’T THEY DO THAT?  THEY SHOULD TOTALLY DO IT.  I’D PAY SHITLOADS OF MONEY TO GO THERE.

I think because they bought Marvel and have the deal to do the Avatar area of Animal Kingdom.

So we’ll get this in, like… fifty years. Maybe. The Disney properties in Asia will probably get it first? I’d bet. 

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