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Danyelle of The Cubicle Chick hosted another great social networking event. Jilly’s Cupcake Bar & Cafe provided the perfect place for A Sweet Affair.

Beyond further cementing Danyelle’s The Cubicle Chick brand this event gave St. Louis chance to network at a local small business. Jilly’s was a great way to follow through on Danyelle’s promise to support locally owned businesses.

This social networking event succeeded as a tweetup, a foodie gathering, and more. I’ll be frank and say this is my first networking event with so many of our Black St. Louisans and Twitter peeps.

So often at events I’ve attended the mix is very Caucasian heavy. Oh there are a few people of different races mixed in but not near representative of the melting pot that St. Louis is. The metro area is not only home to a good mix of whites and blacks, but has a large mix of Asians, middle-easterners, and more.

St. Louis has one of the largest Bosnian enclaves in the US. The Korean community here has founded many churches and businesses. The list is endless of contributions by all races in our area.

It’s a blessing to see more diversity in local St. Louis events. I grew up here when forced segregation was still going on.  I think this is a sign that things are finally moving along in our culture.

Danyelle is building her brand; if she’s willing, she can be an ambassador of change as well. I’m throwing down the gauntlet for my fellow St. Louisans to step up, bring it big, and get all of our citizens in the game.

The Cubicle Chick’s A Sweet Affair

Jilly’s Cupcake Bar & Cafe

Glamazini #159: The Cubicle Chick’s St. Louis Tweet Up!

Dueling pianos, open bar, and tasty appetizers – now that’s  a party. In this case it was a fundraiser for The Gifted Wedding at the Jive and Wail.

The Gifted Wedding is an organization dedicated to giving couples with a terminal illness, disability, or a unique financial situation the wedding or vow renewal of their dreams.

The Gifted Wedding team provided the first dream wedding to Anna and Manuel Jimenez. Anna is struggling with ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. The Jive and Wail event was both fundraiser and a celebration of the recent wedding.

Jive and Wail provided the right size venue. Their staff was eager and engaged. The bartenders were friendly and kept the drinks flowing.  Topping it off was the dueling piano team.

Dueling Pianos at Jive and Wail by Tojosan, on Flickr

Sharon and I enjoyed our time there, meeting both old and new friends. Elisabeth Cutshall gets the real credit for that though. She publicized this event on Twitter, Facebook, and in person.

Know someone that could use this help? Apply at the Gifted Wedding.

Links for this article:

The Gifted Wedding

Jive and Wail

Elizabeth Cutshall

It’s going to be a party. It’s going to be a Tweetup. It’s all about you and us and some food and some networking. It’s the first ever Castle Tojosan Tweetup.

You and you and you are invited. Oh wait, you’re not late though. The date is Friday, February 19th. The time? 6PM Central and beyond.

Warning – it’s mostly BYOB though I have a couple of bottles of wine in the house. I will take your keys if you’re toast.

This is intended to be a family and friend deals. Bring your kids, bring your wanna be tweeps, bring the garbage man if you like him.

I’ve got wifi, sodas, and video games and movies for the kids. As for food, the plan is to order some pizza, put out some chips, and make some finger sammies.  Whatever else turns up, I won’t mind.

We mostly stock Pepsi products but if ask ahead I can grab a few other sodas.  We’ll also have iced tea on hand.

Oh wait, you want to know where right? St. Peters, Mo. Um. Need more?

5 Westwood Estates Drive.

Google map?

Recap: Tweetup at Castle Jordan – it’s on Foursqure!

Bring yourself and your kids if you’d like. BYOB. Wireless. Big TV w/DVD player, Wii, XBox 360. Jigsaw puzzles. Cards. Yahtzee. Origami. Bring your camera/camcorder.

Food as it works out. If you have special food rules please contact me ahead of time.

Please RSVP here, vai Twitter, email, etc, and remember to tweet it up-  http://wp.me/pfLxC-uv

Note: we have a very friendly dog. He’s about 23 lbs. We don’t give him people food.

If it looks like a party, it was.  Fun folks, great conversation and cold beer made this a wonderful Tweetup.  Jeffrey Strauss hosted this Twitter get together at the International Tap House in Chesterfield valley. It’s sort of the West County area of St. Louis Metro.

Yeah, that guy with the big grin is me. It was that much fun.

Jeffrey tossed the idea out just days before and it came to pass like clockwork. It was a good turn out with @VersaDave, @SandyShores, @MrShores, @StLConceirgeGuy, @SgtHotPants, @Rebecca_Rene, @donhead, @Nanna_J, and @Dizzy727.  Folks came ready to chat, kick back and share.

The great thing about this tweetup is that Jeffrey isn’t some ’social media expert’, in fact he’s more a Belgium beer expert; you should ask him. People still have the misguided idea that only the heavy hitters in social networking can put events together, or if not that, then a group has to sponsor. That’s rubbish.

There were get togethers long before there were formal groups or formal leaders. Leaders emerge because they do things like plan events. Anyone can step up and lead.

St. Louis has a burgeoning social networking and media scene. There are lots of great folks doing fun, interesting, and educational events. Big or small, well attended or barely noticed, they still count as events.

Tired of waiting for one of these events to come to your neighborhood? Your peeps aren’t attending those for some reason?

Plan your own. Today. Now.

You’ll be surprised that when you step out, people will come alongside.

(This post inspired by Jeff and those that came before.)

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“When I was a kid time-out was the time it took my Dad to take his belt off.”

by Rockstarima.

Rockstarima is one of my rock start Twitter buds. Craft happy and outgoing, she’s no bump on a log. She’s organized another crafter St. Louis Tweetup for Sunday, Feb 7th.

12:30  @MoKaBes for Brunch. Tweet her for more details.

The event that’s kickstarted companies across the US comes to St. Louis. St. Louis Startup Weekend begins March 26th, 2010, 5:30 PM.

So what is a Startup Weekend? Ripping right from the About page:

Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects.

Founded in 2007 by Andrew Hyde, the weekend is a concept of a conference focusing on learning by creating. It is known for its quick decisions, ‘out of the box’ thinking (oh no, the buzzwords are attacking!), unique facilitation technique and letting the founders show what they can do. The program has already met with success in Boulder, Toronto, New York, Hamburg, Houston, West Lafayette, Boston, DC and more.

The participants that attend a Startup Weekend decide what they want to tackle over the weekend and come out at the end with several developed companies or projects. Attendees are responsible for bringing the same desire and passion to the project and walk out of the room with the task at hand, in a short 54 hours. Sound intense? It is.

Each weekend event is like a melting pot, bringing together all sorts of talent and resources. Several companies have received venture capital funding at startup weekends.

So what role will you play at the weekend? A variety exists, and you can fill one or many. A full list of those, along with a lot of first timer questions are answered.

There’s a ton of information on the St. Louis Startup Weekend site. I recommend getting registered and your ticket picked. Of course they recommend  bringing some things, but the biggest is enthusiasm.

Note: One of the local organizers is Joshua Jeffryes. Joshua’s blog.

One of my favorite Twitter buds, and local to St. Louis, @KBestOliver, is now the Novice Foodie for the Riverfront Times. In her new role, she’ll be blogging about her food experiences. As the title implies, she’s bringing a fresh face and open mind, not to say mouth, to food reporting.

Her latest article, The Novice Foodie Experiences the St. Louis Food & Wine Experience, should have been titled, Novice Foodie versus St. Louis Food & Wine Experience. Kelli shares her honest surprise that the wine side of the event was more focused on than the food.  Not to say she didn’t eat anything. Far from it, but to note she doesn’t mention one special or unique dish served.

The funniest part for me was her mentioning about spitting. If you’re in the know about wine tasting, spitting is what keeps you mostly sober. Gary Vaynerchuk made spitting and wine spittoons something ordinary folks talk about. Apparently Kelli missed the etiquette lessons. This made for discomfort on her part and laughter on ours.

I encourage you to show your support for Kelli’s food blogging adventures by reading her latest article and leaving a comment.

What is it? – A group of people (the “competitors”) will cook Ribs (pork), Pork Butt (pulled pork), and Brisket (beef) through the night and early morning hours of the event. The competitors can cook any or all of those items. Given that the competitors will be individuals and not competition teams it’s unlikely many will attempt to do all due to space restrictions. So if you’re only good at one of those things then by all means sign up. They will necessarily consume large amounts of alcohol in the process and have been given advance reprieves for any untoward behavior they may exhibit. Another group of people (the ‘consumers’..get it) will then arrive without having done any work whatsoever and partake in all of the goodness that is BBQ. We’ll follow KCBS rules for the most part.

Sounds yummy! But when is it?

We are currently looking at the “spring break” period (generally in mid March). As weather is always a factor in the St. Louis region at that time of the year (short sleeves, Down jacket, or rain slicker?) we’ll firm this date up as it approaches and ideally have a backup date.

Well how can I keep up with the plans or volunteer?

First Annual BBQ Competition Tweetup #STL

They are still looking for venues, possible sponsors, fundraising ideas, brains, and hands to help.  Please follow the link above and let them know how you’ll pitch in.

The White House The President is in Lorain County, OH today taling to foks about what the economy is like on the ground during these tough economic times. The video team sent us a first look clip of town hall tickets released — check it out.

The above was shared on Facebook. Beyond the fact that the last sentence makes little sense, what’s with the gross spelling errors, ‘taling’ and ‘foks’.

Picking on folks is fun, but the video they link to is worth the click through, First Look: Lorain County. President Obama came to Lorain County and the video shows the ticketing process and some of the people waiting to see him.

Follow the Whitehouse on Facebook.

Many Hands Make the Load Lighter – so says the tee, except in Haitian.

Threadless, champion tee business, is giving you a fun and stylish way to help. One hundred precent of sales of this special tee will be donated, up to $100,000.

These stylish tees have a fun design and come in sizes up to 3XL. Supplies are limited though, so click on the pic and get yours today.