{"id":1895,"date":"2009-12-11T01:44:30","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T06:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/?p=1895"},"modified":"2011-05-19T14:16:19","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T18:16:19","slug":"orbbies-rockin-bloggers-and-tweeps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/11\/orbbies-rockin-bloggers-and-tweeps\/","title":{"rendered":"Orbbies rockin' bloggers and tweeps"},"content":{"rendered":"

… were present last night at the Eden Bar of Enzian Theatre, Maitland for the 4th Orlando Tweetup graciously organized by @etanowitz<\/a> from Orlando Sentinel. I have been unwell since the tweet-up, thus the delay in this post and announcements. This was our first tweet-up and visit to Enzian. A regal, cozy and whimsical atmosphere, Enzian serves not only an open bar, but a delicious mug of Chai Latte. Yes, you read it right. It was a bar, with a chilly-breezy evening and I ordered a Chai Latte. What more can I ask?<\/p>\n

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Enzian Theater, Maitland Florida<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It was so much fun, meeting local bloggers and tweeps!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

O<\/span>f course, the highlight of the evening was the announcement of 2009 Orbbies Rockin’ Blog winners and finally, a chance of meeting them in person. Not all were present, but click here<\/a> for the full list of winners. Check out their awesome blogs.<\/p>\n

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From left: Dave, Me, Bess, Teresa, Mark and Ricky. Congrats all \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Congratulations to the winners!<\/span><\/p>\n

I enjoyed meeting Dave Knechel, author of Marinadedave.com<\/a>. With a hard-hitting journalistic writing skills, Dave covers important news and updates through his blog. My first impression of him – a witty individual \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Bess is the editor of The Central Florida Top 5<\/a>. If you need a guide to Central Florida’s upcoming events, thank Bess and say goodbye to Google\/Yahoo\/Bing for the time being! It was a pleasure getting to know her personally since we’ve been using her blog as our pad for event information.<\/p>\n

Hello! Teresa from Disunplugged.com<\/a>. The Dis Unplugged Disney Blog is an unofficial and unbiased blog about all things Disney. In the shortest time frame of introductory, I could sense her friendliness demeanor. Congrats on being awarded for the Orbbies 2009 Best Overall Blog category.<\/p>\n

We also met Mark Baratelli, owner of Thedailycity.com<\/a>, a blog that features culture guide for Orlando, Florida and a series of live events. He was amazed at my self-taught photography skills<\/em> \ud83d\ude42 Thanks Mark!<\/p>\n

Say ‘Hi’<\/em> to Ricky, author of Tastychomps<\/a> where he narrates his dining adventures in Orlando and around US.<\/p>\n

We won the 2009 Orbbies Rockin’ Blogs in two categories – Chatterbox for Personal and Shutterbox<\/a> for Photography! Yay! Thank you so much every one, for voting and following our blogs. Tarun and I are extremely humbled. Of course, this couldn’t be possible without Orlando Sentinel. Our sincere gratitude for the opportunity and honors. Thank you Etan and his lovely wife, Daphne for organizing a tremendously successful Tweetup! This is sounding more like a speech during the Grammys.<\/p>\n

Last, but not least, you should know about us by now. Else, stroll down the Chatterbox memory lane<\/a> and Subscribe<\/a> to us.<\/p>\n

Penning off now before I ruin your mascara \ud83d\ude09 Off to recuperate!<\/p>\n

Edit: FYI, the free header customization is still up for grabs!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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