The joy of assembling bicycles for the children of U.S. Service Members during Fleet Week 2017!

I am walking on sunshine today…despite the non-stop rain and fog in Manhattan because I had the honor of volunteering with the USO today!

When my friend of 30+ years, who also happens to be a Veteran, retired Commander in the United States Navy and pilot for Delta, invited me to join the Delta Team to assemble bikes for the kids of U.S. Service Members, I jumped at the chance.

 

The USO’s ” Operation That’s My Ride” at Pier 88 on the Hudson River yielded approximately 500 bikes and tricycles for the children of military families serving on bases and ships.  The USO and its terrific sponsors (see below) made it very easy for a bicycle assembling novice like me to partner up with my friend (who is used to these types of tasks because he has 2 amazing daughters) and the feeling of accomplishment coupled with the thought of the smiles on the faces of the recipients were truly fantastic.

The bike assembly was followed by a tour of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), from Norfolk, Virginia during which I met proud Marines. It was really great.

Here are a few photos from this special event.

    

SPONSORS: Delta, Pepsi, SOMPO International, 21st Century Fox, Blackrock, Citi, Toyota, HBO & PWC.

Dishing about RestoPresto: turning a great idea into reality!

I came up with the idea for RestoPresto last year when I was in Sheep Meadow in Central Park, New York and am delighted to be on the way to manufacturing in the USA so that this convenient, multi-functional, on-the-go solution will be in the hands of my first customers soon!

It was a “full circle” and validating moment when I was at Sheep Meadow last weekend with RestoPresto! Here is a photo!

 

The idea for RestoPresto HIT me at Sheep Meadow in Central Park in 2013! Now it is a reality!

The idea for RestoPresto HIT me at Sheep Meadow in Central Park in 2013! Now it is a reality!

The Kickstarter campaign has been going incredibly well and I now understand what my predecessors meant by saying that managing a crowd-funding campaign is a 24-hour job. It is! Since I am a one-person operation, it is challenging to “do it all” but let me tell you, it is getting done AND it is terrific.

I am tenaciously running all aspects of this process so the fact that people will be using and enjoying their own RestoPresto mats in the very near future is beyond exciting and keeps me very motivated. Each day is different, presenting challenges and accomplishments some are expected (most are not) and after the past 24 hours, which were a bit crazy, I decided to take a quick BLOG break to write. I kid you not, at one point yesterday I was simultaneously speaking to one person on my landline, another person on my smartphone, emailing a third person from one laptop and googling on my other laptop! Talk about multi-functioning!

 

There are 5 days remaining in my Kickstarter campaign so please consider supporting RestoPresto if you have not already done so and definitely spread the word.

Here is a link to my campaign and you can like the RestoPresto page on Facebook; follow @RestoPresto on Twitter and #RestoPresto on Instagram.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/candiobrentz/restoprestotm-the-portable-mat-to-sit-on-sit-under

As I have said many times, I cannot WAIT to see how my customers RestoPresto!

Ciao for now!

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Egg-Stra Egg-Stra!

“New Yolk Skyline” Marsha Meredith’s Egg #egg126

“New Yolk Skyline” Marsha Meredith’s Egg #egg126

The egg symbolizes different things to different people.  A particular favorite interpretation is that the egg represents an idea, that when hatched, will be full of promise!

“RETNA Egg” RETNA’s Egg #egg52

“RETNA Egg” RETNA’s Egg #egg52

 

“The Golden Lincoln Cent Egg “ Jane Morgan’s Egg #egg6

“The Golden Lincoln Cent Egg “ Jane Morgan’s Egg #egg6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York City is a magnet for idea hatchers so The Candi Dish has had a cracking good time during “The Big Egg Hunt” (and egg-sperimenting with egg puns has been egg-cellent)!

“Eggcessories” Ryan Russo for Judith Charles Gallery’s Egg #egg149

“Eggcessories” Ryan Russo for Judith Charles Gallery’s Egg #egg149

“Farber Egg” Robert Farber’s Egg #egg214

“Farber Egg” Robert Farber’s Egg #egg214

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I stumbled upon The Big Egg Hunt the other weekend when I was running errands in midtown Manhattan and it did not take long for me to join in the egg-citement!

“New Yolk Skyline” at The Penninsula Hotel

“New Yolk Skyline” at The Penninsula Hotel

 

“Cost” Adam Cost’s Egg #egg212

“Cost” Adam Cost’s Egg #egg212

 

“The Brooklyn Egg” Brooklyn Design & Fabrication, Inc’s Egg #egg104

“The Brooklyn Egg” Brooklyn Design & Fabrication, Inc’s Egg #egg104

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Hunt ends on the 17th of April, so if you are in NY, you may wish to beat the scramble, break out of your shell and check out egg-actly what the hype is all about! www.thebigegghunt.org

“Marblegg” Antoine Wagner’s Egg #egg268

“Marblegg” Antoine Wagner’s Egg #egg268

View #1 of “Dupont Egg” Richard Dupont’s Egg #egg148

View #1 of “Dupont Egg” Richard Dupont’s Egg #egg148

 

View #2 of “Dupont Egg” Richard Dupont’s Egg #egg148

View #2 of “Dupont Egg” Richard Dupont’s Egg #egg148

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That’s all yolks!

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