San Francisco and the Disney Museum

Front view of the Walk Disney Family Museum

San Francisco is just about an hour and 15 minute drive from Sacramento, so Kyle and I make frequent trips there to go to clubs, do some shopping, see concerts, and go to museums. Saturday we went to the Disney Family Museum, which was super interesting to us because we're Disney addicts. In fact, I'm not really sure why we haven't been there earlier since it's been open for a few years.

Black Magic fringe tank from Black Heart Lingerie, Chiffon high-low blouse from FreeStyle Clothing Exchange (midtown Sacramento location), boots by New Rock

Of course, I have to take a slight detour to mention what I chose to wear. Since we would be out and about all day, I had to make sure I would look cute and be comfortable. The weather in Sacramento right now is in the hundreds (YUCK!), but in San Francisco it's comfortable and can even get chilly, especially at the pier area, which we planned to visit. So I layered a tank top with a chiffon high-low blouse over top. I really love the extreme "low" on the back of the blouse, by the way.

We arrived at the museum mid-afternoon (had to get an oil change before we took off which put us a little behind) and we headed straight into the museum.

The admission area before you enter the actual museum proper is filled with awards that Disney has collected, and boy, are there a LOT. The room was filled with tons of obscure little statues and placards and trophies to inspect.

This award shows Mickey riding a turtle?!

An award from Peru - hence the llama

A ton of Oscars, plus me and Kyle in the reflection

The rest of the museum involved a LOT of reading. It starts out detailing Walt's birth and his family history, then detailed his war experiences. There was a lot of information on his early short films and how he got his start in the animation world.

An early accounting of Walt's "Laugh-o-grams" and Kyle taking some photos

Eventually there were areas where you could sit and enjoy clips and snippets from Classic Merry Melodies, war propaganda shorts, and just pieces of every-day recognizable Disney classics. The films were my favorite part.

Wall of TVs at the end of the museum

Interspersed throughout the museum were neat things like a complete case of Technicolor paints and some really creepy old toys.

The creepy toy in the middle was a wind-up contraption.

Wall of Technicolors

There was also an entire section devoted to how WWII affected Disney studios. The soldiers came right on in to the studios in Burbank and basically lived there with Walt's permission. He also helped contribute by animating anti-Nazi propaganda films like "Der Fuehrer's Face," which is quite a hilarious song by the way.

The finals rooms of the museum contained a full-scale miniature of Disneyland as well as some really depressing and sad press clippings and drawings about Walt's death.

After the museum we headed to Pier 39 to do touristy things like check out the sea lions, eat some Bubba Gump's, and scope out Alcatraz across the water.

A zoomed view of Alcatraz. It was quite foggy out there.

This sea lion was the fattest I could find and that amused me.

A view of Alcatraz from a bit further away

It was a really long wait for dinner at Bubba Gumps, so in the meantime we walked around and checked out the cheesy tourist stores. I found the creepiest mannequin in a sports store. I can only guess why its mouth was that big. Ugh…so creepy.

It was a super fun day and I'm very happy we got to go. The museum is a must-see for any Disney fan.

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Blackheart Lingerie Order

Pictured clockwise from left: Chiffon ram skull tunic tank, Alchemy Gothic ram skull ring, sharkbite hem chiffon tank top, BLACK MAGIC fringe tank, my own shredded tights and New Rock boots, Iron Fist Count Catula shredded tank, and bat skeleton crop camisole.

I have a hell of a time resisting shopping when the word "SALE" is involved, so over Memorial Day weekend when my inbox was flooded with specials at all my favorite stores, it was really tough to pick only a few stores to buy from!

I ended up going with some stuff from BlackHeart Lingerie because it was cute and also because the stuff was seriously so affordable. I got everything pictured in the collage above (and some more basic pieces as well!) for around $75.

Crop tops are still as popular as ever and I do own my fair share, although I've been wearing them far less frequently than I used to. Both the bat cami and the chiffon shark bite hem tank are cropped and I would choose to wear them differently than most of the girls who are currently sporting them. I don't like to show too much bare skin for every day occasions, so instead of wearing high-waisted denim or skirts with a bare midriff, I wear a long tank top dress and layer the crop top over it. I got an XL in the bat cami, simply because I like my crop tops loose-fitting.

I'm much more into high-low hems and long tunic-cut tops in general at the moment, hence the ram and BLACK MAGIC tanks. The Iron Fist cat bat tee was a bit out of character for me. It's cotton, which I tend to steer clear of, just because it fades so quickly in the wash, plus it would normally be a bit too D.I.Y. for me to pay out of pocket for. In general, if I want the slashed/shredded tee look, I just grab my sharp sewing scissors and hack away at a band t-shirt, but I really did like the cat/bat vampire graphic.

Although nearly all of the tops pictured above look great with fitted bottoms (i.e. leggings, skinny jeans, bodycon skirts), I like to keep things simple with some sheer black pantyhose and shredded stockings and garter belt over top. It really does work with everything and hose are thin enough that I don't overheat in my New Rocks during the Sacramento 100+ degree summer.

Overall, BlackHeart has some really cute stuff and I will continue to check back for new items frequently, but a word of advice if you're considering buying anything from them - their sizes run a bit small. I usually get smalls and mediums in Junior's size brands (i.e. Forever 21, Hot Topic, etc.) and so I got mediums to be on the safe side (I prefer something be a bit too baggy than a bit too tight). While everything fit me just fine, I would have ordered a size up had I known things ran a bit small.

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