Edmonton Twitter users gather for #TwilightYEG
It is a little dark in Hundred but it's also a Blackberry photo.
I attended #TwilightYEG last night at Hundred Bar & Kitchen in Edmonton.
The Edmonton Twitter event attracted around 60 people and raised over $3,400 for the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation. Add that $3,400 to the #TwilightYEG pre-event at Lux last week that raised more than $400.
#TwilightYEG was organized by realtor Jerry Aulenbach and Shauna McConechy of Out Inc. Good job guys!
It was a lot of fun to see everyone dressed up and helping to raise money for charity. I didn’t bid on the BBQ, which @sirthinks ended up winning, by outbidding everyone at $1,700. One of the chefs at Hundred will BBQ for you and 10 people, if I understand correctly. That would be good!
Deciding to use Edmonton Transit was a good plan. I ordered what I thought was a pint of one of my favourite beers, Hoegaarden, and they brought me a massive glass of beer. Sure it’s not a schooner from Brewster’s, but a half-litre of beer is nothing to sneeze at. A couple of those, a pint of Guinness and driving is not an option. That being said, you really ought to try Hoegaarden. Great beer!
It seems like I’m at practically every Edmonton Twitter event there is! At least, that’s one someone pointed out at the last one I was at! Haha!
The fun continues tonight at Ceili’s where the YEGtwits will be looking to burst out of second place and take the trivia championship. We’ve been second three weeks in a row. It will end tonight!
Thanks for posting this, Alain! Glad you came out, the support was really appreciated. @SirThinks was not alone in his bidding-there was a secret collusion between him, @ZlexisMac, @GotWoods, and @Numindan. They will share the cost and joy of eating the BBQ. I plan on crashing the party!
-Jerry
@ZoomJer
This was one of the most enjoyable charity events I have been to for a long time – way better than the standard lemon chicken, awards, and silent/live auction evening. It may have been the 2nd twitter charity
but the live screen twitter auction really engaged the crowd! BTW, I prefer ‘collaboration’ to ‘collusion’ – which was probably the highlight our ‘consortium’s’ evening. What a great way to meet people IRL, raise $ for a great cause, and then eat a gourmet hamburger… many thanks @ZoomJer and team! @alexismac (although I’m thinking of changing to @ZlexisMac – much more exotic 
Thanks for your responses! It was a good event and I’m glad we were all able to pitch in and help raise so much money for a good cause.