It’s always fun to run into a blogger in the flesh. But to run into a blogger in the new, much blogged-about frozen yogurt shop, Yogo Monster, is even better.

Last night on my way to writers group, I ran into Midnight Cowgirl, who I met for the first time on Sunday at the Brooklyn Blogade brunch at the Old Brick Cafe in Kensington.

MC, wearing a fetching hat with a cute bow, was standing at the front of the shop as I came in We greeted each other enthusiastically.

“Are you the cranky cartoonist,” I said to her husband who was sitting with their two young children.

Maybe that sounded strange but MC writes on her that she’s “Mama to two sweet little ladies, wife to a cranky cartoonist.”

As for the theme of her blog, MC writes:

Watch as a mama drags her brood to New York City. Will they end up on the Mean Streets or will they find a 2-bedroom apartment for under $2k and joining the Park Slope Food Coop. Stay tuned.

MC’s husband is the cartoonist, T. Motley. The family gave up the suburban life in Denver for a two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn and they are slowly getting acclimated to life in Brooklyn. Midnight Cowgirl is a childbirth educator and her husband is a professional illustrator and cartoonist.

MC was a big hit at the Blogfest with her piece, A New York State of Mind. No one quite expected the story she told. It was probably the last thing anyone expected of this sweet-looking woman from Denver.

One day, when my brother worked at a certain big-box store in Brooklyn, a customer went into the restroom, took all his clothes off, took a big shit, and then rolled around in the shit, screaming. The police had to be called to take the man away – naked, covered in shit, still screaming. My brother called me that evening to tell me what a disgusting day he’d had, how tired he was of living in Brooklyn, and what a terrible place it was. Little did he know that I would love that story; that it would keep me going some days, that I would tell it over and over to anyone who would listen

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I ordered the blueberry/vanilla swirl with dark chocolate chips. It was delicious but next time I’ll get the smaller size because I had a case of brain freeze afterwards.

Props to Midnight Cowgirl for coming to the Blogfest and letting the other Brooklyn bloggers get to know her.