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Meeting Cookie Monster and David Rudman


Photo-A-Day #3322

Today I flew to San Francisco California for the PBS Annual Meeting. As one of the PBS Kids VIPS (Very Involved Parents) I get to attend the PBS Annual Meeting and it is so much fun. This is my third time attending the annual meeting and I was looking forward to catching up with my fellow VIPS. I was blown away by our chance to meet the amazing Cookie Monster. We also met the puppeteer/actor for Cookie. That man is David Rudman and he is pretty darn amazing. As soon as he begins to operate Cookie you see only Cookie Monster and Cookie Monster is who you speak with, it is a strange but cool thing.

This year there is going to be a full on Cookie Monster special. I think that the popularity of all of the Cookie Monster movie parodies has made this Muppet even more popular than ever. Of any Muppet ever he was the one I was so excited to meet, and I did, so cool.

I have a video that Cookie Monster made for my kids. I just have to edit it a little bit but I will post soon.

During the day I learned a lot about a great new app for parents called Super Vision. This app allows parents to see what their kids are learning, in real time, on PBS Kids.org.

We met with more people from PBS and they were great. We then had a little free time so I took a shower and got ready for dinner. Dinner was excellent. So much good food and conversation. I spent a lot of time talking all sorts of things with The Rock Father.

I also caught up with one of my fellow Imageloggers, Leticia! She is so much fun!

Blogging, Food, Friends, Movie, Photo-A-Day, Travel

Mommy’s Busy, Go Ask Daddy to Lunch

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With Andrew Kardon and our Steampunk Goggles
Photo-A-Day #3239

Today was my last day in New York after Toy Fair 2014. I stayed an extra day in case I wanted to go back to the show floor in the morning (wasn’t that ambitious) but also to have lunch with a guy I’ve known online for a while now but have never met, Andrew Kardon of Mommy’s Busy, Go Ask Daddy.

We met for lunch over at Brother Jimmy’s in Midtown. That was after I packed up all of my Toy Fair Swag and shipped it home to myself via FedEx. There was may more than last year for me. I caught a cab which was the best plan because it was pouring out and headed to Brother Jimmy’s. Andrew and I have both done posts and giveaways from SteamPunk Goggles and we thought it would be fun and funny to meet up and take some photos while wearing them. It was.

We had a great time talking about all things geeky and blogging and movies and more. It was great to finally meet him in person and share a meal. I look forward to our next conversation.