{"id":4701,"date":"2016-01-18T23:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T07:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/?p=4701"},"modified":"2016-01-31T20:09:20","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T04:09:20","slug":"playdateconnection-january26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/playdateconnection-january26\/","title":{"rendered":"Networking Event for Moms and Free Play for Kids at Giggles n&#8217; Hugs Century City Tuesday, January 26th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PlaydateConnection.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4707\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4707\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/playdateconnection-january26\/playdateconnection\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PlaydateConnection.jpg?fit=480%2C672&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,672\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Michelle Arevalo&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PlaydateConnection\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PlaydateConnection.jpg?fit=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PlaydateConnection.jpg?fit=480%2C672&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4707\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PlaydateConnection.jpg?resize=480%2C672&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"PlaydateConnection\" width=\"480\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PlaydateConnection.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PlaydateConnection.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\/hours-admission-and-parking-info\/century-city-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Giggles n&#8217; Hugs Century City<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>10250 Santa Monica Blvd., #155<br \/>\nLos Angeles, CA 90067<br \/>\n(310) 553 \u2013 HUGS (4847)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Tuesday, January 26th, 2016<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>3pm &#8211; 5pm<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Hosted by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Giggles &#8216;n&#8217; Hugs<\/strong> <\/a>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playdateconnection.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Playdate Connection<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3>What to expect<\/h3>\n<p>This grand Community Playdate event brings Los Angeles Mompreneurs together to business network while their kids play. While moms mingle, chat, exchange business cards and share ideas, kids <strong>under the age of ten<\/strong> will enjoy FREE ADMISSION playtime valued at $11.00 per child (menu items such as food are available for purchase).<\/p>\n<h3>About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playdateconnection.com\/\">Playdate Connection<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Playdate Connection is a Los Angeles based organization which hosts events at various kid-friendly locations from the San Fernando Valley to the Westside to support mompreneurs, and allow them to business network while their kids play at an eye&#8217;s distance.<\/p>\n<p>Playdate Connection provides the unique opportunity for \u00a0mompreneurs to bring their kids to work while they network and learn new business knowledge. It definitely \u00a0helps moms save money on babysitting,&#8221; said Arevalo (of Playdate Connection). &#8220;At a networking playdate, it&#8217;s okay when a meeting gets interrupted because a child needs his mommy, and it&#8217;s okay to breastfeed while in a Business Mastermind Meeting. Moms in our group support each other&#8217;s businesses &#8211; we would rather shop within our network first, before going to a larger retailer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>About <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gigglesnhugs.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Giggles &#8216;n&#8217; Hugs<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Within seven years of operation, Giggles &#8216;n&#8217; Hugs has already been voted LA&#8217;s #1 kids party place, #1 family restaurant and #1 indoor playspace &#8211; accolades that many Los Angeles mompreneurs who run small businesses aspire to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>Giggles &#8216;n&#8217; Hugs child admission is free for this particular event as a one time complimentary play time. Adults are always free, and a full service restaurant menu is offered at regular rates.<\/p>\n<h2>To Learn More and Register for this event<\/h2>\n<p>Further information about Playdate Connection is available at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playdateconnection.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.playdateconnection.com<\/a><\/strong>, as well as the Facebook page, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/511954402301538\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kids Playdate + Business Networking<\/a>&#8221; where mompreneurs and working parents share business information, community support, motivation, and learn about upcoming Playdate Connection highlights and events. You must register at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playdateconnection.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.playdateconnection.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Menu items and parking are <strong>not<\/strong> included<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: This post is for informational purposes only. I have <strong>not <\/strong>been compensated for this post and have <strong>not<\/strong> attended a Playdate Connection event.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location: Giggles n&#8217; Hugs Century City 10250 Santa Monica Blvd., #155 Los Angeles, CA 90067 (310) 553 \u2013 HUGS (4847) Date: Tuesday, January 26th, 2016 Time: 3pm &#8211; 5pm Hosted by: Giggles &#8216;n&#8217; Hugs and Playdate Connection What to expect This grand Community Playdate event brings Los Angeles Mompreneurs together to business network while their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[906],"tags":[1056,1053,1055,1054],"class_list":["post-4701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-announcements","tag-giggles-n-hugs","tag-mompreneur","tag-networking","tag-playdate-connection","eq-blocks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GigglesnHugs-networkingevent.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p46LgQ-1dP","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3332,"url":"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/westfield-century-city-playdates\/","url_meta":{"origin":4701,"position":0},"title":"Westfield Century City Playdates","author":"westsidemommy","date":"July 2, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Last Thursday, June 25th, my daughter and I attended a special VIP Playdate\u00a0called \"Do-nut you want to play?\" at Westfield Century City. 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