Orlando Ichiban Hosts Unofficial Twestival

The Crowd at Orlando Twestival 2/12/09

Last Thursday, we were very excited to play a part in an unofficial Twestival, essentially a "Tweetup" with a purpose. The event was intended to raise awareness and funds for Charity Water. Local Twitter user @ELROSS and the @smoacow team conducted a last minute effort to bring the worldwide event to Downtown Orlando.

The result.
Over 20 local Twitter users gathered at a few of our tables and enjoyed sushi, sake and beers while discussing everything from tech to saving the world. We were able to catch up with @ELROSS before he headed out to chat about the event, and what he ordered of course!

We were very excited to be a part of the event and look forward to future community building (and sushi eating) gatherings with the Downtown Orlando community. If you have an idea, theme or group that would like to meet at Orlando Ichiban, please send us a message and we will be happy to see how we can assist you in making your event as successful as we can (and promote it via Twitter!)

Thanks again to all who came and we'll see you next time.
(attendee list can be found here on the Somacow site)