$3,000 Raised from the Tweet Your Heart Out Charity Auction!

September 14th, 2009 | Downtown, Events, Promotions, Social Media, Twitter

Congrats to everyone that came out, bid, and participated in our 1st Charity Auction: we raised $3,000 for a great cause!

Exclusive date & dinner packages, including Yoga and Champagne at The Sofia Hotel, Dinner at Currant, Dinner at Stingaree, Dinner Cruise package from Hornblower Cruises, and more, all included when you bid on San Diego’s most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes!

See the Bachelor and Bachelorette Showcase!

We raised $3,000!

Tweet Your Heart Out Bachelor/ette Charity Auction

Comic-Con Parties: tag/search using #ccparty

July 24th, 2009 | Comic-Con, Downtown, Events, Promotions

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All the Comic-Con Parties! Tag/search with #ccparty

—For Friday July 24th—

(These are all public/non-rsvp events. Some cost, some require guestlist to avoid cover, etc.)

IHeartComix (@IHEARTCOMIX) Paper Heart Official Comic Con party at @VoyeurSD: http://bit.ly/T3VJE #ccparty

BBC and Adult Swim: The Mighty Boosh Party, 4th and B, 11pm. $5 advance/$10 door. #ccparty

Comic Strip blurlesque show, Ruby Room 10:30pm – 2am fishnetfollies.com #ccparty

Horror Film SHowcase and Afterparty, El Dorado Bar, 9:30pm – 2am #ccparty

Prism Comics presents Young Heros, Rich;s Dance Club 9pm #ccparty

PlanetIllogica.com Launch Party, Wonderhaus, 9pm #ccparty

The Infusion Project, Stingaree 9pm-2am Guest list: info@theinfusionproject.com, otherwise $20. #ccparty

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Afterparty Ruby Room 8pm-2am $6 w/badge, $12 w/o. #ccparty

Amanda Palmer CBLDF Benefit Concert, SD Women’s Club 7pm, $25 at the door #ccparty

Road Trip: Beer Pong DVD debut: Henry’s Irish Pub 4-7pm #ccparty

Comic-Con Tweetup a wild success, tons of pics!

July 23rd, 2009 | Comic-Con Tweetup, Downtown, Events, Promotions, Twitter

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#cctweetup: A few from upstairs

@sdlolo: Omg. (11:11am Thursday)

And that my friends is best recap of the night I’ve heard so far. Let it be known that starting the evening off with Absinthe from @CurrantSD was both a great idea and a not so great idea.

Thanks to everyone who helped spread the word, showed up, yelled and screamed, danced, and socialized until the wee hours of the morning. Voyeur took great care of us, and they have an awesome venue for future events! I received tons of great thank you’s from attendees, and just want to say without you all events like these aren’t possible, so thanks for your support in making them happen!

Again many thanks to my partners and sponsors:

@UTStreet, @SDUT, @SDComicCon and Blue Angel Vodka Vertical Inc. @DLushLife @MonsterMusic @TheSofiaHotel @HolidayMatinee @xsanguin @ChrisCantore @DiscoverSD @PokenPrincess @TheHauntedHotel

Please reach out to the sponsors and let them feel the love – and we’ll be doing more Tweetups soon: Don’t forget that we have the smaller, more intimate “Comic-Con Wine-Down” Tweetup Sunday the 26th 6pm at @SyrahWineParlor, 5th and E St under Dakota Bar and Grill. RSVP here.

#cctweetup: Freddy was in the house representing @TheHauntedHotel!

Photos of the event are posted, they look awesome, and shows how much fun everyone had!

@sdut: http://albums.signonsandiego.com/Entertainment/2009/Comic-Con-Tweetup/

@DiscoverSD: http://pictures.discoversd.com/san-diego-events/a871.html

@PhotosByRowell: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23pixels/sets/72157621794080690/

@Declan: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigdpix/sets/72157621667607375/

with more coming from @JimmyWeee and others! Stay tuned…

#cctweetup: @VoyeurSD is a great venue Upcoming Events:

- The Syrah Wine-Down Tweetup on Sunday 26th: Join us to celebrate, reminiscence, rewind, and unwind after the crazy 5 day event that is known as Comic-Con.

- I’ll be speaking at the Cool Twitter Conference in Los Angeles at House of Blues July 31st.

- Hit the Del Mar Racetrack August 8th for the big Cool As Ever TECH #SDTweetup

(I’m also working on a Sights & Sips tWineUp cruise in conjunction with @HornblowerSD, a few North County-ish tWineUps in Solana Beach and other more-North cities, eventually ending with a Wine Tasting Tour of the Temecula Wineries, as well a special sushi Tweetup at two-at-once sushi locations. Stay tuned for more on all that.)

Until next time, see you on Twitter!

@DowntownRob

Special Comic-Con Tweetup Sponsor: Vertical Inc.

July 20th, 2009 | Comic-Con Tweetup, Events, Partnerships, Promotions, Social Media, Twitter

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Special Sponsor: Vertical Inc., a publisher of Japanese graphic novels (aka manga), and other books in New York: http://www.vertical-inc.com/

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Vertical translates the best contemporary Japanese books. We select our popular novels, graphic novels, and quality nonfiction from a rich, variegated stock: Japan’s huge and vibrant book market.

In fields like animation and video games, Japanese entertainment thrills people worldwide. The Japanese book world’s offerings are equally entertaining. Until now, however, most Japanese books translated into English have been either literary classics or introductions to traditional culture meant for a limited circle of Japanophiles. Vertical publishes exciting titles that require no prior knowledge of Japanese culture and are not intended primarily to familiarize readers with it; we choose good reads with universal themes.

Read different. Read Vertical.

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They are giving away the night of the Tweetup:

- vol. 1-6 of Black Jack by Osamu Tezuka, the “godfather of manga” in Japan

- complete set of Dororo also by Tezuka

- complete set of To Terra, with a first volume signed by its creator, Keiko Takemiya

Special Sponsor: Vertical Inc., a publisher of Japanese graphic novels (aka manga), and other books in New York: http://www.vertical-inc.com/

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Vertical translates the best contemporary Japanese books. We select our popular novels, graphic novels, and quality nonfiction from a rich, variegated stock: Japan’s huge and vibrant book market.

In fields like animation and video games, Japanese entertainment thrills people worldwide. The Japanese book world’s offerings are equally entertaining. Until now, however, most Japanese books translated into English have been either literary classics or introductions to traditional culture meant for a limited circle of Japanophiles. Vertical publishes exciting titles that require no prior knowledge of Japanese culture and are not intended primarily to familiarize readers with it; we choose good reads with universal themes.

Read different. Read Vertical.

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They are giving away the night of the Tweetup:

- vol. 1-6 of Black Jack by Osamu Tezuka, the “godfather of manga” in Japan

- complete set of Dororo also by Tezuka

- complete set of To Terra, with a first volume signed by its creator, Keiko Takemiya

http://www.vertical-inc.com/

Confirmed Comic-Con Tweetup Pros/Personalities Attending

July 17th, 2009 | Comic-Con Tweetup, Downtown, Promotions, Twitter

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I’ve gotten some great responses from Comic-Con professionals and personalities attending the Comic-Con Tweetup happening July 22nd 7pm at @VoyeurSD! RSVP here if you haven’t already!

I’ll be adding to this list still, but here’s who I’ve received confirmation from so far:

Jane Wiedlin, @JaneWiedlin, from @officialgogos and now comic character Lady Robotika, http://www.ladyrobotika.com/
Bonnie Burton, @bonniegrrl, Senior Editor and Online Content Developer for LucasFilm, http://starwars.com/, http://indianajones.com/
Casey Lau, @crispycomics, Co-Creator/Writer of “Super Kaiju Hero Force” and founder of Crispy Comics, http://www.crispycomics.com/
Cathe b. Jones, @ratmando, comedian and comic book artist, working on Meeker Manor
Mike Jones, @JonesJazz, Jazz pianist from the Penn & Teller show