Living in a Purple Van Down by the RIVER

After my last potentially upsetting hullabaloo about Lotso, the evil bear from Toy Story 3, getting his strawberries sliced off, it's time to relax with a more humble hullabaloo, with apologies to Chris Farley's family for the title.

John Van Meter has been driving his purple van on Disney property for a very long time. When you think of Disney, you think Mickey, Cinderella Castle, and John's purple van (well, maybe not, but I'm hoping he'll give me a free ride the next time he sees me hitchin' down International Drive).

John's wonderful blog, InsideJohnsLocker, isn't so much about his purple van as what he sees when he's out with his purple van. Today, for instance, he saw something (really saw, as in saw it and knew what he was seeing) in Port Orleans French Quarter that I've seen myself many, many times but never saw until now.

The check-in desk at French Quarter is decorated with large golden musical notes. If you've ever stayed at French Quarter, you've seen them. But, taken together, the notes form a five-line musical staff, the opening bars to a well-known song, a song quite appropriate for guests marching in to a resort themed after New Orleans.

(What song? Go flag down the purple van and find out.)

Each day John posts new imagery from his Disney travels. I now visit his blog daily and often find things I've seen but never really saw. See? (Cue the Jack Benny routine.)

PS. If you want to learn more about what John does, he was profiled last year by National Public Radio. Recommended reading (or listening)!