As a younger business owner and woman, I must say that it is sometimes a hard world to live in unless you have your girlfriends. Last night showed me what a group of incredibly talented and successful women can do to boost you into the clouds. This group of 20+ women were from all over the DC area and realized just how much they had in common with each other.
We started the evening out with homemade pizzas and a growing row of wine bottles. It was an evening of blind tasting which even included a bottle of Boone’s Farm. As the house started to fill up, the level of voices also started to fill up the house. A few people knew each other from previous Tweetup’s but we all had something in common. The food and wine kept pouring in until we had 17 bottles lining the counter. @CristinaMariaSE made a baked brie that was devoured and @johunt0311’s cucumber sandwiches were gone quickly. Mounds of cheese and loads of vino.
After 3 hours of really loud conversation and moving about the room to talk to everyone, I quieted the room and made everyone tell who they were, where they worked and a fun fact about themselves. This really got things flowing as people realized that those they hadn’t spoken with had similar interests. After this, the room got louder. I believe it had a little bit to do with the wine though too. The tastings were a lot of fun since no one knew what they were trying. @raelinn_wine, our resident wine extraordinaire had a blast tasting a swig of each and decided it would be best to just send out the whole list so we could buy the ones we liked. I’ve listed them below.
As the evening slowed down, the food was getting finished and people started to leave, I realized how many fantastic connections had been made throughout the evening. Geeky girls, foodies, web chicks, and the fabulous divorcee’s found each other and bonds were formed. Even today on Twitter, I noticed that the Twirlies were already following each other and helping each other out with things. Women are so encouraging to have around. How could you possibly ever have too many girlfriends? I’m looking forward to the future of #DCTwirlies events.
PICTURE ALBUM HERE
ATTENDEES:
Your happy hostess, Melanie AKA @Sisarina
Elizabeth @ebuie
Amy @amyeandrews
Mary @marybealladler
Jem @jembahaijoub
Iris @chairisy
Stephanie @scweeker
Heather @boones6433
Cristina @cristinamariaSE (co-host)
JoAnna @johunt0311
Susan @banjobunny
Raelinn @raelinn_wine
Lisa @lpsrocks
Line @storgaardconley
Shannon @SnSwahn
Teresa @themamateresa
Tina @bawdyjane
Nancy @faffingmyway
Kerry Jo @kerryjor
Wine List:
1 – Natura Carmenere/Emiliana $13.50 at My Organic Market
2 – Black Swan/Shiraz Merlot $7 at Harris Teeter (on sale for $5 now)
3 – Fat Bastard/Merlot $15 Safeway ‘Swine Shop’
4 – 3 Blind Moose/Cabernet Savignon $13 at Safeway ‘Swine Shop’
5 – Pine & Post/Chardonnay $11 Gilly’s
6 – Tavel/Rose $16 at Cowgirl Creamery
7 – Clean Slate/Reisling $11 Montrose Crossing Wine & Liquor
8 – Boone’s Farm/Snow Creek Berry $3.49 Sunday Sales Liquor
9 – Yalumba/Chardonnay $22 Gilly’s
10 – Cupcake/Marlborough $13 Talbott Center
11 – Jacob’s Creek/? – $10 Trader Joe’s
12 – The Little Penguin/Shiraz $8 Safeway, Penn Quarter
13 – Patapon/Pineau D’aunis $20 (via Raelinn)
14 – Novella/Chardonnay $7 Trader Joe’s
15 – Nine Stones/? $25 Adega
16 – Rex-Goliath/Pinot Noir $? Parkway Deli
17 – Fritsch Windspeil Rose/Zweigelt $15 (via Raelinn)
What is #DCTwirlies?
#DCTwirlies is a Twitter meetup for local DC Metro area ‘girlies’ to get together and do social events, thus meeting new friends, making great business contacts and generally having a great time. We meet around the DC area once a month and are always looking for businesses to promote and interesting things to do.
#DCTwirlies 6 was an intimate group of incredible people, some new & ready to party, others ready to chill out with a bottle on October 21, 2009. At the last minute, at the coaxing phone call of a man-to-remain-anonymous *cough*, we allowed men to join our little party and we have to say... they definitely made the party rock. Melanie made Skillet Lasagna and garlic bread, Josh brought delectable chocolate to sample and everyone else brought the wine listed below for a blind taste test. No one brought Boone's Farm this time so we were in the clear although the cool weather brought out a lot of reds.
WINE LIST:
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