Oh. Em. Gee.

Talk about a fun time last night! The Mrs. and I got to the SpicyTweetup (organized and hosted by the ever-charming and gracious Carrie, AKA @SpicyPants from http://www.celebritysmackblog.com/) at about 6:10PM at the Pyramid Alehouse and from the get-go it was a super time. There were at least 30-something people all said and done, maybe even 40-ish. Most of it was on uStream, too: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/4187309

SpicyPants had 3 different games planned for the evening:

1) "Guess the candy in the jar." 414 candy hearts were in a mason jar and the closest guess was 412. I guessed 573. Apparently my candy-guessing-fu was in fail mode last night. :) I don't remember who won but it was a helluva guess!

2) "Who am I?" Spicy put a small sticker on everyone's back with a celebrity's name. The object of the game was to ask someone one yes/no question RE: your celeb until you figured it out. There were some really great celebs, too: Pee Wee Herman, La Toya Jackson, Tommy Chong, Pamela Anderson, and Mickey Rourke to name a few. Me? I was Mike Tyson. This was a great mixer event and I got to chat with a lot of people I might not have if not for this game.

3) "Fail Whale picture" Everyone got a pen and a piece of paper and drew the Twitter fail whale. A lot of creative entries. I believe @Inky_Poo was the winner, but I could be wrong. I got 3rd place.

Everyone had custom printed name tags which was a nice touch, and spouses/significant others or anyone else who didn't tweet was also given a name tag and made to feel super-welcome. Capping off the evening was a free beer glass giveaway to everyone. To see all the chatter on Twitter about the event, just look up the hashtag #SpicyTweetup at http://search.twitter.com/.

Anyhow, for those who missed it, maybe next time. It was a blast! Thanks so much to @SpicyPants for making the whole evening so much fun, getting everyone together, and for all the games and prizes.

PS - Much thanks to Katie and Kenny, our fantastic servers! Friendly, on-the-spot with service, and just really great people. If you've never been to the Alehouse... go. And try the fish and chips. It's fantastic!