#twestivalTO 2011 – tweet. meet. give.

This photo means something really special to me. It reminds me how much I, we have grown and changed over the past couple years.

Erin, Satish & I (below)  were on an aweosme team that came together in Jan. 2009 to create the first big Twitter event Toronto ever had. Twitter was slowly catching on at the time and the event was part of a global thing called Twestival.

Last night, Twestival 2011 took place and it was awesome. It was a totally new team of people who took the initiative to create the event and I was proud and happy to be there.

Twestival OG organizer group hug, my happy moment of the night.

The first Twestival was at CiRCA and we donated to charity:water. Remember that place? My sis was there, she was a Raptors girl back then. She’s the blonde if you don’t already know/can’t tell.

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Once we had Twestival on a boat cruise. Renee you were missed last night, I had a shot for you. I need to get to SF to you v.soon.

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Another time we had Twestival at Tryst in the club district.

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See all the great pix Erin Leydon took last night here on flickr.

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My Olympus pix were not as great. I’m not familiar with the camera yet and had some issues. I’m used to having a point & shoot. This is me frustrated, haha.

Don’t judge me, ok, judge me. I don’t care! Lady Blogga raaaaaaaaaa! #pawsup

Lauren! #blondetourage #ftw

Ava.

Ally.

Love you Erin.

Allisaaaaaaaaan

Bathroom party.

I make the girls giggle.

Marie your dress was GORGEOUS, designer was Cat Shanahan right?

Sheldon.

We met at the very first Twestival. Both had shirts w/ our @name on them. Word.

Jon Crowley.

Michael.

Jeremy.

Kevin.

Andrew.

Jonathan.

Sean Ward, lookin’ good & classy. You too Nat, who was also wearing a beautiful dress.

Hey guys.

Jonny is drawing me here on ipad. I love art.

Happy times right here. Show me your teeth tweets.

Ryan & Affan.

Evoka Salon purchased a date w/ me for the heart & Stroke auction in Feb. put on my these love it ladies, Ally & Shannon.

Shoutout to all my STUDents (get it, STUD?) who came out last night fom Humber, Centennial & U of T. You guys are AWESOME. Remember I have opportunities for you to eat up, get in touch.

Hey people, ILU.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Great night, great people, great cause.  Next week is fashion week and there’s heaps of things going on. Get yourself a ticket for our Japan fundraiser Thurday at Tattoo Rock Parlour, it’s gonna be a great night. You don’t wanna miss it. All funds raised go directly to Red Cross. There’s heaps of goodies being raffled off, couple totally rad DJ’s, and babes.

yesterday on twitter, this happened:

i’d like to thank you for watching my show

Just kidding, I don’t have a show yet!

Yesterday I woke up and rode the subway just after rush hour, it was still packed. I was heading to BNotions Internet & Strategy to be filmed for an upcoming panel I’m on. They told me originally 3-5 hours and I was like ‘WHAT DO WE NEED THAT LONG FOR?’. I’m pretty speedy & no fuss to work with, especially when shooting. We were done in about an hour which included Broll too. WIN!

Panel is called Fashion Connect TO, it’s at the Gladstone April 7th and it’s free. There are 89 people already attending. Get a ticket here!

Last night I stopped by Abode w/ Keri & saw these lovely peeps.

Awwww.

Tonight during the six o’clock news there’s a special on being cool on the internet and prolific amazing tweets,  I’m part of it.  Not sure if it is national, it might be.  Thre’s a spot running today on Global enticing you to watch. Ahhhh. I’m often nervous before things like this because despite how genuine kind/nice/grateful you are you sometimes come off different after editing. I was asked about all the great things I get to do because of my job (blog).

To be honest, I’m thankful every day for what I do, I work really hard at it and Iove sharing it with you. #FINGRSCROSSED! OMGaGA.

i’m hiring bloggers.

See job posting here casiestewart.com/jobs.

If you have ever thought about being my intern, starting a blog or wanna make a few bux, this is a great place to start.

art is a battlefield: art battle eleven, toronto

It is a sight to be seen, a scene worth attending.

Magnificent in nature. Impressive in size and appearance. Majestic, dignified, grandeur.

Painters, painting. In the middle of an open room…

…where people look and stare.

I liked this one.

This was a naked man in a stairwell (painting). Did not win. He asked people walking by “how do you spell descending?” it was charming, so innocent and real he was. I live for realness.

This is Simon. He’s my friend who is good looking smart, tall, and fun. He is single and I would love one of my friends to date him. He did not pay me to say this. He is one of the inventors of Art Battle/awesome.

This is me…

Levis Curve jeans | vintage long wool camel coat | motorola milestone, telus | reading a podcast, Picard | shoes from Aldo, Raymi has same | vintage knit hat | gaga round purse H&M | nella bella change purse | artsy lady beside me with paint on her pants

The artist I liked won his round and got to go to the finals. Against this girl…

Cheers for Gingers. He won, with this painting. I liked it.

I would have bid on it but I bough Courtney’s painting, she is married to Porter. I was hoping I would get to see her because I didn’t see her yet and I missed her round of painting at the start. She is preggers and they are having a baby. I’m happy for them. Being in love is a wonderful thing. I am in love every day. This is her painting…my painting.

At the end this guys painting was DESTROYED> YES DESTROYED. Look close. Laying paint on paint in  front of a crowd to eff his painting right up.

Bring on the paint. Hi Simon & cute girl.

The other inventor of Art Battle is Hinto (Chris). He is laying down the painting to be taken advantage of. It’s gonna get messed up too.

OMG, it’s paint porn.

The end.

yesterday on twitter, this happened:

Jukari Fit to Fly Toronto w/ Reebok & Cirque du Soleil

Check out Julie & Carla swingin’ & getting shot by Global TV. I’m up next!

Here we GO!

Post workout. Totally got a sweat on!

If you want to try Jukari, King West Fitness has free classes at noon all week.

All this working out is starting to pay off. Check me out 🙂

Philip Sparks FW 2011 – fashion week begins @burroughes

Models look prettier when they smile.

Burroughes is good for parties, not as good for fashion shows.

He did this pose for me and smiled right after. Eye contact.

Glitter, Julio.

I looked like a Nana. Vest knitted by a nana.

Yannnnnnnnnnnno you giant, you totall missed Puma Social. Duh!

Hi Tristan, nice hustle.

Daniel and I worked together at Gap in Kitchener when I was 16. First job ever and to this day one of the very best. I made connections there that will last a LIFETIME.

Work it gurllllllllll.

Hey Hawley.

The end.

How much of a difference does my new camera make? Like a zillion. Thanks Olympus!

Canadian Olympian @Maelle_Ricker and me! #video

Wha, you don’t know who Maelle is? Lemme remind you.

Maëlle Ricker is a Canadian snowboarder who is awesome. She won Gold in snowboard cross at the Winter Olympics in Van last year and is the FIRST Canadian woman to win a GOLD at home in the Olympics. Majah win. Way to go sista!

Thanks Maelle for answering my questions 🙂

If you figure out how to harness the power of female customers, you can rock the world.

This article I read on TechCrunch called Why Women Rule the Internet is very interesting. It kinda make it seem that women do all the buying of pretty things however, I firmly believe that women play a huge part in building relationships & spinning the social web.

Some things I found interesting:

  • Facebook, Zynga, Groupon and Twitter …the majority of all four properties’ users are female. Make that “horsewomen”.
  • Women played a key role in the early days (of Facebook) by adopting three core activities—posting to walls, adding photos and joining groups. (Why the guys came!)
  • The average social gamer is likely a 43-year-old woman.
  • Women follow more people, tweet more, and have more followers on average than men.
  • Women are thought to be more social, more interested in relationships and connections, better at multi-tasking.
  • Women are the routers and amplifiers of the social web. And they are the rocket fuel of ecommerce. The ongoing debate about women in tech has been missing a key insight.”

Read the article here. If you wanna chat me about this kinda thinger  contact media AT casiestewart.com. Enjoy the day!