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"When JD, Uncle Bri and I were in LA last week for the West Coast Rattled! reading and signing we spent a lot of time with our best buds Matt and Madeline of MattLogelin.com Matt and Maddy were my special guests at my reading and...We spent time with them playing in the sand on Venice Beach. And exploring the Long Beach aquarium. And dining at toddler-friendly, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. The night before JD, Uncle Bri and I were heading back to NJ Matt and Maddy came over to The Belamar Hotel where we were staying and joined us for dinner at &amp;quot;Second Story,&amp;quot; the chic restaurant at the hotel. JD and Maddy managed to keep themselves entertained with silverware and talking in their secret best friend baby language. And of course making a ginormous mess. Bigger than you&amp;#x27;re thinking. Before the check arrived Matt and I joked that we could use a baby-free drink while appropriately picking risotto out of our kids blonde hair. And JD&amp;#x27;s left ear. Uncle Bri chimed in: &amp;quot;You guys should go to the bar. I&amp;#x27;ll watch the kids in the room.&amp;quot; JD threw his sippy cup on the floor and yelled &amp;quot;Coo-wool.&amp;quot; Maddy banged a soup spoon on the table. Uncle Bri looked like he was ready to retract his offer. Too late. Check please. We escorted the babies and Uncle Bri to the room where he made a comfy spot between the beds with both bed comforters. We handed him our babies. Stood there for a moment. Looked at Uncle Bri. Cocked our heads. Looked at each other. And ran the hell out of the room back to &amp;quot;Second Story&amp;quot; where we promptly ordered beers with orange slices. Mmm, refreshing! At the bar we contemplated life and work and babies as usual. And if Uncle Bri was going to show up in the bar with two crying babies plastered to his chest. Two nights prior he showed up with JD. I was having a dirty martini watching the news on a big TV and thinking seriously about flirting with a cute Australian drinking a pint at the end of the bar. He had sunburn on his shoulders. JD wasn&amp;#x27;t even crying so I asked Brian why he was in the bar with my baby (In. The. Bar. With. My. Baby.) Uncle Bri said: &amp;quot;He keeps acting crazy.&amp;quot; I left half of my martini on the bar and turned in early with my &amp;quot;crazy baby&amp;quot; who fell asleep promptly on my chest while I watched a rerun of Law and Order. It was a wild and crazy vacation. HA! Matt and I had two beers each and when we found ourselves the only people left in the bar and the bartender who was reading a &amp;quot;trashy novel&amp;quot; (she told us so) giving us the please-get-the-hell-out-of-the-bar-so-I-can-go-home look we headed back to the room. Where we found two little babies on their bellies with there puffy diaper butts in the air, sound asleep. And Uncle Bri watching The Muppets Take Manhattan. I have a Rattled! reading and signing in my stomping ground state of NJ tonight. Come see JD and me and score some free goodies from Glamour and Crayola. Borders, Riverdale (right on rte. 23), 7 P.M. Click here to learn about The Liz Logelin foundation."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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