Babble Celebrates First Book & Launch of Connected By Kids

Last Tuesday, Babble celebrated the release of our first book Dirt Is Good For You: True Stories of Surviving Parenthood, and the unveiling of our new Facebook application, Connected By Kids. The party, which was held at Elizabeth Restaurant, was a great celebration and congregation–writers, readers, new faces, old faces and Team Babble all gathered to toast what has undoubtedly been a great year for our site. (Thanks to you guys!)

Here are some photos and a video from the event. Enjoy!

(From left) Executive editor Lori Leibovich, writer Cary Fagan and associate editor April Peveteaux listen as CEO Rufus Griscom toasts Babble’s new book Dirt is Good For You and the launch of our new Facebook application, Connected By Kids.

Dirt is Good For You contributor Ellen Friedrichs and a guest enjoy appetizers; she wrote Clothing Optional: I Let My Daughter Run Around Naked.

Pamela Appea, author of Suck City: I Hope My Child Never Gets Rid Of That Pacifier, stops for a quick photo opp with a guest.

Vice President of Sales Kyle Waxman and Alexandra Aleskovsky toast to Babble.

Editorial assistant Emily Frost and boyfriend enjoy one of our parenting-inspired cocktails, this one was called the Temper Tantrum.

Digital Variant duo Mark Stutzman and Mark Peabody give a guest a demo of Babble’s new Facebook application Connected By Kids.

Dirt is Good For You contributor Darren Taffinder chats with a guest. He wrote Fight Club: I Argue With My Wife In Front Of My Kids.

Three Dirt is Good For You contributors swap parenting stories, perhaps? Jeanne Sager (left) wrote Screen Queen: I Let My Toddler Watch Up To Six Hours Of TV A Day. Keri Fisher (middle) wrote The Not-So-Happy Accident: I Wasn’t Totally Happy To Turn Up Pregnant a Third Time. Amy S.F. Lutz wrote Let Them Eat Nuggets: My Kids Are Picky Eaters and I’m Okay With That.

Dirt is Good For You contributor Joanne Rendell (left) comes full circle by bringing her son as her party guest; a topic she wrote about in Unschooling: Why I’m Not Sending My Five-Year-Old Son To School This Year—Or Maybe Ever.

Chelsea Bassman, Executive Assistant; Megan Pleticha; and Megan Walton, Manager of Partner Services are all smiles.

The scrumptious mini cupcakes by talented baker Tawny Ong were a huge hit.

(From left to right) Mark Mangan, CEO of Flavorpill.com; Scott Heiferman; CEO of Meetup.com and wife Emily Krasner.

Four Babble team members stop for a group photo. (From left to right) Ramon Vinluan, Director of Finance and Projects; Alisa Volkman, Co-publisher and VP of Sales and Marketing; Kyle Waxman, Vice President of Sales; Rufus Griscom, Co-publisher and CEO.

And here’s a video of the great toast CEO Rufus Griscom gave during the party (we apologize for the darkness!)

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Tags: amy s.f. lutz, babble party, bad parent, book launch, cary fagan, connected by kids, contributors, darren taffinder, digital variant, dirt is good for you, elizabeth restaurant, Facebook, Jeanne Sager, Keri Fisher