{"id":7628,"date":"2017-04-16T21:38:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T04:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/?p=7628"},"modified":"2017-04-18T10:08:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T17:08:20","slug":"golden-ticket-to-adventure-milk-bookies-event-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/golden-ticket-to-adventure-milk-bookies-event-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Ticket to Adventure Milk + Bookies Event recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7631\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/golden-ticket-to-adventure-milk-bookies-event-recap\/milkandbookies_ariapose\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MilkAndBookies_ariapose.jpg?fit=1300%2C784&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1300,784\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HTCONE&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1492271203&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.82&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0018181818181818&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MilkAndBookies_ariapose\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MilkAndBookies_ariapose.jpg?fit=640%2C386&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7631\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MilkAndBookies_ariapose.jpg?resize=640%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MilkAndBookies_ariapose.jpg?w=1300&amp;ssl=1 1300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MilkAndBookies_ariapose.jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MilkAndBookies_ariapose.jpg?resize=768%2C463&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MilkAndBookies_ariapose.jpg?resize=1024%2C618&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, my family and I enjoyed a fun day at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milkandbookies.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Milk + Bookies<\/strong><\/a>&#8216; <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2oChkNu\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Charlie and The Chocolate Factory<\/em><\/a>-themed event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/golden-ticket-to-imagination-milk-bookies-event-at-the-grove\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Golden Ticket to Adventure<\/em><\/strong><\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegrovela.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Grove<\/strong><\/a>, Los Angeles. We enjoyed book readings (Jason Biggs and his wife read the book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2oCuE4F\" target=\"_blank\">Ten Things I Love About You<\/a><\/em> by Daniel Kirk\u00a0),candy samples from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sees.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>See&#8217;s Candy<\/strong><\/a>, cookies from <a href=\"http:\/\/mrsthinsters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mrs. Thinsters<\/strong><\/a>, and complimentary water.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=westmomm-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=0399252886&amp;asins=0399252886&amp;linkId=2d4f309525b09ec62b7253a61014699a&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory theme was present with actors dressed up as Oompa Loompas, and a &#8220;chocolate&#8221; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BS84FBBF5Tr\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by ruby westsidemommy (@westsidemommy)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>My daughter&#8217;s favorite part of was\u00a0face painting, getting a balloon flower corsage, and (my personal favorite) a candy unicorn made in front of our eyes by the famous candy artist, <a href=\"http:\/\/thecandyartist.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Shan S. Ichiyanagi<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7633\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/golden-ticket-to-adventure-milk-bookies-event-recap\/milkandbookies_candyunicorn-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MilkAndBookies_candyunicorn-1.jpg?fit=771%2C1300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"771,1300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HTCONE&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1492268940&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.82&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0043478260869565&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MilkAndBookies_candyunicorn\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MilkAndBookies_candyunicorn-1.jpg?fit=607%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7633\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MilkAndBookies_candyunicorn-1.jpg?resize=640%2C1079&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"1079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MilkAndBookies_candyunicorn-1.jpg?w=771&amp;ssl=1 771w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MilkAndBookies_candyunicorn-1.jpg?resize=178%2C300&amp;ssl=1 178w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MilkAndBookies_candyunicorn-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1295&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MilkAndBookies_candyunicorn-1.jpg?resize=607%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 607w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>The event took place next to the Bunny Bungalow<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7634\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/golden-ticket-to-adventure-milk-bookies-event-recap\/aria_bunny\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/aria_bunny.jpg?fit=968%2C830&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"968,830\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&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=\"aria_bunny\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/aria_bunny.jpg?fit=640%2C549&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7634\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/aria_bunny.jpg?resize=640%2C549&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/aria_bunny.jpg?w=968&amp;ssl=1 968w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/aria_bunny.jpg?resize=300%2C257&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/aria_bunny.jpg?resize=768%2C659&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>In our gift bag<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Awesome-Book-Thanks-Dallas-Clayton\/dp\/193559737X\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1492403222&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=an+awesome+book+of+thanks&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=westmomm-20&amp;linkId=07f8f0e7c678b11862d87cb403bc03b1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=193559737X&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=westmomm-20\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"169\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>In our gift bag, we received a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milkandbookies.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Milk + Bookies<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>long sleeve shirt for my daughter, a cute <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2prTBQ2\" target=\"_blank\">book necklace<\/a><\/strong>, and the adorably illustrated book\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mrsthinsters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">An\u00a0Awesome Book of Thanks!<\/a><\/strong>, <\/em>by Dallas Clayton.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=westmomm-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=193559737X&amp;asins=193559737X&amp;linkId=87510f69db6f77c6e68c9a4b1321a6f5&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Thank you, Milk + Bookies<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milkandbookies.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Milk + Bookies<\/strong><\/a> always puts on a great event, and its for a wonderful cause &#8211; literacy for all! Thank you for having us as guests.<\/p>\n<h1>Milk + Bookies<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milkandbookies.org\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7072\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/milk-and-bookies-story-time-celebration-2017\/mb_logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MB_logo.png?fit=256%2C256&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"256,256\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MB_logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MB_logo.png?fit=256%2C256&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7072 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MB_logo.png?resize=150%2C150\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MB_logo.png?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MB_logo.png?resize=70%2C70 70w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MB_logo.png?w=256 256w\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"7072\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/milk-and-bookies-story-time-celebration-2017\/mb_logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MB_logo.png?fit=256%2C256\" data-orig-size=\"256,256\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MB_logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MB_logo.png?fit=256%2C256\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MB_logo.png?fit=256%2C256\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" \/>Milk+Bookies<\/strong><\/a> is a nationwide charitable organization that gets books into the hands of thousands of children who need them. Your help also makes the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.milkandbookies.org\/\"><strong>Milk+Bookies<\/strong><\/a> movement and its instructional efforts possible, and gives young hosts across the country the ability to orchestrate their own successful story time celebrations. It also expands the impact of our growing Leaders + Readers program.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milkandbookies.org\/\"><strong>Milk+Bookies<\/strong><\/a> is a non-denominational, non-profit 501(3)(c) organization that prohibits discrimination of any kind, including that based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, physical or mental disability, age, medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics), ancestry, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, political beliefs, or status as a covered veteran.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Milk+Bookies website:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milkandbookies.org\/\">milkandbookies.org<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: Westside Mommy was not compensated for this post. We were\u00a0invited to this event as a member of the media and are sharing our experience. All opinions are 100% my own.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, my family and I enjoyed a fun day at Milk + Bookies&#8216; Charlie and The Chocolate Factory-themed event, Golden Ticket to Adventure at The Grove, Los Angeles. We enjoyed book readings (Jason Biggs and his wife read the book Ten Things I Love About You by Daniel Kirk\u00a0),candy samples from See&#8217;s Candy, cookies from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[906],"tags":[15,1350,1451,1452],"class_list":["post-7628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-announcements","tag-event","tag-milkbookies","tag-storytime","tag-thegrovela","eq-blocks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/feat-milkandbookies.jpg?fit=759%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p46LgQ-1Z2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7501,"url":"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/golden-ticket-to-imagination-milk-bookies-event-at-the-grove\/","url_meta":{"origin":7628,"position":0},"title":"Golden Ticket to Imagination Milk + Bookies event at The Grove","author":"westsidemommy","date":"April 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Celebrate your child\u00b4s love for reading and giving back with Milk + Bookies, a non-profit organization that gets books into the hands of thousands of children who need them most. 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