Dancing the night away

Oh What A Night!

Remember that song?

Love that song!

But it accurately describes my sentiments on this past Monday night.

I went on down to the city to hang out with some of my favorite Mommy Bloggers at Swarovski Crystals in  NYC

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at a party courtesy of the Moms and the City to celebrate the launch of a terribly cool new book.

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Carla and Leos World of Dance is a delightful look at the history and origins of Ballroom Dance written by model and mom Agatha Relota.

Not to mention the amazing illustrations by Theirry Perez.

And the super sweet forward by Hottie Mom, Jessica Alba.

This book would inspire anyone to dance!

Even my boys!

And dance the kids did…

Well not mine, they were testing for their orange belts at karate…

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Which they literally kicked some butt at!

Congrats boys!

BUT…

If they were there they’d have kicked up their heels for sure!

Like these cool kids!

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The munchkins all had a blast mixing it up with ballroom dance pros.

And these two were awesome!  Have you seen them?

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Tristan and Tyler are adorable standing there with the Moms and the City gals.

If you haven’t checked out Tristan and Tylers Tales from the City go and visit them.  It’s such a treat!

Back to Carla & Leo…

What a wonderful book!

And I got the chance to talk to Agatha, the beautiful and talented author.

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courtesy of Owen Hoffmann/Patrick McMullan.com

She had a baby 7 months ago and let me tell ya…

She is looking hot…

And tall!

And she says it’s all thanks to dance.

I mean…check out those legs are her!

She is clearly one hell of a dancer!

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photo courtesy of Owen Hoffmann/PatrickMcMullan.com

As were these fantastic budding ballroom stars tripping the light fantastic.

But I was so glad to take a book home to the boys as I can’t wait to walk through the world of dance with them.

I mean other than Dancing with the Stars that is….

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Carla and Leo cover it all…

From the Samba…

To the Viennese Waltz…

The Foxtrot…

To the Tango.

We get to learn the history of the dance and all about the places they come from.

Oh What A Night, indeed!

And learning all these dances may just lead to some more great nights!

 

Thanks again, Ladies!

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So glad you all came by to visit…

Pull up a chair…

Sit down, relax, pour yourself a cup of joe.

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If you’re looking for tonight’s recipes you’ve come to the right place!

First up…Hungry Caterpillars instead of the usual pb&j version we switched things up with avocado and hummus spreads topped with cukes and tomato.  Delicious!

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Next recipe?  Muffin Man Pizzas

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And finally…Twirly Whirly Pasta Salad

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We’re so glad you came by to check us out.

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Alex aka Ma What’s For Dinner

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Well look at us all fancy…check out our feature in the New York Daily News Website.

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You can read the full article here at NY Daily News Moms and the City Blog

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What a busy week we’ve had!

On Monday, Keegan started Kindergarten.

On Tuesday we rounded up Team Fitz and went on down to New York City to shoot a segment for New York Nonstops new show

Moms and the City and a Dad Named David

Man oh man are we tired but what a blast we had!

First Denise Albert, she’s one of the Moms from Moms and the City, and I got our food prep taken care of…

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Then I did an interview with Denise and David Ushery

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memoirs from mommyville   MWFDs guest spot on NBC & NY Daily News

Next we got down to some good ol’ fashioned cooking.

I grabbed my little helpers

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And we got cooking!

memoirs from mommyville   MWFDs guest spot on NBC & NY Daily News

First up…Hungry Caterpillars instead of the pb&j version we switched things up with avocado and hummus spreads topped with cukes and tomato.

memoirs from mommyville   MWFDs guest spot on NBC & NY Daily News

Next recipe?  Muffin Man Pizzas

memoirs from mommyville   MWFDs guest spot on NBC & NY Daily News

And finally…Twirly Whirly Pasta Salad

memoirs from mommyville   MWFDs guest spot on NBC & NY Daily News

Denise’s son, he’s in the middle up there between Brady and Keegan, he’s not exactly an adventurous eater.

Well that boy couldn’t get enough of our muffin man pizzas!

He helped me make them and he gobbled them up (one with bell peppers and mushrooms on it much to his mother’s shock) and asked if we could do this every night!

Now if that’s not a satisfied customer I’m not sure what is!

The show will air here in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut area sometime in September, but keep a look out for it on your local NBC station.  I’ll let you know a definitive date when I get it.

I’ll be posting some segments from our finished pilot presentation soon.  Keep your eyes peeled guys, Ma What’s For Dinner is hitting the airwaves!

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Getting hungry yet?

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memoirs from mommyville   MWFDs guest spot on NBC & NY Daily News

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