The first morning  #BagelTweetup at Georgetown Bagelry was an early morning, refreshing mixer of incredible locals .  Mary Beall Adler, once again, set the bar high for Tweetup hosts with free breakfast for all attendees.  Good coffee, amazing bagels/bagel sandwiches and fantastic Tweeters made a great day's start for all who attended.

ATTENDEES

Coming and going as schedules and traffic allowed were:

Mary (gracious host)  @MaryBeallAdler
Melanie (co-host)       @sisarina
Kelly                              @KF_RGIevents
Raelinn                        @Raelinn_Wine
Shannon                     @SnSwahn
Nick                              @NickIrons
Steve                            @DrivenToExcel
Lisa                               @helfphoto
Tony                             @ChefTony
Chris                             @drvogelmann
Cristina                        @CristinaMariaSE
Kim                               @putitaway
Peter                             @peterlamotte
Teresa                         @themamateresa (& Ike)
Kerry Jo                       @Kerryjor
Lisa                               @27orange

The #BagelTweetup was so much fun that we're making it a regular event!  The last Wednesday morning of every month now holds the promise of free breakfast and great conversation.  Join us for the next one on October 28.

What is #BagelTweetup?
#BagelTweetup is a Twitter meetup hosted by Sisarina & Georgetown Bagelry to rival any morning networking you’ve ever done. This is a free event (and usually includes free breakfast)  allowing you to meet other local professionals and neighborhood folks for breakfast and great conversation, networking and friend-making. This event is hosted on the last Wednesday morning of every month.

What an incredible Tweetup! After last week’s tweets about @pulpologist coming in her undies and then other tweeps wondering about where to purchase fab undies for the tweetup, it became undies-optional. The tweets were beyond hilarious, spanning from thrift store and yard sale undie purchasing to tears of laughter rolling around the Twitter-board. @boones6433, @themamateresa, @sisarina and @abbeyk1005 joined @pulpologist for awhile. Turned into a hilarious Friday afternoon – all because of a Tweetup posting by @marybealladler found at: Bagelicious Blog 7/10/09 – I love this stuff!

Tuesday evening started out with the fabulous @MaryBeallAdler and @sisarina getting together to chat about her future marketing needs with the artsy side of Mary’s life. Shortly after, @dariasteigman came by and soon after the place was full of twirlies like @DBMC, @WDCGardener, @cedarwaxwing, @banjobunny, @pulpologist, @ddkurcfeld, @abbeyk1005, Laura at @LindaRothPR, and @LPSRocks. @jedsalawyer stopped by and was pronounced the token man for awhile until Guy & Methee from @zentaratea came by. @MaryBeallAdler’s husband stopped in for some chatting, networking and a quick bite to eat. Newbies @chairisy and @freedom2create got in on the action while @themamateresa and @gracecunning (concert-goers) ‘graced’ us with their presence. Laura of the @redaphidmedia team (from our first tweetup) got into the conversations quickly while newbie @EvilGenius0001 enjoyed conversations with all the fab tweeters. @putitaway stopped by in the last hour to chat with us before heading off to another Tweetup (she knows how to work the evenings in DC).

We all have to thank @MaryBeallAdler for being SUCH a gracious hostess by giving us all FREE FOOD and FREE DRINKS! High end sodas and juices were aplenty while she put out tons of teasers and made everyone custom bagel sandwiches and pizzas. By the end of the evening, she gave everyone who was left a bag of bagels to take home as a gift. Even @zentaratea gave away great tea and were so happy they joined us. The night was a huge success with talks of #DCTwirlies tweetups and the excitement of coming to another Bethesda Tweetup in August at a fab locale (still TBD). @zentaratea even posted a photo and blurb about us!

If you missed it, you missed a really relaxed, engaging networking event that even non-networkers enjoyed and are excited to come to again. @MaryBeallAdler’s generosity for letting us use her space along with just GIVING us so much food was beyond words.

SEE PICTURES HERE

ATTENDEES:
Mary @MaryBeallAdler (host)
Melanie @sisarina (host)
Sonia @pulpologist
Deborah @DBMC
Grace @gracecunning
Laura @LindaRothPR
Addison @EvilGenius0001 (newbie)
Susan @banjobunny
Kathy @WDCGardener
Laura @redaphidmedia
Michele @freedom2create (newbie)
Abbey @abbeyk1005
Diana @ddkurcfeld
Guy @zentaratea
Methee @zentaratea
Kim @putitaway
Dona @cedarwaxwing
Lisa @LPSRocks
Jed @jedsalawyer
Daria @dariasteigman
Teresa @themamateresa
Iris @chairisy (newbie)

Thank you to all who made this event a HUGE success.

What is #DCTweetup?
#DCTweetup is a ‘non’-networking event for locals to put a face to a Twitter handle. It’s a relaxing evening of networking with your neighbors, local business owners and meeting new friends. This is not your typical ’state what you do & hand over your business card’ event. #DCTweetup is for the introverted & extroverted alike to share in great conversation, relationship-building and fun.