If You Give Amanda a Tweetup…
Remember those children’s books If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Give a Moose a Muffin? The little characters get all excited and keep wanting more, more, more. I’m like that with Tweetups. Taking my online friendships offline is always interesting, and with the crew who attended this weekend’s Blogstring Presents: Boston Pubcrawl Tweetup, there’s never a dull moment.
Seeing the lovely miss Julia Roy was a breath of fresh air–it had been far too long, sister. And I absolutely adore the time I spend with Pam Seiple, aka @pamelump. This was her very first Tweetup, so I’m glad she had a great time with us crazy kids. As always, seeing Sarah Wurrey and Nate Burke was A+ all around. Sarah did some sweet Pat Benatar karaoke and Nate wore the greatest shirt ever made. Denton and Paull were silly, of course. Love seeing those boys. Also in attendance: Dmitri Gunn, who I met last week at the SOURCE Boston Tweetup; Bryan Maleszyk, who I don’t think I’ve seen since October 2007; Abe Estrada, who I met on Australia Day in NYC; Sandy Kalik and her boyfriend Nate, who are two seriously awesome kids; Steve Garfield and his wife Carol, who are obviously amazing; and Josh Nichols, aka @techpickles, who I met for the first time last night.
Being part of this growing group of friends is so much fun. I get to have awesome conversations about social media, careers and life. We’re sharing and laughing for hours–we’re a comfy bunch. Like I said–never a dull moment. Some people are skeptical of relationships that form online, thinking that legitimate friends are only formed face-to-face. But I’ve made some really excellent friends from Twitter! Tweetups: quite possibly the key to my heart. Join us sometime.
If you haven’t been tempted by any of the links above, you can see all my photos from the night here, and Sarah Wurrey’s photos (along with a choice moment from Halloween 2007) here.
Coming soon: Blogger Social and Podcamp NYC!
8 Responses to “If You Give Amanda a Tweetup…”
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I had such a great time with you and everyone too! I can’t believe how many people turned out, it makes me want to do it once a month or something!
I read, I processed, I agreed, I wrote.
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I had an amazing time. It was great seeing you.
Yea, you Bostonians get to have ALL the fun! ;^)
Maybe if I could swing a round-trip, all expenses included ticket for less than one “hunderd” dollars I might be able to make it out there sometime.
Otherwise, you are always invited to the midwest to take part in some good ‘ol cow-tipping fun!
Regards,
The Social Cowboy
“Yeeeehawwwww!
My first Tweetup has definitely left me thirsty for more.
Pamela
Denton and Youngie silly? Never. I’ll make a tweet up yet — I hope!
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