Frustrated by the sense of isolation from the Jewish community in Washington DC and also because I was jealous of the Tel Aviv Beer-Up, I decided to see if there was interest in having a Jewish tweetup around here. @Awapy felt exactly the same, and, being in marketing, went to work. Whereas I had the vision, she created a bunch of press releases and tirelessly reached out to Jewish organizations. She was the Weizmann to my Herzl.
@Awapy decided to put the hashtag on her back…in case anyone got lost.
Hooray, it’s some ladies from @the RAC, one of whom is @KatyComeTrue.
And @aimster215. She regaled us with her tales of Tokyo.
Oh my. It’s Mr. B and @Awapy. Mr. B is not on Twitter. Yet. We’ll grind him down. Eventually.
And then @HeebinDc and his friend, Kel-Kel came by. She’s not on Twitter, either. Yet.
@Awapy and @16thstreetj. He had free swag, so we liked him right away.
And then @JulieMinevich showed up. She is a social media goddess. I tried to ger her to tell me her trade secrets, but then got distracted. With a rum and Coke.
And then, all of a sudden, @BuberZionist showed up. He’s a pretty nice guy. We didn’t talk a lot about politics, surprisingly. Also, by this time, I was well into my first drink.
@Awapy seems to be in a lot of these pictures. Hmmm. But here’s @jfoodgeek, the craziest Arjewtinian I’ve met (also the only one) and @RobinYasinow, who has her own business. I asked her a ton of questions about it. I hope I didn’t scare her.
Yay. It’s @chavalahh, who has a sweet editorial gig. And a lady whose name I completely forget (Susan,I think) who is not on Twitter, but everyone told her she should be.
And then there’s @peelapom. She incorporates elements of paganism and Wiccan tradition into Judaism. She is cool.
We look like we’re having a pretty ok time.
Oh yeah, then there was that. It says We Love Jewlicious. But not because we’re suckups or anything.
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I must admit, I had a great time…but why does the only picture of me make me look like i swallowed a small hedgehog?
Had a blast! Thanks for the pics. Arjewtinian…..LOL.
-Jason
It was a bit surprising the politics were not discussed that much, considering the overwhelming-ness of politics on twitter.
Definitely to organize another one of these – maybe even do them on a semi-regular basis. Considering the success of the inaugural dcjtweetup, I nominate you and @awapy for the next one, as well.