German American Friendship Day Party

I had the pleasure of attending the German American Friendship Day Party in Central Park last Saturday. It was a festive day full of music, dancing, bratwurst and of course beer, beer and more beer! I captured some images and video to share my experience. PROST!

Pizza in the Cone

Pizza in the Cone, the grab and go pizza treat made famous in Brazil and popular in many countries around the world, has finally made it's way to United States. And where did they choose to open their first US location? Why Astoria of course! Traditionally a Greek American area, Astoria nowadays is multi-ethnic and you can find a little bit of everything in this quaint Queens neighborhood.

When I walked by the store I found it hilarious, and the Brazilian style signage definitely caught my attention, a sexy model smiling with her mouth wide open about to take a big bite of her cone pizza. Their key marketing messages which read "the new way to eat a pizza" and "simply delicious and fun" also made me chuckle.


Obviously I had to walk inside the store and check it out for myself. Originally I found it silly, but then I realized that the concept is actually not that much different then the traditional New Yorker way to eat a slice, folded in half. They just took it one step further by baking the pizza ingredients inside the cone shaped dough. This way you can "grab and go" and eat your lunch en route to your next destination. With our high paced pedestrian lifestyles, Pizza in the Cone should actually fare well here in NYC.

I did some internet research and found out that there are three rival companies here in the USA, CrispyCones , Konopizza, and Kornet Pizza who opened their first location in Kansas, go figure! The future of portable food is here! Perhaps we will see a Brooklyn location in the near future. . . . .

Mommy Needs a Cocktail

Nabe blogger Melissa Lopata, known in the world of Twitter as @HipSlopeMama, has co-founded a new business with Ellen Bari called Momasphere. Momasphere is an organization that is focused on empowering moms and celebrating individuality. Their unique events will change the way we think of social networking for moms, they are not "child-centric" and hope to "reawaken & celebrate" the multiple aspects of womanhood, not "just" being a "mom." On top of having time away from family to replenish oneself, network, and make new friends, moms can revel in that proceeds of the events go to Madre, an international women's organization that uses human rights to advance social justice for women. Pretty cool stuff.

The first Momasphere event (which will soon be bi-monthly), "Mommy Needs a Cocktail," will be held this coming Sunday, September 13th at Melt Restaurant in Park Slope. The event is co-sponsored by everyone's favorite sex shop, Babeland and will be moderated by Carolyn Castiglia, a mom comedian who has been seen and heard nationally on VH1, MTV2, NBC's Last Comic Standing, Nick-at-Nite's Funniest Mom in America 3, The Maury Show, ABC World News with Charles Gibson and Sirius/XM Radio. Babeland will also lead a fun and informative mini-workshop ~Sex Toys 101 for Moms~ and they'll give away free gifts! All that plus a free cocktail (or mocktail), hors d'oeuvres, raffle prizes, professional portraits, free massages and more! For more information on the evnt and to buy tickets, click HERE.