Tweetup Pictures

Courtesy of @peglegpug, here are a handful of pictures from Friday's event:

Ichiban Tweetup Recap

Hey friends. Even throughout the torrential downpour, the holiday weekend and the NBA Playoffs, we managed to have a decent turnout for last Friday's Tweetup. A dozen people ended up showing up by the end and everyone had a great time networking with other local community members.

First of all, I would like to thank the Taste Buds Network for giving away membership cards to all of the attendees. It was great to meet the Founders and find out more about the fascinating food network that they have built.

Next, we would like to thank all of you that came out. In order to differentiate everybody, I will list all of the Twitter handles of everybody in attendance:

• @jointastebuds - Taste Buds Network
• @loganlenz - Logan Lenz of Endagon Innovations
  
• @nickrp - Nick of Done 21
• @jimrhoskins - Jim Hoskins
  
• @rdempsey - Rob Dempsey of ADSDevShop
• @tommywingo - Tommy of Wing-O
• @evanzan
• @iamgonzilla - Ashley Gonzalez
• @peglegpug - Kelly Walker
• @banakin - Jeff Peak of Peak Arts

Our Happy Hour (5-7 pm) was taken advantage of and enjoyed by everyone. We hope to have another Tweetup again very soon.

For those that didn't attend, what was stopping you?

What would you suggest we do for the next Tweetup?

Taste Buds Network Membership Giveaway on Friday

At Friday's Tweetup, we have a few special treats for all of the attendees. One will be revealed tomorrow. The other one is detailed within this blog post.

The Taste Buds Network (http://www.tastebudsnetwork.com) will be giving away a free membership to their website to the first 25 people that show up to Friday's Tweetup. For more information on them, simply visit their website.

You can also follow them on Twitter @jointastebuds (http://www.twitter.com/jointastebuds).

We are pleased to have them as part of this week's event. We look forward to making 25 people happy doing more than filling their bellies with sushi and sake.

Don't forget to RSVP for the event: http://ichibantweetup.eventbrite.com

RSVP for Next Week's Tweetup ASAP

We have an Eventbrite page for next Friday's Tweetup. We would love for everybody attending to RSVP so that we can section off enough space for our favorite people - our friends on Twitter.

You can find the Event page here:
http://ichibantweetup.eventbrite.com

Tons of fun will be had. Make sure you make your dinner plans for Friday, May 22nd at 6pm early.
We'll see you then.

Next Official Ichiban Tweetup: Friday, May 22nd at 6pm

We are pleased to announce that we will be having yet another Tweetup at our restaurant on Friday, May 22nd at 6:00pm. This will be the first time we will be doing an event like this on a weekend night, but we are hoping that we are planning it well enough in advance that people can make their dinner and drinking plans for it ahead of time.

If you haven't been to an Ichiban Tweetup, we suggest you come out to see what all of the hype is about. There will be tons of networking, a great deal of Tweeting, sake bombs, and a boatload of sushi treats.

Although this is such big news for us, it isn't the only thing we want to proclaim in this post. Due to high demand, we will also be hosting a small "unofficial" Tweetup on Wednesday, May 13th at 6:00pm right before Florida Music Festival. We're not taking this smaller event as seriously as the Tweetup on the 22nd, but we still want those that expressed interest to come out and have a good time.

So, to review:

- There will be a HUGE Orlando Tweetup at Ichiban on Friday, May 22nd at 6:00pm
- There will be a smaller Tweetup event held on Wednesday, May 13rd to kick off Florida Music Festival Downtown.

Tweet about it. Tell all of your friends. And let's get ready to have a really great time.
We can't wait to see all of you there.