I’ve had about a year to think on it, which is far longer than you all are ever allowed to give me to think again, and a traditional Thanksgiving potluck is just not our style. True @bryanjones does look even more bear like with oven mits and I hear @kellimarks makes an awesome stuffin’ muffin (make up your own jokes for those two). However there is one food group that geeks love above all else.

Tacos

Any mexican food will do actually. Best if served from a truck by a guy with a neck beard. So I thought what better than to have a Taco Thanksgiving. Bonus points if you come rocking the neck beard.

Here is how this works. I’ve partnered with Eikon church along with Aaron Reddin, because you know it is the time of giving and all. Eikon is going to hosts us on their Open doors night which means some members of our community will join us. Aaron is going to bring the van by.

You have two options, either bring food or bring a donation for the Van. Think about what you want to do and I’ll kick around a signup sheet in the next couple of days. All are welcome to come eat, tweet, and hangout.

Taco Thanksgiving
Eikon Church (518 w. 9th St)
November 17
5:30

See you guys there

-Greg

The owners of ZIN, Troy Deal and Michael Puckett, are excited we’re coming! They’ll put out a FREE snack spread just for us, in addition to offering fantastic happy-hour wine and beer specials.

ZIN offers a hip, non-smoking environment perfect for chatting up your old and new Twitter buds.

So…where does the “water to wine” theme come in?

I’ve wanted to do something to help Aaron Reddin (@HomelessHeretic) with his very important homeless aid project, the cornerstone of which is “The Van.” Perhaps you have, too. This is your chance!

Our homeless neighbors served by The Van are in constant need of bottled water. If everyone who attends the Tweetup brings a 6-pack (or more) of bottled WATER to the WINE bar, we’d amass a substantial donation.

Get it? WATER will lead you to WINE! Of course cash (or check) donations will also be appreciated.

Special appearance! Aaron and The Van itself will be with us at the Tweetup. They may even bring some T-shirts and arm bands.

Make plans now to join us September 27!

For more information about The Van and its mission, visit TheOneInc.org and read this story from Sync Weekly.

Help us spread the word by inviting friends through our Water to Wine Facebook Event.

Thanks! @AshAhrens

We’ve teamed up with the Junior League of Little Rock to Stuff the Bus. Each year, JLLR supplies students in the Little Rock School District, identified as “most in need,” with the essentials to succeed academically.

Join us Thursday, August 25 at 5:30 p.m. Copper Grill. They will prepare a signature appletini for the evening. We’ll be in the party room in the back.

Admission for the evening is school supplies. Requested items:

• school glue
• 24-count crayons
• loose-leaf wide ruled notebook paper
• #2 pencils

Y’all know I am shameless. I am a Southern woman, and I will go to the guilt if I have to. I fully expect big participation on this school supplies drive. We have shown in the past we can do impressive things. Let’s do it again.

-@kerrijack

@PetitJeanMeats is providing grillers (read: big ol’ hot dogs) and Polish sausage for the cookout and @sweetlovebakes will bring the delicious with a whole heap of cookies.

More surprises may be in store… so pay attention!

All we ask is that you bring a side dish, so we can do this thing family potluck style. It’s just $5 a plate, and every single dime will go to the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Foundation. Feel free to RSVP via Facebook and pay at the pavilion.

Thanks to @SavannahB for organizing and @LRfamily for co-sponsoring the event.

Join us on Thursday May 19 at Dickey-Stephens park to cheer on the Arkansas Travelers.

We’ll gather in the right field berm area near the playgrounds so make sure to bring the kids. Trav’s tickets are $6 and game time is 7pm.

See you there.

This year, we’re continuing our efforts. Reach Out & Read is a statewide nonprofit that prepares Arkansas’ youngest children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books and encourage families to read together.

April’s #LRTweetup will benefit Reach Out & Read. We’re asking you to come and enjoy some fabulous wine and appetizer specials at Ferneau and support a great cause. We’ll be in the party room and have the joint to ourselves, so there will be plenty of room to mingle, network and catch up with new and old friends.

The cost is $10 and a new or gently used children’s book. Ferneau will have some amazing wines provided by Natural State Distributing at an amazing price, and Chef Donnie is planning some equally amazing small plates to go along with those.

Attendees can pay at the door or order your ticket online here. Food and beverages will be additional, but cheap!

We hope to see you at Ferneau on April 21! Let’s make sure Arkansas’ kids begin a love of reading early!

Show your bracket brilliance in the

2011 March Madness #LRtweetup Bracket Pool

Whether you are a basketball insider or pick teams with a dartboard you could earn bragging rights for a year and you have a shot at winning $500.

Yes you heard that right. $500

Prizes

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsor @MichaelP of JMP Consulting / 9vision Ventures we’ve got great prizes this year.

• $500 for a perfect bracket
• $50 for Overall 1st place
• $25 for 2nd place
• $15 for 3rd place

(We expect to announce prizes for 2nd and 3rd place in the next couple of days)

Rules

Your bracket must be completed and submitted by 11am CDT on Thursday prior to the beginning of Round 1.

Only 1 perfect bracket will be awarded the $500 prize. In the event of 2 perfect bracket submissions the NCAA Championship final score predictions will act as a tie breaker.

Also we are likely to agree that the loser’s must tweet that they lost and declare the superiority of the winner but we’ll see. It isn’t required but it would be nice if the winner choose to tweet that they won and mention the sponsor but we’ll leave that as a a personal decision.

Enter Today

To enter just visit our LRtweetup Bracket Pool on CBSsports.com and use the pool password “littlerock”.

Update: We’re proud to welcome Ellis Inifiniti, @ellisinfiniti on Twitter, as a sponsor of the LRtweetup March Madness Bracket Pool. They will be awarding prizes for the 2nd and 3rd place winners. Thanks Ellis.

Want to organize a LRTweetup this year? I know you do. We have one open slot, meaning we need YOU! Register your ideas and intent in the comments, and/or DM @angelmg for details.

See a Tweetup and want to help? Hit up an organizer and offer your services. I’m sure they’d appreciate it.

Dates will be set by the organizers and are all currently TBD.

#LRTweetup Schedule 2011

February: Brave New Tweetup Organizer: @amybhole

March: St. Patty’s Tweetup Organizer: @andreasmalec

April: Reach Out & Read Tweetup Organizer: @ghidotti

May: Travs Tweetup Organizer: @LukeMorris

June: Food Truck Tweetup Organizers: @angelmg @Joel_DiPippa

July: Cookout Tweetup Organizer: @SavannahB

August: Back-to-School Tweetup Organizer: @kerrijack

September: Fall Tweetup Organizer: @ashahrens

October: Halloween Tweetup Organizer: @kellimarks

November: Potluck Tweetup Organizer: @jgreghenderson

December: OPEN

Now scheduling for 2012? You guys are awesome. See you there!