#CHS BBQ, #meatwaffles & other rehashes…
There are a couple of recurring themes in today’s Twitterstream:
- It’s cold;
- There’s a BBQ meetup/Tweetup today at 5:30 at the West Ashley Bessingers.
Another meetup? Makes for a nice bookend to the photo meetup at the North Pointe Grill earlier this week. Chuck Boyd said it was the largest crowd yet — a packed banquet room.
Of course, the theme for tonight’s BBQ gathering is actually BBQ, not so much blogs or social media. See how the technology is moving us from cyberspace into (quite literally, in this instance) meatspace? But one bit of news: A new Twitter account for the new Lowcountry BBQ site (thank you Chris).
The big question: Will they be serving #meatwaffles?
What are #meatwaffles? As best I can tell they’re an inside joke within the CofC Twitterverse / George Street media mafia, and the rest of us are either still waiting for an explanation or otherwise occupied. Eyebee isn’t sure either, but he knows he wants some.
Oh, and one other note: Bridget, a P&C staffer, got the lead on the Moxie section for a piece on local women bloggers. In particular, those of us who have been fans of the mysterious Tartlette since 2006 were no doubt interested to find out more about her. You’ve likely heard of some of the other bloggers Bridget picked, too.
I believe I just set some kind of an LCB record, by the way: Of the first seven links in this post, exactly none of them went to blogs: Three went to Twitter accounts, one went to a new site fronted by a Twitter account, another went to a Search Twitter query, one went to a 12seconds.com video, and the last one went to a newspaper website story.
Just goes to show you: Things are changing all the time. If you’re not on social media, you might miss it.
HA HA HA
The City Paper staff is all about the comedy festival these days. The latest? John covers the Big Dicktionary show and Full Love Throttle, and Erica did This is Chucktown and Doppelganger.
PRACTICAL STUFF
Old Controller found a good deal on tax software.
Having trouble with your DVR in Windows 7? You might want to read this from Ian. Oh, and it sure looks like Evernote is the new way to roll for anyone who needs an “external brain” (btw, you can follow Evernote here).
POLITICAL STUFF
Uncle Zoloft watched the Bush farewell speech, wrote out his personal history of the Dubya Era, and reached this conclusion:
So, Shrub, you talked tonight. You dodged the shoes of each mistake that took our nation into the mess we all share. Neo-Cons: You got what you want. “nuff said. Whine all u want.
All I hope is that within a week our country will be run by intelligent adults and we can start to grow again.
In a post titled “Treehuggers unite (it’ll make them easier to target)” Earl Capps had this to say about the upcoming anti-nuke fundraiser in Columbia:
In their ongoing efforts to deprive America’s working families from affordable power, inhibit economic development in impoverished southern states, and force a greater reliance upon coal-fired power plants Bonnie Raitt will be coming to perform at a love-in to help raise money to fight the intended expansion of the V.C. Sumner – which is a primary source of power for electricity for their benefit.
AROUND TOWN
Abi profiles a favorite bartender.
What’s blooming in Pam’s miracle garden right now? You’d be surprised… and delighted.
Nice pictures by Joan from the kitchen at the Art Institute.
Hope to see y’all tonight at the ‘Cue hut…