Just got back from another great Webmasters in the Sun event. For anyone that doesn’t know about WITS, it is a small gathering of Internet people that know each other and like to have fun in beautiful warm places. This year was even better than last year in San Diego thanks to the great work of Keith, Ted and Floriana. Here are some of my highlights:
- Sitting in the beautiful California sun and having some drinks (ok ALOT of drinks and great food and great cigars) with good people
- Having 3 luxury boxes to watch the S.D. Padres baseball team (I was told SD stands for south dakota) and also the fireworks display that followed it
- Seeing the face of the game store owner when I bought out almost his entire poker chip supply (thanks to jake and TrueLocal for helping find the store)
- Thanks to Injury Board for getting a full bar delivered to the poker room, it helped keep the game going well after 5am
- Betting if the waitress would say yes or no when asked if she believes in true and everlasting love - I won, she said no
- I think Lou and Mickey’s restaurant needed an extra roll of paper to print our bar bill
- Having Rae ask people the “death is not an option” question
- Having Keith ask Rae the “f*ck, marry, kill” question
- My scariest moment - a waitress telling Champagne Jimmy that the more expensive champagne tastes better - believe me he knows this and luckily for my credit card he did not get the Krug
- My sad moment - Having my credit card company call me to ask if I had lost my credit card since they noticed alot of large and unusual charges. This is when I realized I no longer go out and party enough.
- My sadder moment - Going to the airport to fly home as a bunch of people jumped into a stretch limo for a fun night in Mexico. (I really need to party more
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Somehow in between the parties I found time to talk business. I can’t provide much of these details but let’s just say there are alot of helpful things coming soon that are going to really benefit the Internet community. It’s gonna take a few weeks to recover from this one.
LMAO… what, you mean my SCORE on happening by the biggest Steve Madden sale of the year and grabbing some GREAT shoes weren’t on your list?
Awesome time as always.
I don’t even know why you pack shoes. You always seem to find a way to buy new ones on these trips.
I thought it was also very funny when two girls were talking about shoes and I suggested they try Jimmy Choo shoes, one of the girls stopped the conversation to explain that I was not gay but merely engaged and well-trained.
One of the girls? I’ll gladly take credit for that.
my personal favorite - the goodroi approach to addressing a difficult market opportunity:
(line to the club is 40 yards deep, so greg walks up to the bouncer by the door straight away)
bouncer: i’m sorry sir, we’re full
greg: i understand that. you’ll find my name on the list under “niland”
b: sorry, sir, i can’t seem to find you
g: i’ll require one table and at least two bottles
b: good to see you, mr niland, please follow this gentleman to your table
excellent form.
you have to do bottle service at a club, how else can you get a place to sit down and with fast service, i thank champange jimmy for teacing me that lesson