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Bookshop in West Portal is Celebrating Harry Potter This Saturday, July 30th

Harry Potter fever has been in our home for a while now. Chloe and her group of girlfriends all aged around 7-8 years old have been addicted to the series since the beginning of the year. She's currently halfway through book #4 and for a girl entering 3rd grade, I'm so impressed that she's hooked on reading these dense (and heavy!) chapter books.

Author J.K. Rowling is taking Harry Potter to London stage and the script for the play will be available in book form by midnight this Saturday. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story with Harry Potter all grown up with three kids and working at the Ministry of Magic.

Bookshop
80 West Portal Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94127
phone: (415) 564-8080

To celebrate the book launch, Bookshop in the West Portal neighborhood in San Francisco is hosting a Midnight Release Party that starts on Saturday, July 30th at 2pm and goes until the book is ready for sale at Midnight.

There will be tons of activities for the kids and adults alike! It doesn't just happen at Bookshop, there will be lots of wizarding displays and photo opportunities all throughout the West Portal neighborhood. Visitors will be given a (marauder’s) map to all participating restaurants and merchants.

There will be prizes throughout the day for the best wizards and witches. In the evening, BookShop West Portal has teamed up with the San Francisco chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance (I Left My Wand in San Francisco) to produce a most wondrous evening as we count down to the midnight release of the book. Among the activities scheduled are a live staged reading by San Francisco’s renowned Word for Word Performing Arts Company, as well as adult trivia and costume contests.

Bookshop is currently taking pre-ordered of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at a 20% discount. (Support your local SF bookstore!)

Schedule of Events

Outside in Diagon Alley:

• 2:00 – 3:00pm Magical crafts, activities, and possibly a little spell casting?
• 3:00 – 4:00pm Meet a live owl! (Scientist from The Randall Museum)
• 4:00 – 4:45pm Costume parade around West Portal
• 4:45 – 5:30pm Kid’s costume contest


Dinner Break


Inside in Flourish and Blots:

• 8:00 – 9:00pm Performance by Word for Word Performing Arts Company
• 9:30 – 10:15pm Adult costume contest
• 10:30 – 11:30pm Trivia contest with the Harry Potter Alliance
• 12:00am – 12:30am Harry Potter and the Cursed Child release!

Outside in Diagon Alley:

• 9:00pm – 12:00am Film screening(s)

See you guys at Bookshop on Saturday!

Cocokind Brings Their Organic Skincare Goodness to Baby

Cocokind, one of my favorite organic skincare brands has recently just launched their Cocokind Baby line. The brand is already about clean ingredients with virgin organic coconut oil as their base for most of their products. Their baby line takes this even further with most products containing only a handful of ingredients. These products are great not only for baby but for toddlers, kids and even mamas with sensitive skin. Chloe has as always had sensitive skin -- I wish I had these products when she was a baby! Right now, I'm using the baby oil on her arms and legs after her bath. (I'm also using it on myself!) It isn't greasy. It absorbs quickly into the skin and makes the skin feel soft right away. I am also using the baby salve on the cheeks of Chloe's face for her Keratosis Pilaris (tiny bumps on skin). Coconut oil has completely maintained this skin problem which was something her pediatrician told me she would grow out of in her teens. I'm glad I can keep them at bay with the Cocokind Salve.

This is a great line for pregnant women to use too because of all the hormones going on -- your skin gets all out of whack. (I recommend the Cocokind Organic Facial Repair Serum.) The products are natural and really affordable for all the stuff it can do for you. You may be able to find them in your local grocery store: Whole Foods, Safeway Mollie Stone and even Bed Bath & Beyond!

There are currently four products in the set which I'll go into more detail below. You can get all four items for a great deal with their Baby Gift Set ($41.99 with free shipping) on the Cocokind site. Makes a great baby shower gift or a gift for a new mama!

Here are the new Cocokind Baby products:

Organic Soothing Salve: Helps give deep moisture to your baby skin. Works on dry skin, rashes or sore spots.
Ingredients: Organic virgin coconut oil, organic beeswax, organic extra virgin olive oil, infused organic aloe vera leaf, and infused organic calendula flowers
USDA certified organic, fair trade

Organic Calming Powder: Helps absorb excess moisture. Talc free!
Ingredients: Organic arrowroot powder, organic chamomile powder, organic calendula powder, organic aloe powder
USDA certified organic, vegan

Organic Moisture Stick: A great on-the-go product for your diaper bag to moisturize baby's skin.
Ingredients: Organic virgin coconut oil, organic beeswax, organic baobab oil, organic evening primrose oil
USDA certified organic, fair trade

Organic Baby Oil: Moisturizes and soothes skin. This baby oil has just four plant based ingredients and is rich in omega-6 acids and proteins.
Ingredients: Organic virgin coconut oil, organic sunflower oil, organic jojoba oil, infused organic chamomile flowers
USDA certified organic, fair trade, vegan

Shop for the new Cocokind Baby products at cocokind.com.

Review products provided by Cocokind

#LEGOLANDPlayPass for LEGOLAND California: Pay for a Day, Play All Year

This summer, my husband and I are taking Chloe to LEGOLAND California for the first time! We are all so excited for our trip down to San Diego to spend a day at LEGOLAND to experience everything LEGO.

I've partnered with LEGOLAND California to bring you news about their new promotion for July. The #LEGOLAND Play Pass is a great deal. Just pay the $95 one day entrance fee and you'll get to come back and play for the rest of they year. Enjoy unlimited admission to LEGOLAND California, now through December 25, 2016. The LEGOLAND Play Pass ($95 for adult or child 3+) is on sale for a limited time and must be redeemed by July 31st, 2016.

While at LEGOLAND California, enjoy more than 60 rides, shows and attractions including the new LEGO NINJAGO The Ride, The Dragon Coaster (pictured at top) and The LEGO Movie 4D.

This is a great LEGOLAND California promotion for July with #LEGOLANDPlayPass. You'll get to come back again as much as you want until Christmas!

Purchase your LEGOLAND Play Pass for LEGOLAND California.