{"id":675,"date":"2008-08-24T16:26:51","date_gmt":"2008-08-24T16:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=675"},"modified":"2008-08-24T16:26:51","modified_gmt":"2008-08-24T16:26:51","slug":"meeting-mo-rocc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/meeting-mo-rocc\/","title":{"rendered":"meeting mo rocca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rocca_mo_wm90978_2\" alt=\"Rocca_mo_wm90978_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/08\/24\/rocca_mo_wm90978_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/>One of our evenings during the New York Gift Show we made our way to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkberry.com\/html\/pbmain.php\">Pinkberry <\/a>(a delicious plain frozen yogurt I can&#8217;t get enough of) in the West Village.&nbsp; And during our dining experience, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mo_Rocca\">funny-man Mo Rocca<\/a> made his way into the building.<\/p>\n<p>Being fans of NPR&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/programs\/waitwait\/\">Wait Wait Don&#8217;t Tell Me Quiz Show<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sections\/sunday\/main3445.shtml\">CBS Sunday Morning<\/a>, Steve &amp; I recognized him right away.&nbsp; Nobody else in our group knew who he was, but I couldn&#8217;t help to hide my excitement.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t want to be cheesy and take a photo, but upon leaving I went over and said, &quot;I just wanted to say I love your work.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>He was totally appreciative, nodding his head and saying &quot;Oh, thank you &#8211; thank you&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Just another reason why I love strolling the streets in NYC &#8211; who knows Mo Rocca today&#8230; maybe John Mayer in January!<\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/meeting-mo-rocc\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/meeting-mo-rocc\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our evenings during the New York Gift Show we made our way to a Pinkberry (a delicious plain frozen yogurt I can&#8217;t get enough of) in the West Village.&nbsp; And during our dining experience, funny-man Mo Rocca made his way into the building. 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