It’s not who I am, it’s just what I do!
I just finished another round of interviews for Comcast Newsmakers (Florida) and I thought I’d share some of my behind the scenes photos! Enjoy!
Day 1, Look 1
Shot of the monitor in the green room…
After wrapping up my chat with DJ Irie, discussing the Irie Foundation
Day 2, On Set “Selfie”
Interviewing PhilanthroFest Executive Director Estrella Sibila
Getting to wrap up a successful 2 days of in-studio interviews, pictured with my host counterpart, Phil Latzman
The Muppets are back with a new movie opening this Friday, March 21st… it’s Disney’s “Muppets Most Wanted!” I had the wonderful opportunity to sit down with a small group of people and do a roundtable interview with Kermit for my Mommy Blog, 53 Weeks. Well, I think doing the interview made me a bit nostalgic because I found myself thinking back and reminiscing on not only one of my first Muppet memories, but also one of my first recollections of watching a movie in a movie theater!
My Mom took me to see “The Great Muppet Caper.” I still remember arriving to the theater a little late, because it was dark when we were walking in and I think the opening had just come on — I definitely don’t recall so many previews back then as there are now… but anyway, I love The Muppets. As a child, I even remember the “collector” glasses released with the movie at McDonald’s!!! Those were the days, I would watch “The Muppet Show” all the time and Miss Piggy was always the coolest!
To read about my interview with Kermit the Frog, visit 53 Weeks!!!
Team Citi athlete Alana Nichols won a silver medal for Alpine Skiing in the women’s sitting downhill competition, before being injured in a crash while competing in the super-G at the 2014 Paralympics in Sochi. Her agent released a statement saying she suffered a concussion and had to get stitches to her chin…OUCH! However, the talented athlete let it be known on social media that she is doing “fine.”
Alana, along with 8 other Olympians has teamed up with a U.S. Olympic, Paralympic or Community program in need. Alana is partnering with The Team USA Paralympic Champions Fund to increase financial support for athletes pursuing the dream of participating in the Paralympics, so they can aspire to go for the gold too!
A $500,000 donation by Citi’s “Every Step of the Way” program is up for grabs and you can have a say and decide where the money will go between any of the 9 programs the Olympic/Paralympic athletes have chosen! Just click to decide how much to award!! You can start by watching the video below to meet the Team Citi athletes, and learn about the various programs. Then go to >> http://citi.us/1ek5E7S
GO U-S-A!!!
This post was created in partnership with Citi®. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Today marked the start of the 2014 paralympics in Sochi, and while many of us pay more attention to the “mainstream” Olympics event, the talented athletes who take part in the paralympics deserve to be highlighted too! Two of the paralympians representing the USA are Team Citi athletes…
Alana Nichols is a 2 sport athlete who can boast about becoming the FIRST American Woman to win gold at both summer and winter games. In 2008 in Beijing she earned a gold medal in wheelchair basketball and 2010 in Vancouver for Alpine Skiing. This time around in Sochi she will compete for more gold in Alpine Skiing. The other Citi athlete is Rico Roman, a US Army Veteran who is playing for Team USA in sled hockey at the 2014 Paralympics.
Both of these amazing athletes along with 7 other Team Citi athletes have each teamed up with a US Olympic, Paralympic or Community program in need….and YOU can help decide where Citi’s “Every Step of the Way” $500,000 donation goes! All it takes is a click and you can decide to award Citi’s donation to any of the 9 programs.
Watch this video and then visit the official Citi Every Step of the Way page to help decide where the money goes!! >> http://citi.us/1ek5E7S
So, what are you waiting for!?!? These programs need your help and these athletes are competing with everything they’ve got to make the USA proud! You make the call and help award Citi’s $500k donation.
This post was created in partnership with Citi®. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I guess I’m writing this blog to go on the record as saying I am giving up all dessert for the 2014 Lenten season. I’m still talking myself through it! If you know me well, you know how much I LOVE cookies…and cake..and cupcakes and ice cream, and well many forms of the “dessert” variety. I know it’ll be a tough challenge, but I think the mental & spiritual (and possibly physical too), benefits will be well worth it. I just have to keep all temptation FAR away from me and my kitchen!!! 🙂 1 day down, 39 more to go…