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Spring 2013 Outdoor Safety Tips

March 14, 2013 by Divina Rodriguez 2 Comments

Can you hear it? Can you smell it? Can you taste it? Can you see it? Can you feel it? Spring is in the air! The Dancing Hotdogs family and I are cannot wait! Our spring calendar is filling up with outdoor activities, bike rides, road trips and spring fun! As the weather gets warmer, I want my little men to be outside enjoying the new season but as a parent I have to aware of spring safety rules so spring fever does not turn into spring boo boos and injuries. Here are some bike, sun and car tips to keep in mind for Spring 2013. Bike: Protect yourself and your family, BE ALERT and wear bright colors Where safety GEAR like helmets, reflectors or pads no matter your age Check and maintain your GEAR before a ride BE AWARE and obey the rules of the road whether riding with traffic or on the sidewalk Sun: BE AWARE 10 am to 4 pm is when sun rays are their harshest. Limit the time you spend outdoors during those hours Wear at least SPF 30 and reapply throughout … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Britax, The New Tagged With: bike, Britax, Cars, fun, Kids, mom, outdoors, safety, sp, spring, sun

Noche Latino with Kia at Madison Square Garden #KiaNocheLatina

March 8, 2013 by Divina Rodriguez Leave a Comment

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Last night, D and I were invited to our first professional Basketball game at Madison Square Garden. As part of the NBA’s League wide Noche Latino, long time NBA and New York Knicks sponsor invited us to celebrate the occasion with them at the game as well as to give notice that Kia was now one of the main sponsors of the famous Madison Square Garden. At the game, D and I were able to learn about Kia’s strategy to engage the Hispanic market. As one of the fast growing populations in the U.S. as well as a every increasing influence in commerce due to our purchasing power, Hispanics have become a highly desirable group for brands and marketers. This was even more evident during the NBA’s Noche Latino, which is the NBA’s way of celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. I can’t wait to see how Kia and the NBA continue to focus on Latino. Check out video recap of the game. Disclosure: We were guests of Kia during NBA's Noche Latino at Madison Square Garden. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: PR & Media Events, The New Tagged With: basketball, Cars, Divina, Eddy, kia, knicks, madison square garden, motors, nba, New York, oklahoma, thunder

(Video) Hot Wheels Stunt Charger Toy Review

February 27, 2013 by Eddy Leave a Comment

The day and age of having to ratchet back your toy cars to get them to speed off are long over. I still remember having my Grandfather buy me one at the corner store in Puerto Rico. I was so excited to put the car on the ground and pull back, hearing that familiar clicking sound and then letting go. I couldn’t imagine anything going faster than that little car back then. Nowadays things have change. Technology is king, and as results those little cars of the past have been supped up to a point that I doubt my younger self would be able to handle it. All you need as evidence is just to take a look at one of the Hot Wheel Stunt Chargers. Just place them on their dock and charge them up. Once you place them on the floor, watch out! Because they are incredibly fast and don’t worry about obstacles as the Stunt Chargers are specially designed to rebound, flip and dash all over the place. As you can see on this video the boys had a great time with the Hot Wheels Stunt … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dancing Hotdogs Family Product Reviews, The New Tagged With: birthday, boys, Cars, charger, christmas, Eddy, fun, gift, gifts, Girls, hot wheels, Kids, new, present, stuff, stunt, toys

Main Street in Motion NYC Event

July 6, 2011 by Divina Rodriguez Leave a Comment

By Eddy A couple of weeks ago I drove a neon green 2011 Chevy Camero, not satisfied that my inner speed demon was satiated I hoped in a cherry red convertible corvette for a nice little ride. With that you would have thought I was all set, but I realized that speed wasn’t everything especially with the price of gas these days, so moments later I hoped in the a Chevy Volt…you know to save the environment, and to pretend I was driving a space ship (yes I did make all the sound effects too PEW!) 93 miles a gallon is not anything to sneeze at, I had to throw an aluminum can in a regular trash basket in order to right thing with the world again. Next I jumped in a Dodge Ram and then to a Buick Enclave just so that I could say that I was a Man’s man and a Family man in the span of five minutes. The reason I was able to ride all these spectacular rides was because I attend General Motor’s Main Street in Motion at its national stop in Citi Field in New York City. Main … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dancing Hotdogs Family Product Reviews, The Blog Tagged With: acura, bmw, buick, Camero, Cars, Chevrolet, citi field, corvette, dodge, east coast, Eddy, enclave, Ford, free event, gm, GMC, Honda, Lexus, main street in motion, mets, minivan, New York, parking lot, ram, sedan, sports car, suv, Toyota, truck, volt

Mater’s Tall Tales Video Game Review

November 16, 2010 by Divina Rodriguez 1 Comment

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By Eddy When D and I first saw Cars I wasn't particularly impressed. With such a spectacular line up of films to have to live up to including the first two Toy Story's, I was left pretty underwhelmed leaving the movie theater. I especially didn't really connect with the Mater character played by Larry the Cable Guy (I was never big fan of his comedy). Yet in the years to follow after its release, the movie has really grown on me; to the point that I now appreciate its place in the Pixar cannon. Along with that with the advent of Mater's Tall Tales show I have learned to appreciate Mater as well. Mater's Tall Tales are animated shorts which feature Mater as he tells his friends the crazy things he has done. Also starring in the short films are all the characters from the original Cars films including most notably lightning McQueen. To commemorate the completion of two seasons and the its popularity, Disney released a video game for the Nintendo Wii allowing you to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Disney, Video Game Reviews Tagged With: amazon, Cars, Disney, episodes, larry the cable guy, lightening mcqueen, mater, mater’s tall tales, Nintendo, Pixar, Toy Story, tv, video games, wii

Color Wonder Disney Coloring Book & Markers Product Review

August 4, 2010 by Divina Rodriguez Leave a Comment

By Divina Have you heard about these amazing new products by Crayola and Disney? Color Wonder Coloring Books and Markers let your child’s imagination run free by coloring all their favorite Disney characters like Cars, Toy Story , Disney Princesses and Disney Fairies but has this special ink developed by the brilliant Crayola scientists that only works on the special coloring paper! You no longer have to worry about leaving your child alone with some markers to come back and find your walls covered with sweet but really hard to remove works of art. The best thing is it really works! Babyboy got a chance to try out the markers on the five hour plane ride to California and he and I both fell in love. He loved coloring in Buzz and Lighting McQueen while I loved how it did not get all over his hands or clothes or airplane chairs and tables. … [Read more...]