Full Transcript - Maria Shriver Private Book Signing
Maria Shriver is known for being many things - First Lady of California, award winning journalist (and former NBC news anchor), wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, daughter of Sargent Shriver and Eunice Kennedy Shriver who were instrumental in founding the Peace Corps and the Special Olympics, and as the niece of JFK. She is the mother of four children, and she recently wrote her sixth book, Just Who Will You Be? as a message to those of high school and college age who are trying to figure out what to do with their lives, their careers, and themselves. She was surprised, she says, to discover that it resonates with people of all ages. Shriver approached the Silicon Valley Moms Blog to have a "combination book-mom-ice cream-neighborhood-girls' night out get together" and tonight, that's what we did. And since I read her book, I feel more comfortable referring to her as 'Maria' henceforth.
Shortly after 6pm at the new Books Inc. in Palo Alto's Town & Country Shopping Center, Maria and the Silicon Valley Moms Blog contributors and friends gathered to meet the First Lady and listen to her thoughts on the book. As we all are active parents who are also writers and active participants in our communities, we felt an instant connection with her. The ice cream - Lovin' Scoopful - is a project she embarked upon with one of her brothers and a couple of friends as a business and fundraiser for the Special Olympics (25% of all proceeds are donated there.) And it was GOOD! (Maria's favorite flavor, she says, is the caramel which I normally would not have tried, but she was right - it was excellent, as was the vanilla, cookies & cream, and "Yummy Cake & Cookie Dough". How can you go wrong with a name like that?)
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