“GoldenGateBridge BakerBeach MC” by Christian Mehlführer
Saturday November 7th: San Francisco, CA
I haven’t been back to San Francisco for at least fifteen years, which is way too long. I was born there in 1971, to hippie parents who were living in an apartment with a dirt floor just off Haight Street. This would earn me a lot more cool-points if I hadn’t been swept outta there within my first five months of life. But my mom sees ONE rat, and she’s all, Don’t eat my baby! so off we went.
There was a distinct lack of dirt floor, or dirt ANYTHING at Deva’s Dalporto’s gorgeous San Fran home, which you may have sen in any number of her viral mom-parody videos on her MyLifeSuckers.com site. She is an absolute talent force, she cranks these babies out and each is better than the last.
Check out one of my favs:
After a RIDICULOUSLY early flight out of Cincinnati, hanging out at the Denver airport for five hours I stumbled up to Deva’s door one and a half hours before the party was scheduled to start at four pm. Deva had been working all morning on audio for her latest video, a mom parody of Adele’s song Hello, which she would be filming the next morning. Just a little light party- throwing in the middle of the crazy schedule of a video blogger!
Everyone was amazed at the massive goody bags we had for them, courtesy of Boogie Wipes and our sponsors.
Even with that crazy schedule, Deva and her family (mad props to her adorable husband Gabe for cheese-buying and house-cleaning) managed pulled together a beautiful party and I got to meet some of her best friends including a few I recognized from her videos. The best part was meeting her little starlets, her two kiddos who often steal the show, as kids tend to do. I got to sit with Deva’s daughter and talk about cartooning, which she loves to do and she also skillfully played me a few songs on the piano in the living room; we’re gonna need to watch that one, mark my words! Deva’s adorable son scampered around shooting nerf pellets into the floor and begging for a haircut (what six year-old does that??)
When the kiddos plopped down in front of me, I realized I might have to rethink my reading selections…
The Hostess with the Mostest!
We drank, we ate, Deva and her husband Gabe told me the screenplay-worthy story of how they met, I read, they laughed. It was awesome. Deva’s good friend Jackie was telling me that I needed to get our Science of Parenthood book into the gift baskets that Silicon Valley companies send out to their staff when they have a new baby. Genius! THIS is what’s great about doing house parties and meeting people face-to-face across the country. We get a chance to REALLY have conversations with people and even brainstorm killer ideas. I love it.
Hey look, it’s Kathryn Leehane aka Foxy Winepocket !
You can tell which gals know how to pose for a goofy shot and still look good (spoiler alert: not me or Kathryn).
Youcan find more of Deva’s hilarious videos on her website MyLifeSuckers.com, or subscribe to her youtube channel!
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