Dirty South Twit 2: Guinness-tastic

18Mar09

 

 

Dirty South Twitterers go Guinness crazy (photo credit: @kaigani)

 

“Good things come to those who ‘create’. While this obviously applies to everyone’s favourite Irish drink, the same could be said for the Dirty South Twit, as Guinness brought our meetup to life.

It had been a while since the first Dirty South Twit in Clapham way back in December. Far too long, we thought, and so the second Dirty South Twit at the Roxy Bar and Screen in London Bridge was duly launched.

At the time, it hadn’t actually occurred to us that Tuesday 17th was St. Patrick’s Day, but once it was pointed out to us, we just knew we’d be downing a few jars of the black stuff because, well, it would be rude not to.

And then we learnt something else. This year is the 250th anniversary of Albert Guinness signing the 9,000 year lease on the St. James’ Gate brewery in Dublin. The rest, as they say, is history.

Now, seeing as it was the Irish saint’s day, the 250th anniversary (and year-long party) of Guinness and we just happened to be having a party on that day, it wasn’t long before we hooked up with Guinness and they offered us goodies galore (you can see @katematlock above impressively modeling just about everything all the Tweeters got to take home with them, bar the pens). Frankly, what else do you need? Well, a great group of Tweeple and we had just that.

As with the inaugral Dirty South Twit, this Tweetup was small yet perfectly formed with a really good bunch, many of whom were meeting for the first time, turning out to chat, drink and have fun. The Roxy was a perfect venue for this, with a nice laid-back atmosphere and comfy seats. @rufusevison got there before the rest of us and highly recommends the food, while the cinema screen at the back was stunning quality. If we’d thought about it, we should have got them to play the iconic Guinness surfer advert with the horses and Leftfield’s Phat Planet on the soundtrack.

By the time the end of the night came, we’d all raised a few jars to Saint Paddy and many new friendships had been made, while old ones were reacquainted. You have a feeling Patrick would have approved. It’s one of those evenings that reminds you why you organise these things.

So, another great night. Thanks again to Guinness for helping to make the evening so much fun (here’s to another 250 years boys) and to the Roxy for letting a bunch of Tweeple take over the place.

But most importantly, thanks to everybody who came and made the night what it was. You rock. And we’ll try not to make it quite so long until the next one, we promise.

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